FORMER Blackburn Rovers keeper Bobby Mimms has been appointed as Bolton Wanderers' new first-team goalkeeping coach.

The 51-year-old Yorkshireman had recently been working with ex-Bolton assistant boss Neil McDonald at Blackpool after previously coaching alongside McDonald and former Wanderers boss Sam Allardyce at West Ham.

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Mimms fills the vacant role at the Macron Stadium left after Lee Turner moved to Charlton Athletic last month.