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Nailsworth, population less than 6,, is the smallest town ever to produce a Football League club. And yet the visitors triumphed , thanks to a Carl Winchester goal. The new season may be only one game old, when the league table matters little.

But Bolton sit 19th in League Two, 87th in the English pyramid. Below Harrogate Town. Below Salford City. Below Barrow. This, then, is a historic moment for a founder member of the Football League. In the years since , the club has never been this low. On Saturday, it was hard not to look around the empty University of Bolton Stadium, and think of happier times. There were many other games like it.

This time, there was only silence, and League Two football. Behind-closed-doors fixtures are not unique to Bolton right now, and are happening for an essential reason - the town, after all, has been a coronavirus hotspot in recent days.

At this moment, far more important things are happening than a mere football match. But the depressed silence made the contrast with the glory days all the starker. A few onlookers watched on from the restaurant in the hotel adjoining the stadium, but this was as far removed from the Premier League years as it was possible to get. Bolton played in the top flight for 11 consecutive seasons, but things fell apart when talisman midfielder Stuart Holden suffered a serious knee injury in March The following campaign brought relegation.

Back then, there was confidence that the club would only spend one season outside the top flight, but Bolton were 18th in October and Coyle was sacked. Dougie Freedman guided the club back to the play-off spots - only to overcomplicate things on the final day of the season, surprisingly handing a debut to young winger Rob Hall, when victory was needed.

Bolton drew at home to Blackpool, and Leicester ousted them from the top six. It's not a football club anymore, it's a circus," said Sam Murphy, who was previously a season ticket holder at Bolton but has not bought one this season - because none have actually gone on sale. I look on Twitter to see if there are any updates and there are always rumours going round on all the fan forums everyday saying this or that is happening.

It doesn't make a massive difference to the table but come the end of the season I think we could be there or thereabouts in regards to staying up. Both of Wanderers' games so far this season nearly did not go ahead. Supporters responded: 1, of them travelled to Buckinghamshire.

Ticket sales for Saturday's visit of the Sky Blues were then halted after they were due to go on sale on Wednesday, with no reason given for the delay. They finally went on sale on Friday, with nearly 9, snapped up in just a few hours after the EFL said there was "no legitimate reason" to postpone the fixture.

For Wanderers supporter Alec Rigby, the focus for Bolton's fanbase has not been what has been happening on the pitch, but off it. It's whether there's going to be a football club in existence, rather than who you're playing and what the score is going to be.