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Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...
is an English professional
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club based in
Horwich Horwich ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Prior to 1974 in the historic county of Lancashire. It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest of Manchester. It l ...
,
Bolton 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 i ...
. The club was founded as Christ Church F.C. in
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, making them one of the oldest football clubs in England, and turned professional in 1877, before joining
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as founder members in 1888. Bolton Wanderers currently play in
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, the third tier of English football. They were relegated from the top tier (where they had been since 2001) in 2012 but in their time as a professional club have played in all four professional English leagues. This list encompasses the major honours won by Bolton Wanderers and records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Bolton Wanderers players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. The club's attendance records, both at The Reebok Stadium, their home since 1997, and
Burnden Park Burnden Park was the home of English football club Bolton Wanderers who played home games there between 1895 and 1997. As well as hosting the 1901 FA Cup Final replay, it was the scene in 1946 of one of the greatest disasters in English footba ...
, their home between 1895 and 1997, are also included in the list. The club have won the
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four times, but not since 1958, and have spent the majority of their history in the top flight of English football. Bolton also hold the record for the most years in the top flight of English football without winning the title; 73 years in total. The club's record appearance maker is
Eddie Hopkinson Edward Hopkinson (29 October 1935 – 25 April 2004) was an English association football, football goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper. He was born in Wheatley Hill, near Peterlee, County Durham. During his club career he played for Oldham At ...
, who made 578 appearances between his debut in 1952 and retirement in 1970, and the club's record goalscorer is
Nat Lofthouse Nathaniel Lofthouse (27 August 1925 – 15 January 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Bolton Wanderers for his entire career. He won 33 caps for England between 1950 and 1958, scoring 30 goals, with o ...
, who scored 285 goals in 503 games between 1946 and 1960. ''All stats accurate as of end of 2018-19 season.''


Honours and achievements

League * Second Division / Championship (level 2) **Champions: 1908–09, 1977–78, 1996–97 **2nd place promotion: 1899–1900, 1904–05, 1910–11, 1934–35 **Play-off winners:
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* Third Division / League One (level 3) **Champions: 1972–73 **2nd place promotion: 1992–93, 2016–17 * Fourth Division /
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(level 4) **3rd place promotion: 1987–88,
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Cup *
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**Winners: 1922–23, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1957–58 **Runners-up: 1893–94, 1903–04, 1952–53 *
Football League Cup The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the ...
**Runners-up: 1994–95, 2003–04 *
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**Winners:
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*
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**Winners: 1988–89,
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**Runners-up: 1985–86 *
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**Winners:
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Reserves and others *
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Winners (1) –
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*
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Runners up (1) –
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* Carlsberg Cup Winners (1) – 2010 *
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(12) – 1886, 1891, 1912, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1932, 1934, 1939 (shared with
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), 1948, 1989, 1991 *
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(2) – 1955, 1995 *
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North (1) – 2006–07 *
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(3) 1922, 1963, 2015 *
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North (1) – 2017–18


Players

''All current players are in bold''


Appearances

* Youngest first-team player:
Ray Parry Raymond Alan Parry (19 January 1936 – 23 May 2003) was an English footballer. Parry was born in Derby, Derbyshire and joined Bolton Wanderers in 1951 and made his senior debut against Wolves at Burnden Park after playing six games in the rese ...
15 years 267 days (v.
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, 13 October 1951). * Oldest first-team player:
Peter Shilton Peter Leslie Shilton (born 18 September 1949) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His 30-year career included spells at 11 clubs and he has the distinction of playing over 1,000 league games, including in ...
45 years 239 days (v.
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, 15 May 1995). * Most consecutive League appearances: 161 –
Jim McDonagh Seamus Martin McDonagh (born 6 October 1952), known as Jim McDonagh, is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made more than 400 appearances in the English leagues. Born in England, he won 25 caps for Ireland. He then ...
, 2 October 1976 – 3 May 1980


Most appearances

''Competitive matches only.''


Goalscorers

* Most league goals in a season: Joe Smith, 38 goals in 1920–21 season. * Most goals scored in a match: 5 ** Billy Struthers v
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, 4 November 1882 **
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v
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1 February 1890 **
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v
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10 September 1983


Top goalscorers

''Competitive matches only.''


International

* Most capped player:
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, 72 caps for
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as a
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...
player. 37 of his (then) 109 caps coming in 1997 and 1998 prior to signing with Bolton. He made three more after leaving in 2012. * First player to play in a World Cup: Nat Lofthouse for England against
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on 17 June 1954. * First player to score in a World Cup: Nat Lofthouse against Belgium on 17 June 1954. * Most World Cup goals: Nat Lofthouse, 3 (
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).


World Cup participants

This section lists all players who have played in a World Cup Finals game whilst playing for Bolton Wanderers F.C.


European Championship participants

This section lists all players who have played in a European Championship Finals game whilst playing for Bolton Wanderers F.C.


