2020–21 Bolton Wanderers F.C. Season
The 2020–21 season is Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers's first season in the fourth tier of English football since 1987–88 Football League#Fourth Division, 1988, and only their second overall, following their relegation from EFL League One to EFL League Two. It covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021. Squad First team Out on loan Youth players with first team appearances Youth players with first team squad numbers Background Bolton had begun the 2019–20 EFL League One season with a twelve-point reduction and never recovered. When the season was suspended and then abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic they had never risen above bottom place and were subsequently relegated to EFL League Two on 9 June with a points per game ratio of 0.41. Three days later, the club announced that both manager Keith Hill (footballer), Keith Hill and his assistant David Flitcroft would not have their contracts, which ra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bolton Wanderers F
Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th century, introducing a wool and cotton-weaving tradition. The urbanisation and development of the town largely coincided with the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. Bolton was a 19th-century boomtown and, at its zenith in 1929, its 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works made it one of the largest and most productive centres of Spinning (textiles), cotton spinning in the world. The British cotton industry declined sharply after the First World War and, by the 1980s, cotton manufacture had virtually ceased in Bolton. Close to the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is north-west of Manchester and lies between Manchester, Darwen, Blackburn, Chorley, Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ricardo Santos (footballer, Born 1995)
Ricardo Alexandre Almeida Santos (born 18 June 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bolton Wanderers. Career Santos was a youth team player at Dagenham & Redbridge, making one appearance in the matchday squad, before he was released and signed by Thurrock manager Mark Stimson, following a spell at Dover Athletic where he made no appearances. He impressed for the Isthmian League club, making 24 appearances, and was signed by Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson on three-and-a-half-year contract in February 2014. Peterborough paid £8000 for him. He made his League One debut on 3 May in a 0–0 draw with Port Vale at London Road. Santos scored his first goal for the club when he scored a late winner against Doncaster Rovers on 19 March 2016. On 1 January 2017, Santos joined Barnet for a fee of £100,000. He made his debut on the following day in a 1-0 win over Plymouth Argyle. He left the club at the end of the 2019-20 season having sp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arthur Gnahoua
Arthur Bertrand Gnahoua (born 18 September 1992) is a French footballer who plays as a winger or centre-forward He has previously played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Shrewsbury Town, Carlisle United, Macclesfield Town, Morecambe and Grimsby Town, as well as at non-League level for Stalybridge Celtic, Colwyn Bay, Kidderminster Harriers and AFC Fylde. He also spent a season playing in Spain with CF Gavà. Club career Gnahoua was born in Grenoble, France and is of Ivorian descent. He moved to England when he was six and grew up in Salford. He was coached and taught how to play football by his brother. In 2003 he was released from the Bolton Wanderers Academy. He began his senior career in non-league football, joining Macclesfield Town from Stalybridge Celtic in 2012. On 16 January 2015 he signed for CF Gavà and then moved on to Kidderminster Harriers in January 2016, and was their top goal scorer in the 2016–17 season as they reached the National Lea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lloyd Isgrove
Lloyd Jeffrey Isgrove (born 12 January 1993) is a professional footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers. Isgrove plays primarily as a winger, but he is also comfortable playing in other midfield positions and as a forward. He has one cap for Wales. Club career Southampton Isgrove was a member of Southampton's academy system; his first inclusion in the Southampton's first team came on 30 October 2012 in the fourth round of the 2012–13 League Cup against Leeds United, for which he was included on the bench. The midfielder came on as a substitute for winger Steve De Ridder in the 66th minute, seeing out the remainder of the 3–0 defeat. He made his first start for the club the following August in a 5–1 victory against Barnsley in the League Cup second round, setting up the opening goal. Isgrove made his league debut for Southampton in the first game of the 2014–15 season, playing the last 8 minutes of a 2–1 loss at Liverpool in place of Steven Davis. On 17 March 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dennis Politic
Dennis Dorian Politic (born 5 March 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga I club Dinamo București. Internationally, Politic earned caps for Romania at under-17 level. Politic joined the academy of Manchester United from hometown side Brașov at age 12. He then moved to Bolton Wanderers, with which he recorded his professional debut in 2018 after a loan stint at Salford City. He also had a loan spell at Port Vale before transferring to Italian club Cremonese in 2022. He returned on loan to Port Vale for the 2022–23 season. He returned to Romania to sign with Dinamo București in July 2023. Club career Early career Born in Brașov, Politic began his career with CSM Codlea and FC Brașov before joining Manchester United in August 2012, aged 12. Bolton Wanderers Politic joined Bolton Wanderers at the age of 15, where he scored hat-tricks in consecutive games for the under-19s in September and October 2017. He signed his first professi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Harry Brockbank
