For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter Sam Hird has joined Bolton Wanderers from Barrow as a first team coach and will also take charge of a new reserve team at the club.
The 33-year-old was released by the Bluebirds and has now joined Ian Evatt's backroom staff at Wanderers. The defender is someone who Evatt knows well from his days at the Cumbrian side and also at Chesterfield.
Hird has linked up Bolton and will work alongside Evatt and assistant manager Peter Atherton. But he will also be looking after a group of players which will form a reserve team this season at Wanderers which will be competing in the Central League.
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