A few weekends on from Wembley and the feelgood factor has still to fade. On Saturday, fans young and old turned out in number to support the Bolton Wanderers Remembrance Group’s annual charity funday, most decked out in club colours and still chatting excitedly about that sun-kissed afternoon in North London. The event has grown hugely in popularity over the past few years and raised tens of thousands of pounds for local causes. Organised by the BWRG, the funday has become signpost of the pre-season, but was staged slightly earlier this year because of the World Cup. Dozens of junior teams took centre stage in the morning and early afternoon, flooding the pitch with small-sided games and penalty shootouts – the winners left clutching trophies and wearing medals for the rest of the day. The centrepiece was a 90-minute game which allowed some of Wanderers’ former stars to roll back the years, albeit at a slightly more sedentary pace. Stelios Giannakopoulos was instantly recognisable, the former midfielder playing in a shade of blue not dissimilar to the one in which he lifted the European Championship trophy for Greece. His son, Dimitris, who spent time in the Wanderers academy, also stood out in an entertaining match. Alex Baptiste claims he does not play much football these days but the promotion winning defender, who had two spells with the Whites, still looked in good touch. Elsewhere on the Blues’ team were former Wanderers Hasney Aljofree, David Thompson, England international amputee footballer Rhyce Ramsden and goalkeeper Harvey Hampson, who turned in an eye-catching performance playing a half for both teams, having recently left Oldham Athletic. The Whites team were managed by bona fide Bolton royalty in John McGinlay, although it was hard for the Scot to keep his eye on the game with the number of autographs and photo requests he received around the dugout. Every request politely accepted, McGinlay continues to do just as important a job as a club ambassador for Wanderers as he did back in his Burnden Park pomp, and commands just the same reverence from supporters. Captaining Super John’s side was Nicky Hunt, who is now settled into management with local non-league side Daisy Hill. Gavin McCann, slayer of Red Star Belgrade and a former academy coach with the Whites, patrolled midfield along with other former pros like Luke Joyce, Megan Campbell and Chris Dagnall. One face that might have escaped the attention of the crowd was that of Tom Miller, the one-time Rangers and Bury midfielder better known in these parts for his challenge on Chung-Yong Lee in 2011 that left the South Korean star with a broken leg during a friendly in Newport. Charity penance aside, the game itself proved an entertaining one. Fittingly, it was event organiser Kelby Makin who opened the scoring for McGinlay’s Whites and the lead was doubled by Ash Morris, who took his tally to five goals in this fixture overall. There had been an early injury blow for the white team as Lofty the Lion signalled that he needed to come off after just a few seconds. Hopefully he will be back prowling the touchline once again when the Championship season is underway. The excellent goalkeeping of Hampson kept the Blues at bay throughout the first half and just before the break Ash Twiggy – who would later be voted man of the match – produced the finish of the day after breaking the offside trap. With the rain still holding off, the Blues got themselves back in the game and the final whistle blew with the score still level.