Robert Prendergast looks back at the career of the former Bolton Wanderers and Nigeria star...
I look at my copy of the Match Magazine Annual 2005. On the front cover, I see a host of legendary footballing figures. David Beckham, Thierry Henry, Zinedine Zidane, Roberto Carlos… someone in a Bolton shirt? Is that a printing mistake?
It is not. It’s Jay-Jay Okocha. Every time I type that, my computer tells me to delete the repeated word. But a machine can’t begin to understand.
Bolton was booming in the early 2000s. Local famous figures were appearing on our TV screens -Peter Kay, Amir Khan and ...