#LOVpod Episode 21 part I with Marc Iles - Available Now!

It's a pre-season extravaganza, it's a bumper five-man show, it's the return of special guest, Bolton News chief football writer, Mr. Marc Iles. And it's bloody long, but also bloody fantastic.

It's so long in fact, that we've had to split the show into two parts, the first of which is available for listening now, with the second coming on Wednesday.

Host Chris is joined by Marc, stand in Tech Wizard Rob, the maverick Liam O'Meara and, making his debut, U21 correspondent Tom Molloy.

The first lengthy segment of Part I was discussing everything of note from Bolton Wanderers' last two friendlies of pre-season, against Port Vale and Charlton Athletic. Talk of Gary Madine, Filip Twardzik, Derik Osede, Tim Ream, Andy Kellett, Josh Vela, Zach Clough and many more was in abundance.

Next up was a round up of all the news that's occurred over the past week. Starting with the soon to be announced triple signing of Lawrie Wilson, Stephen Dobbie and Emile Heskey. Next up was the potential signing of Italian right back Francesco Pisano, accompanied by the denial of any interest in fellow countryman Massimo Coda. Rob Hall's departure was discussed before briefly touching on the new away kit.

But my words don't do it justice, make sure you listen to the first half of this fascinating podcast.