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« on: 09 September 2008, 01:58 PM »

I started following Bolton around 1995 and behind McGinlay, my favourite player at the time was David Lee.

He's back at the Reebok now working with the academy. The official site have interviewed him, it's a long article but I'd give it a read if I was you. It certainly put a smile on my face.

http://www.bwfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Academy/0,,1004~1387287,00.html

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"From 1992 to 1997 when I was there, the club got promoted out of the Second Division and eventually got to the Premier League," revealed Lee.

"But before that we had some fantastic cup runs and I think it was down to the work ethic of the players and Bruce Rioch, who instilled the belief, discipline and attitude in to the players.

"For me personally, he was brilliant. He was a man manager, he knew how everybody ticked individually and he was good at bringing those individuals into a group environment.

"His coaching ethics were good and he had the attitude that if you worked hard then you would get your just rewards. We trained hard and when we came to the games he had given us the self belief and confidence to go out there.

"One thing that Bruce would do is bring the families into it too. On a lot of occasions we would be away on a Friday night and Bruce's wife would arrange for our wives and girlfriends to go out together for meals, so it was a whole family thing and everybody grasped that.

"You don't find that nowadays and it kept us all together - it was brilliant. I've got a lot of admiration for him and he will always be someone who I speak of in high regard."
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