‘We wanted to make history’: A decade on from Bolton Wanderers’ greatest embarrassment

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Those who remained stared in disbelief through their fingers, unable to comprehend what they’d just witnessed, as the fifth went in.

The final straw came much sooner for most and the white half of the stadium had left in droves, turning Wembley completely and fittingly red.

But with the fifth, humiliation on the national stage, in the home of football, was complete. Little did they know that much worse was to come but, at the time, it felt like the end of the world.

Bolton Wanderers 0-5 Stoke City. It was shaping up to be Bolton’s best campaign since Sam Allardyce left the club. Under Owen Coyle, Wanderers were once again playing exciting football and dealing