NEWSPAPER talk of financial meltdown and the traumatic performance witnessed by the Ipswich 245 meant that reasons to be cheerful were in short supply as we gathered in the Fanzone.

Natasha Leigh’s songs of lost love and poison seemed rather appropriate.

The Remembrance Day commemorations put our current woes into perspective and I was honoured to lay a wreath along with Bristol City fan, Sam Whitehead.

Those who know the tale of Captain Harry Goslin and the Wartime Wanderers will understand the extra significance of this day in Bolton.

Neil Lennon went for experience to get us out of this mess and in the first half it looked like he had got it wrong as we were lucky to survive a strong penalty appeal against Mark Davies... and Prince–Desire Gouano’s amazing ball trick onto the crossbar.

The second half was a different story as the fans got behind the team, who responded well but a goal eluded us as Gary Madine missed two glorious headed chances, Shola Ameobi had one rightly ruled out for offside and somehow managed to ruin his 100 per cent penalty career record.

A draw was a fair result.

At Bolton we are a family and like all families, we have our squabbles.

But for us fans, Bolton Wanderers is for life, divorce is not an option.

Times are extremely challenging at the moment. We are skint, so we have to beg, steal and borrow players. The owner wants to sell the club and the fans want regime change.

There’s agreement there at least. Finding the right kind of buyer is not an easy task as we don’t want asset strippers.

We need investors who have Bolton Wanderers at heart.

Meanwhile we have to run with what we’ve got and Neil Lennon has got a damage limitation exercise on his hands. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions on the causes of our current problems and possible solutions but we all need to do our bit to support this great club of ours and that includes leadership on the field and a rallying call from the top.