Manchester City goalkeeper's frank Accrington Stanley loan admission ahead of Bolton reunion

James Trafford insists it is not a big thing for him taking on old club Accrington Stanley with Bolton Wanderers tomorrow and the Manchester City loanee joked he has had water bottles in his room for longer than his spell there.

The 19-year-old has spent the second half of the season on loan from City at Wanderers and has become the club's first choice goalkeeper since arriving in the January transfer window.

Trafford spent the first half of the campaign on loan at tomorrow's opponents Stanley, playing 11 times for John Coleman's side but struggling to stay in the team at the Wham Stadium.

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His lack of game time towards the end of his spell prompted a cutting short of the loan and moving to Wanderers, for whom he has played every match he has been available for.

Though it did not work out for him at Accrington, Trafford bears no ill feelings towards Stanley and joked he has had bottles of water in his room for longer than his time there,

But it was the first loan of his career in men's football and pointed to the experiences of the likes of Dean Hendererson, Jordan Pickford and Aaron Ramsdale earlier on in their respective journeys in the game.

And he feels he has kicked on since being at Wanderers and pointed to the amount he has learned in his time at the University of Bolton Stadium.

He said: “I was there for five months, it isn’t really a big thing. I have had bottles of water in my room for longer.

“It isn’t really a big thing for me. I wasn’t a bad egg around the place towards the end and I don’t think they have anything against me, nor do I against them, really.

“It was my first loan in the men’s game. And