Wanderers Way Episode 6: Ricardo Gardner

2025-04-04

Welcome back to Wanderers Way, the official podcast of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, in association with iHeat. On this week's episode, Derek and John are joined by Wanderers legend Ricardo Gardner. Playing over 340 times in a 14 year period for Wanderers, Ricardo tells us what it was like being a part of one of the football club's most impressive eras. Timestamps: 7:15 - Early life and living in Jamaica 14:35 - Playing for the Jamaican national team 30:25 - Joining Wanderers 34:10 - Settling in at BWFC 45:15 - Getting used to English footb...

Welcome back to Wanderers Way, the official podcast of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, in association with iHeat.

On this week's episode, Derek and John are joined by Wanderers legend Ricardo Gardner.

Playing over 340 times in a 14 year period for Wanderers, Ricardo tells us what it was like being a part of one of the football club's most impressive eras.

Timestamps:

7:15 - Early life and living in Jamaica

14:35 - Playing for the Jamaican national team

30:25 - Joining Wanderers

34:10 - Settling in at BWFC

45:15 - Getting used to English football

46:25 - The end of the Colin Todd era and Sam Allardyce

49:25 - The legendary players of the Allardyce era

51:32 - 2001 Championship Play-Off Final vs Preston

53:56 - Building in the Premier League

59:44 - European football and scoring at Bayern Munich

01:08:22 - BWFC 2005/06 Player of the Year