Record transfer fees


Paid

Bolton Wanderers's record signing is
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, who signed for the club from
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for £8.2 million in June 2008. This beat the previous record of £8.0 million, which the club paid Fenerbahce for
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in 2006


Progression of record fee paid

The club's first £1,000 transfer came in 1911, when they signed Alf Bentley from
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. They made their first £100,000 signing in 1978 with the transfer of Alan Gowling from
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for £120,000 and their first £1,000,000 transfer when they signed
Gerry Taggart Gerald Taggart (born 18 October 1970) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer. He played for Barnsley, Bolton Wanderers, Leicester City, Manchester City and Stoke City as well as the Northern Ireland national team. A former defend ...
from
Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...
in 1995.


Received

The largest fee that Bolton Wanderers have received for one of their players was the £15million that
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paid for the services of
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during the transfer window of January 2008. Four years later, Bolton received their second largest transfer fee, also from Chelsea, for defender
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.


Club records


League Highs and Lows

* Most points in a season: 98 in 46 matches, First Division, 1996–97. * Most home wins in a season: 18, 1924–25, 1972–73, 1992–93, 1996–97. * Most home draws in a season: 11, 1979–80. * Most home losses in a season: 15, 2018–19. * Most home goals scored in a season: 63, 1934–35. * Most home goals conceded in a season: 39, 2011–12. * Most away wins in a season: 14, 2000–01 (15 including playoff final). * Most away draws in a season: 10, 1986–87, 1996–97, 1996–97. * Most away losses in a season: 19, 2015–16. * Most away goals scored in a season: 40, 1996–97 (41 2000–01 including
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). * Most away goals conceded in a season: 59, 1932–33. * Most wins in a season: 28, 1996–97. * Most draws in a season: 17, 1991–92. * Most losses in a season: 30, 2018–19. * Most goals scored in a season: 100 in 46 matches, First Division, 1996–97, including 2 own goals.Heroes, Heartbreakers & Headliners Bolton Wanderers F.C. The Official History 1877–2002 by Simon Marland pp.106, 306 * Most goals conceded in a season: 92, 1932–33. * Fewest home wins in a season: 4, 2011–12, 2018–19, 2019–20 (If including Cup matches, then only 2018–19 and 2019–20 with 5 wins each, 2011–12 has 7) * Fewest home draws in a season: 0, 1988–89, 1890–91, 1904–05. * Fewest home losses in a season: 0, 1910–11, 1920–21. * Fewest home goals scored in a season: 18, 1893–94, 1897–98,
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, 2018–19 * Fewest home goals conceded in a season: 7, 1899–90. * Fewest away wins in a season: 0, 1949–50, 1979–80, 2015–16. * Fewest away draws in a season: 0, 1889–90, 1891–92. * Fewest away losses in a season: 3, 1899–90, 1904–05, 1996–97. * Fewest away goals scored in a season: 10, 1897–98. * Fewest away goals conceded in a season: 16, 1904–05. * Fewest wins in a season: 5, 1979–80. * Fewest draws in a season: 1, 1889–90, 1890–91. * Fewest losses in a season: 4, 1899–90, 1996–97. * Fewest goals scored in a season: 27, 1897–98. * Fewest goals conceded in a season: 25, 1899–90.


Matches


Record wins

* Record League home win: 8–0 (v.
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, 6 October 1934). * Record League away win: 7–1 (v.
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, 26 December 1914). * Record FA Cup home win: 13–0 (v.
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second round, 1 February 1890). * Record FA Cup away win: 5–1 (v.
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third round, 14 January 1933). * Record League Cup home win: 6–1 (v.
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fourth round, 27 November 1996). * Record League Cup away win: 4–0 (v.
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second round, 10 October 1973). * Record Premier League home win: 5–0 (v.
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, 6 November 2011. * Record Premier League away win: 5–0 (v.
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, 18 August 2001).


Record defeats

* Record League home defeat: ** 0–10 (v.
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, Division One, 1 January 1937). * Record League away defeat: ** 0–7 (v.
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, Division One, 1 March 1890). ** 0–7 (v.
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, Division One, 1 March 1915). ** 0–7 (v.
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, Division One, 21 March 1936). * Record FA Cup home defeat: ** 0–5 (v.
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, Round One, 7 February 1903). ** 0–5 (v.
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, Round Five, 20 February 1937). * Record FA Cup away defeat: 1–9 (v.
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, Round Two, 10 December 1887). * Record League Cup home defeat: 0–6 (v.
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, Round Four replay, 8 November 1971). * Record League Cup away defeat: 0–6 (v.
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, Round Five, 11 December 2001). * Record Premier League home defeat: 0–6 (v.
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, 25 February 1996). * Record Premier League away defeat: 2–6 (v.
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, 18 October 2003). * Record loss at Wembley: 0–5 (v.
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, 17 April 2011).


