Josh Vela

The Crystal Palace ground staff worked tirelessly to make sure that the pitch at Selhurst Park was fit enough for Dougie's return.

Stu Holden will have a chance to officially make his first team comeback for Bolton Wanderers tomorrow after manager Dougie Freedman confirmed the very exciting news.

It's been a long, long, long 21 months since Stuart Holden was stretchered off injured at Old Trafford following a painful 50/50 challenge that saw Jonny Evans' studs damage his knee.

The match will take place at the County Ground in Leyland and will see Bolton Wanderers take on Oldham Athletic, Tom Eaves' former club, in a Manchester Senior Cup match.

After leading for the majority of the match, Bolton Wanderers were dumped out of the Capital One Cup in second half stoppage time by Crawley Town.