Bolton Wanderers have complained about alleged bias from one match official against striker Kevin Davies.

Claims that referee Mike Jones allowed his decisions to be coloured by a preconceived view of Davies followed an exchange with Gary Megson in which the Bolton manager told the official he felt his striker was being treated differently to the rest of the players on the pitch, says the Daily Mail.

It occurred at half-time during Bolton's 2-2 draw with Tottenham at The Reebok a fortnight ago.

Megson revealed: "The referee said, 'Have you seen his stats?' Kevin's stats are nothing to do with it. That's not part of a referee's remit to be thinking what may happen and what spin they would put on players' records. They've just got to referee the game as they see it. I got the club secretary to speak to Keith Hackett and say that this wasn't right.

"People are not so much pre-judging as going in there with a slant on what to expect."