Consortium fronted by Dean Holdsworth completes Championship Bolton takeover

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Thursday 10 March 2016 at 12:32pm

Bolton Wanderers have new owners. Credit: PA

A takeover of Championship outfit Bolton Wanderers has been completed, the Lancashire club have confirmed.

The new owners is consortium fronted by former Bolton and Wimbledon striker Dead Holdsworth who have bought 94.5% of previous owner Eddie Davies' shares.

The deal has been approved by the Football League.

Holdsworth will be joined on Bolton's board by Ken Anderson who owns Inner Circle, one of the company's at the centre of the consortium.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is delighted to announce that a deal between Sports Shield, Inner Circle and Eddie Davies to transfer ownership of the club has officially been completed. The Sports Shield consortium, fronted by ex-Bolton striker Dean Holdsworth, and Inner Circle, owned by Ken Anderson, have taken control of Eddie Davies’ 94.5 percent controlling share of Burnden Leisure. The remaining 5.5 percent of the Burnden Leisure shares will remain with individual shareholders. All documentation has been signed, submitted and ratified by the Football League. Dean Holdsworth and Ken Anderson will both join the board of directors at Bolton Wanderers, with details on further roles to be announced in due course. In acknowledgement of his contribution to the club, Eddie Davies, who initially joined the board of directors at Bolton Wanderers in 1999 before then becoming majority shareholder in 2003, will become honorary president of the club.