Bolton boss Gary Megson reveals hatred for West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace

Bolton boss Gary Megson hates his old chairman Jeremy Peace so much he can't even bear to speak his name.

Megson comes face-to-face with West Brom supremo Peace tomorrow for the first time since his acrimonious Albion departure - and revealed the depth of his feeling for his former gaffer.

The Wanderers chief cannot hide his intense dislike for Peace after they clashed repeatedly - and the bad blood spilled over when Megson felt someone was stopping him getting back into the game by comments behind his back.

Megson fumed: "You will never hear me mention his name. I never have and I never will. I don't want to sully myself. I will never get over how I think he treated me and my family. I don't want to mention anything more about the bloke."

Megson feels he was wrongly branded a troublemaker after his time with West Brom where he took the club to promotion twice but fought with the man who held the purse strings tight.

He said: "I used to get on well with all my old chairmen - the ones I've not got on with are those who want to pick the team and try to tell you which players we should be looking at. I defy any manager to be able to work in that kind of environment."

Megson is still liked by the West Brom fans and it will be a day of mixed feelings as he said: "I have a lot of memories but it won't be emotional.

"It's a long time since I left there and a lot of water has passed under the bridge. It's a fantastic club and I had great times there. The supporters were brilliant. I joined when they were second-bottom of the Championship and 92 games later we were in the top league for the first time in 20- odd years.

"When we first came up we did not have the finances. We went down and came back up straight away. We had choices to make and didn't move it on quickly enough.

"I was just upset about the way it ended, about what was going on. I had no problem apart from with one person and some around him."

Now Megson thinks Tony Mowbray can push West Brom on if he can cope with their new-found wealth. He said: "Albion probably have to do that to try and establish themselves in the Premier.

"When I was there the top-paid player was on £8,000-aweek. Now they will have that expectation, the club has changed but it won't make it any easier."

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