Trotters goalkeeper Andy Oakes was the only player in the home line up to have had any considerable first team experience under his belt. Youth internationals Robert Sissons (England) and Jaroslaw Fojut (Poland) also starred for Bolton.
Sissons and Bedi Buval both had good headers to open the scoring but
Sam Mularky could have snatched a last minute winner for Forest but his effort was ruled out for offside.