Rovers’ clinical finishing was the difference between the teams, according to Bolton assistant Steve Parkin.

Wanderers, already relegated going in to the game, started the brighter and saw Callum Connolly pass up an excellent opening early on.

The game turned in Rovers’ favour on the half hour mark when Ben Brereton slotted in to the bottom corner from a Bradley Dack pass.

Bolton have scored just 29 goals this season, and saw Connolly and Sami Ameobi denied by Jayson Leutwiler in the second half, but Rovers were good value for their win after Adam Armstrong ended a near three month wait for a goal when netting against his former loan club.

“We created enough chances to score more than one goal and managed to score none, which is disappointing for us,” said Parkin.

“We’d started the game nice and brightly.

“The one chance we gave their striker – who cost a lot of money – he tucked away. We didn’t manage to do that.

“The lads tried their best in difficult circumstances and I am disappointed to lose again but more so that we didn’t score. Callum Connolly had a couple of very good chances.”

There were calls from the away end throughout the game for Wanderers boss Phil Parkinson to be sacked.

He didn’t face the press post match, but Parkin said the staff weren’t giving up on the job at hand.

“No – we’re as disappointed as they (the fans) are,” he told the Bolton News.

“We care about the job we have got, we care about the club, and it has been tough for two years. We shouldn’t hide away from the fact last season was tough, we survived by the skin of our teeth, and this season it has been even worse.

“It hurts us to see the team lose and it hurts us to see what happened at the football club. But personal pride and integrity means you have got to keep going.”