Record draws

* Highest scoring League draw: ** 4–4 (v.
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, Division One, 8 December 1888). ** 4–4 (v.
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, Division One, 15 October 1892). ** 4–4 (v.
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, Division One, 9 December 1905). ** 4–4 (v.
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, Division One, 26 March 1927). ** 4–4 (v.
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, Division One, 23 February 1929). ** 4–4 (v.
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, Division One, 18 March 1980). ** 4–4 (v.
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, Division Three, 17 September 1991). * Highest scoring FA Cup draw: 5–5 (v. Eagley, Round One, 22 October 1881). * Highest scoring League Cup draw: 4–4 after extra time (v.
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, Round One, Second Leg, 4 September 1984). * Highest scoring Premier League draw: ** 3–3 (v.
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, 14 December 1997). ** 3–3 (v.
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, 12 December 2009).


Most Consecutive

* Wins: 11. (v.
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, 10 November 1904) – (v.
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, 20 January 1905). * Home wins: 13. (v.
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, 12 November 1910) – (v.
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, 26 April 1911). * Away wins: 5. (v.
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, 14 December 1904) – (v.
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, 22 January 1905) and (v.
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, 11 March 2017) – (v.
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, 4 April 2017) * Draws: 6. (v.
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, 25 January 1913) – (v.
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, 8 March 1913). * Losses: 11. (v.
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, 7 April 1902) – (v.
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, 18 October 1902). * Home Losses: 7. (v.
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, 7 May 2011) – (v.
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, 22 October 2011). * Away Losses: 15. (v.
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, 14 April 1984) – (v.
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, 29 December 1984). * Games without scoring: 8. (v. Middlesbrough, 9 April 2019) – (v.
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, 10 August 2019). * Games with scoring: 24. ** (v.
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, 8 September 1888) – (v. Everton, 21 September 1889) ** (v.
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, 22 November 1996) – (v.
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, 12 April 1997). * Games without losing: 23. (v.
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, 9 March 1991). * Home games without losing: 27. (v.
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, 24 April 1920) – (v.
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, 24 September 1921). * Away games without losing: 11. (v.
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, 10 December 1904) – (v.
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, 22 April 1905). * Games without a draw: 34. (v.
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, 26 February 2011) – (v.
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, 31 December 2011) including 2 FA Cup games and 3 League Cup games. * Games without a win: 26. (v.
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, 7 April 1902) – (v.
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, 10 January 1903). * Home games without a win: 12. (v.
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, 19 October 2019). * Away games without a win: 28. (v. Everton, 16 April 1979) – (v.
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, 27 September 1980). * Games without conceding: 7. (v. Woolwich Arsenal, 24 February 1900) – (v.
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, 14 April 1900). * Games with conceding: 27. (v.
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, 7 April 1902) – (v.
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, 17 January 1903).


Attendances

* Highest attendance at a home match (
Burnden Park Burnden Park was the home of English football club Bolton Wanderers who played home games there between 1895 and 1997. As well as hosting the 1901 FA Cup Final replay, it was the scene in 1946 of one of the greatest disasters in English footba ...
): 69,912 (v.
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,
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Fifth Round, 18 February 1933). * Highest attendance at a home match (
Reebok Stadium The University of Bolton Stadium is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers F.C. in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. Opening in 1997, it was named the Reebok Stadium, after club sponsors Reebok. In 2014, Bolton Wanderers signed a naming righ ...
): 28,353 (v.
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,
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, 28 December 2003). * Lowest attendance at a home match (
Burnden Park Burnden Park was the home of English football club Bolton Wanderers who played home games there between 1895 and 1997. As well as hosting the 1901 FA Cup Final replay, it was the scene in 1946 of one of the greatest disasters in English footba ...
): 1,507 (v.
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,
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, 10 December 1991). * Lowest attendance at a home match (
Reebok Stadium The University of Bolton Stadium is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers F.C. in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. Opening in 1997, it was named the Reebok Stadium, after club sponsors Reebok. In 2014, Bolton Wanderers signed a naming righ ...
): 1,540 (v. Everton U21,
Football League Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL Leag ...
First Round, Group Stage, Match One, 30 August 2019). (not counting behind closed doors games) * Highest attendance at a FA Cup match (
Wembley Stadium (1923) The original Wembley Stadium (; originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. It stood on the same site now occupied by its successor. Wembley hosted the FA Cup ...
): 126,047 (official) (v.
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,
FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
Final, 28 April 1923). Some estimates of attendance exceed 300,000. * Highest attendance at a League Cup match (
Wembley Stadium (1923) The original Wembley Stadium (; originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. It stood on the same site now occupied by its successor. Wembley hosted the FA Cup ...
): 75,595 (v.
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,
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Final, 2 April 1995).


Bolton Wanderers in Europe

Below is Bolton Wanderers' record in
Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
. As of 2008 they have appeared in the
UEFA Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store Solid, solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, porcela ...
twice, losing only two games in the process.


Notes

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Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...