NEXT year will be the 20th anniversary of Wanderers’ move from their spiritual home at Burnden Park and to mark the occasion we want you to pick the best all-time XI to play there from a shortlist chosen by our panel of experts.

HUNDREDS of Wanderers fans submitted their all-time Burnden XIs to us in the last few weeks via post and email – but we needed a panel of experts to whittle them down.

After compiling all the nominations into a long list, chief football writer Marc Iles sat down with three judges to compile a shortlist for each position in our fantasy team.

This survey is now closed. The results will be published in a special Bolton News supplement in the New Year ​​

Wanderers club secretary, official historian and author, Simon Marland, marketing impresario and lifelong fan Paul Holliday and lotteries manager Andrew ‘Mr Bolton’ Dean argued long and hard over the names who would make the final list, which will be voted on by fans.

So far this week we have voted on Burnden’s best manager, goalkeeper and defenders – now it is the turn of the midfield engine room. We want you to pick your best THREE options.

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PETER REID

Brilliant midfielder who broke through under Ian Greaves and helped the Whites to the Second Division championship in 1978 but missed a huge chunk of their top-flight tenure through injury.

After relegation, another broken leg in 1981 and a dispute over a contract led to him leaving for Everton for just £60,000. Reid went on to make 13 appearances for England and play at the 1986 World Cup.

He made 261 appearances for Bolton, scoring 25 goals, between 1974 and 1982.

RAY PARRY

The club’s youngest-ever player at 15 years and 267 days in October 1951, Parry missed out on selection for the 1953 FA Cup final but returned with Wanderers five years later in victory over Manchester United.

After representing England at youth and Under-23 level, Parry won the first of two full caps against Northern Ireland in 1959 and was, until Gary Cahill in 2011, the last Bolton player to score for the three Lions. In all he made 299 appearances for Bolton, scoring 79 goals. He passed away in May 2013.

ROY GREAVES

Farnworth-born Greaves stands second in Wanderers’ all-time appearance list on 575, scoring 85 goals in a career which spanned three different decades.

He gained promotion in 1973 and lifted the Second Division championship trophy as captain in 1978 before playing almost a full season in the First Division.

PER FRANDSEN

The Great Dane twice helped Wanderers back into the Premier League, in 1997 and 2001, either side of an ill-fated move to Blackburn to help solve the club’s financial problems.

Capped 23 times by Denmark, Frandsen played at the 1998 World Cup, and was an integral member of Colin Todd’s record-breaking side in the final year at Burnden. He played 304 times for Bolton, scoring 36 goals.

FREDDIE HILL

One of the sixties terrace heroes, Hill may go down as Wanderers greatest having been largely overlooked for England - winning just two caps - and also seeing a big move to Liverpool break down after a medical.

PETER THOMPSON

Already a two-time championship and FA Cup winner plus an England international on his arrival at Burnden, Thompson put off retirement for one last go at Bolton, initially on loan.

Wanderers were glad he did. Thompson played 134 times and scored two goals before retirement and a packed-out testimonial.

RAY WESTWOOD

The poster boy of the 1930s in Bolton, Westwood turned professional at the turn of the decade and scored 30 goals in 38 games as Charles Foweraker’s side won promotion in 1935.

Westwood won six England caps and served in the military. Westwood also played the game against Stoke in 1946 in which 33 people lost their lives. In total he made 333 appearances and scored 144 goals. He passed away in January 1982.

JULIAN DARBY

Bolton-mad man and boy, Darby is the only player to appear for Wanderers in all four divisions. Three promotions, a Sherpa Van Trophy, and an ability to fit into any outfield position make the Farnworth-born favourite a unique entry.

In all he made 346 appearances for Bolton, scoring 52 goals.

STEVE THOMPSON

Homegrown star of a difficult era for Wanderers which saw them drop down to Division Four and then work their way back up the league again.

Thompson made 424 appearances, scoring 57 goals, was beaten in the Freight Rovers Trophy in 1986 but returned to win the Sherpa Van Trophy three years later.

DOUGIE HOLDEN

Spent 11 seasons with Wanderers, helping them to two FA Cup finals in the fifties, making 463 appearances and scoring 44 goals.

Holden played five times for England, his ability to play on either wing making him a potent weapon and a player ahead of his time.

You can also vote by post to: c/o Marc Iles, The Bolton News, The Wellsprings, Civic Centre, Bolton BL1 1AR 

All submissions must reach us by noon on Friday, December 9.