EX-RED LEE NAMED NEW BOLTON BOSS

Mark Platt 30 April 2007 Former Liverpool player and coach Sammy Lee has been appointed the new manager of Bolton Wanderers.

Lee, 48, succeeds Sam Allardyce, who resigned on Sunday. He was unveiled at a press conference this morning and spoke of his delight at being handed his first senior managerial role. He said: "I'm delighted about the prospect of being Bolton manager. It is a great legacy that Sam has left and it is my job now to carry that forward." Lee, who left Anfield to became a coach at Bolton in June 2005, added: "It took me one second to decide to accept the job after it was offered to me. "I am very proud to be sat here in front of everybody as the new manager of Bolton Wanderers. "The education I've gained from working with Sam Allardyce has been immense. "I have to continue what Sam has started, that's first and foremost, and then re-evaluate it after that. "It certainly is a healthy position that Bolton are in, we're now contesting for a place in Europe. "The main thing for us is to keep the players stable and to make sure that we get the result we firmly feel deserve after all the hard work we've done this season."