 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - McAteer akawana mukana wake mukuru aine makore makumi maviri, kuchikwata chemuno chisiri cheligi cheMarine, paakashamisa Marine Reserves vachipesana nechikwata cheBolton Wanderers A muna 1992. Akanga asina chibvumirano neMarine, uye Bolton akatenga mutambi wepakati wechidiki ne 500 pamwe chete nehomwe huru yemabhora. Akaita chikwata chake chekutanga kutanga neBurnley muChikamu Chechipiri mutambo paBurnden Park musi wa28 Mbudzi 1992, achipedzisa kudivi rinokunda mukukunda kwe4-0. Akaita kuoneka makumi maviri nerimwe mumwaka wa 1992-93 weBolton, uyo akapedza mwaka semumhanyi uye akachengetedza kukwidziridzwa kuDivision One. Bolton vaive FA Cup quarter-finalists mumwaka wa1993-94 uye vakawana chinzvimbo chakanaka muDivision One, asi yaive mwaka wa1994-95 iyo yakaratidza kuve isingakanganwike, sezvo Bolton yakasvika kumagumo eFootball League Cup kuonekwa kwavo kwekutanga mumakwikwi makuru ekupedzisira kwemakore makumi matatu nemasere., asi vakarasikirwa ne21 kuLiverpool. 