Harry William Brockbank (born 26 September 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for National League North side Radcliffe. Early life Brockbank was educated at Turton School. Club career Bolton Wanderers Harry Brockbank joined the Bolton Wanderers academy at the age of seven, playing in central defence all through the age groups. Brockbank had numerous different coaches whilst progressing through the academy, most notably former Bolton Wanderers players Gavin McCann at Under 15s and Nicky Spooner at Under 16s. Loans Brockbank joined Hyde United on loan alongside teammate Ryan White on 16 December 2016. He made no appearances during this loan spell. Two years later he was loaned to Salford City on 30 November 2018 and made his debut on 18 December, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–1 win against Gateshead in the FA Trophy first round, helping Salford reach the second round for the first time in their history. He played one more game, on 1 Ja ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shaun Miller
Shaun Robert Miller (born 25 September 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Kidsgrove Athletic. Miller began his career at Crewe Alexandra before moving to Sheffield United in 2012 and Coventry City in 2014. He also spent time on loan at Witton Albion, Shrewsbury Town and York City. He was released by Coventry in 2015 before signing for Morecambe. Miller spent one season there before joining Carlisle United in 2016, returning to Crewe on loan in early 2018 and rejoining the club in May 2018. In July 2019, he returned to Morecambe on a season-long loan. He was released by Crewe in June 2020 and subsequently joined Bolton three months later. Early and personal life Born in Alsager, Cheshire, Miller has a son called Zac who was born in January 2014, a son called Luca who was born in April 2016 and a son called Jude who was born in December 2019 . Career Crewe Alexandra Miller started his career with Crewe Alexandra's youth system, and he signe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrew Tutte
Andrew William Tutte (born 21 September 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One club Bolton Wanderers, where he is also assistant coach of the club's B team. He has also played in the English Football League for Rochdale, Shrewsbury Town, Yeovil Town, Bury, and Morecambe. Club career Early career Born in Huyton, Merseyside, Tutte began his youth career at Manchester City in 1999, where he came through the ranks and starred for the club's FA Youth Cup team. On 9th July 2010, Tutte signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at the club for the following year at which time the club announced he would be loaned out for the next season in order to provide him with first-team experience. Loan spells Loaned out to Rochdale of League One, he made his debut on 21st August 2010 coming on as a substitute for Joe Thompson in a League One game against Colchester United. On 28th August 2010 in a match against Brentford which Rochd ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ronan Darcy
Ronan Thomas Darcy (born 4 November 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays for club Crawley Town. Career Bolton Wanderers Darcy signed for the Bolton Wanderers Academy in 2008 at the age of 9. He spent the first half of the 2018–2019 season on loan at Skelmersdale United, where he played three times. On 5 May 2019, Darcy made his Bolton debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for Craig Noone in Bolton's final game of the 2018–19 season away to Nottingham Forest. Darcy's scholarship contract was extended for a further year on 21 May 2019. He scored his first goal for Bolton Wanderers in a 5–2 defeat to Rochdale in the EFL Cup, and scored his first league goal for the club in a 5-1 defeat to Lincoln City. He played 22 matches during the 2019–20 season, which saw Bolton relegated to League Two. On 15 June 2020 Darcy signed his first professional contract, signing a new two-year contract with Bolton. During the 2020–21 season he played 11 mat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Reiss Greenidge
Reiss James Greenidge (born 8 February 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Maidstone United. Born in England, he represents the Guyana national team. His brother, Jordan, is also a professional footballer. Greenidge spent time at Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion and had unsuccessful loan spells at Port Vale and Ipswich Town, before joining Ebbsfleet United in January 2016. From there, he was loaned to Hemel Hempstead Town. He travelled to Norway in July 2017 to sign for Sogndal. He played first and second-tier football for the club before joining third-tier side Arendal in January 2019. He returned to England to sign for Bolton Wanderers in August 2020, who went on to win promotion out of League Two at the end of the 2020–21 season. He was loaned out to Barnet for the 2021–22 season. In October 2022, he signed for Maidstone United, where he won the Kent Senior Cup in 2024. Career Early career Greenidge spent time at Arsenal's Academy, b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Matt Gilks
Matthew Gilks (born 4 June 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the goalkeeping coach for Bolton Wanderers, the last team he played for. He played for Blackpool, Burnley, Norwich City, Rochdale, Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Shrewsbury Town, Scunthorpe United, Lincoln City, Fleetwood Town, and Bolton Wanderers. Born in England, he qualified to represent Scotland. He was first selected for the Scotland national team in August 2010 and made his international debut in August 2012. Club career Rochdale Born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, where he started out with Heyside Juniors, Gilks joined Rochdale at the age of 13. He was promoted from their youth team in 2001. After being coached by Fred Barber,"The Big Interview – Matt Gilks" – ''Goalkeeper Magazine'', YouTube he eventually r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Antoni Sarcevic
Antoni Charles Sarcevic (born 13 March 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Stockport County. After being released by Manchester City, Sarcevic began his senior career with Woodley Sports, where he spent only one season before joining Crewe Alexandra, but struggled to break into the first team and went on loan to Chester in 2010, before making a permanent transfer to them in the next year, but moved to League Two side Fleetwood Town in June 2013 for an undisclosed fee. He scored 15 league goals for Fleetwood in 2013–14, he also topped the club's assist charts with nine, and was named in the League Two PFA Team of the Year after his performances for Fleetwood. In January 2017, Sarcevic joined Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer. Club career Born in Manchester, Sarcevic was in the youth system of boyhood club Manchester City aged seven to 15, before joining the youth system at Woodley Sports in 2008. He made his first team debut for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |