BOLTON WANDERERS
(''The Trotters'')
| Year formed | 1874 |
| Turned professional | 1880 |
| Limited company | 1895 |
| Previous names | Christ Church FC: 1874-77 Bolton Wanderers: 1877 - . |
| Ground | Toughsheet Community Stadium, Burnden Way, Lostock, Bolton BL6 6JW (for pictures of the ground click here)
previous names: Reebok Stadium: 1997 - 2014 Macron Stadium: 2014 - 2018 Univeristy of Bolton Stadium: 2018 - 2023 Toughsheet Community Stadium: 2023 - 2028 |
| Club's ground since | 1997 |
| Pitch measurements | 115 x 74 yards (105 x 68 metres) |
| Ground capacity | 28,723 (all seated) |
| Record attendance at present ground | 28,353 v Leicester City, Premiership, 28 December 2003 (drew 2-2) |
| Lowest attendance at present ground | 1,540 v Everton u-21s, Checkatrade Trophy Northern Section Group A, 30 August 2016 (lost 0-2) |
| First game at current ground | 1 September 1997 v Everton, Premiership (drew 0-0) |
| Previous grounds | Various: 1874 - 1881 Pike's Lane: 1881 - 1895 Burnden Park: 1895 - 1997 |
| League career | Football League/Division One: 1888 - 1899 Division Two: 1899 - 1900 Division One: 1900 - 1903 Division Two: 1903 - 1905 Division One: 1905 - 1908 Division Two: 1908 - 1909 Division One: 1909 - 1910 Division Two: 1910 - 1911 Division One: 1911 - 1933 Division Two: 1933 - 1935 Division One: 1935 - 1964 Division Two: 1964 - 1971 Division Three: 1971 - 1973 Division Two: 1973 - 1978 Division One: 1978 - 1980 Division Two: 1980 - 1983 Division Three: 1983 - 1987 Division Four: 1987 - 1988 Division Three/Two: 1988 - 1993 Division One: 1993 - 1995 Premiership: 1995 - 1996 Division One: 1996 - 1997 Premiership: 1997 - 1998 Division One: 1998 - 2001 Premiership: 2001 - 2012 Championship: 2012 - 2016 League One: 2016 - 2017 Championship: 2017 - 2019 League One: 2019 - 2020 League Two: 2020 - 2021 League One: 2021 - . |
| First Football League game | 8th September 1888 v Derby Country, Football League, lost 3-6 |
| Honours | |
| European | None |
| Domestic - League | Division Two/One champions: 1908-09, 1977-78, 1996-97 Division Two runners-up: 1899-1900, 1904-05, 1910-11, 1934-35 Division Three champions: 1972-73 Division Two / League One runners-up: 1992-93, 2016-17 |
| Domestic - Cup | FA Cup winners: 1922-23, 1925-26, 1928-29, 1957-58 FA Cup runners-up: 1893-94, 1903-04, 1952-53 Coca-Cola/Carling Cup runners-up: 1994-95, 2003-04 Charity Shield winners: 1958-59 Sherpa Van Trophy / Papa Johns Trophy winners: 1988-89, 2022-23 Freight Rover Trophy runners-up: 1985-86 Second World War League North Cup winners: 1944-45 Lancashire Cup winners: 1885-86, 1890-91, 1911-12, 1921-22, 1924-25, 1926-27, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1947-48, 1988-89, 1990-91 Lancashire Cup joint winners: 1938-39 |
| Best League position | 3rd, Division One, 1891-92, 1920-21, 1924-25 |
| Lowest League position | 3rd, Division Four / League Two, 1987-88, 2020-21 |
| Furthest in FA Cup | see above |
| Furthest in League Cup | see above |
| Most League points | |
| 2 for a win | 61, Division Three, 1972-73 |
| 3 for a win | 98, Division One, 1996-97 |
| Fewest League points | |
| 2 for a win | 19, Division One, 1889-90, 1902-03 |
| 3 for a win | 14, League One, 2019-20 |
| Most League goals scored | 100, Division One, 1996-97 |
| Most League goals conceded | 92, Division One, 1932-33 |
| Fewest League goals scored | 27, League One, 2019-20 |
| Fewest League goals conceded | 25, Division Two, 1899-1900 |
| Most wins in a League season | 28, Division One, 1996-97 |
| Fewest wins in a League season | 5, Division One, 1979-80 5, Championship, 2015-16 5, League One, 2019-20 |
| Most draws in a League season | 17, Championship, 2013-14 17, Division Three, 1991-92 |
| Fewest draws in a League season | 1, Division One, 1889-90, 1890-91 |
| Most losses in a League season | 26, Championship, 2015-16 |
| Fewest losses in a League season | 4, Division Two/One, 1899-1900, 1996-97 |
| Record League win | 8-0 v Barnsley, Division Two, 6th October 1934 |
| Record win | 13-0 v Sheffield United, FA Cup 2nd round, 1st February 1890 |
| Record League Cup win | 6-1 v Tottenham Hotspur, Coca-Cola Cup 4th round, 27 November 1996 |
| Record defeat | 1-9 v Preston North End, FA Cup 2nd round, 10th December 1887 |
| Record League Cup defeat | 2-7 v West Ham United, League Cup 2nd round, 4 September 1968 |
| Highest Number of League goals scored | |
| in a season | 38, Joe Smith, Division One, 1920-21 |
| in total | 255, Nat Lofthouse, 1946-61 |
| Most League goals in one match | 5, Tony Caldwell v Walsall, Division Three, 10th September 1983 |
| Most League appearances | 519, Eddie Hopkinson, 1956-70 |
| Most capped player | 72, Ricardo Gardner for Jamaica |
| Youngest League player | Ray Parry, 15 years 267 days v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 13th October 1951 |
| Highest Transfer Fee Received | £15,000,000 for Nicolas Anelka to Chelsea, January 2008 |
| Highest Transfer Fee Paid | £8,200,000 for Johan Elmander from Toulouse, July 2008 |
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