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Bolton Wanderers

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Bolton Wanderers are a football club competing in the League One. The club was founded in 1874. They play their home games at University of Bolton Stadium, which holds 28,723.

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19th of 24 on wages
Market

Transfers

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Net spend, last 12mo £320k
In / out 19 / 24
Biggest signing Marvin Sordell £3.6m · from Watford
Record signing: Marvin Sordell £3.6m Record sale: Gary Madine £6.8m
Open rumours

Bolton Wanderers in the rumour mill

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  • ↓ in Luca Stephenson from Unknown club Unattributed 2025-07-24 ✓ confirmed
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Boardroom

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  • BRITTAN, Sharon director Apr 2020
  • JAMES, Michael Stuart director Apr 2020

Sourced live from Companies House officers filings.

Dugout

Manager

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Steven Schumacher
Sack-o-Meter pressure 0/100
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Ground

Stadium

University of Bolton Stadium

Bolton · 28,723 capacity

Opened
1997

The stadium opened in 1997 as the Reebok Stadium and has since undergone several naming changes, currently known as the Toughsheet Community Stadium. Wikipedia does not specify the freehold ownership of the ground.

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Squad

Bolton Wanderers first team

28 players
Avg age 25.3 English 54% U23 36% Captain: Eoin Toal

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Defender

Midfielder

Attacker

Pulled from Sportmonks squad data. Captain marked (C); contracts ending within 12 months marked in red.

Legends

Bolton Wanderers all-time greats

  • Eddie Hopkinson 578 apps
  • Roy Greaves 567 apps · 85 goals
  • Alex Finney 530 apps · 2 goals
  • Jussi Jääskeläinen 529 apps
  • Warwick Rimmer 521 apps · 17 goals
  • Bryan Edwards 518 apps · 9 goals
  • Ted Vizard 512 apps · 70 goals
  • Nat Lofthouse 503 apps · 285 goals

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Heritage

Bolton Wanderers through the years

Major honours

  • 4 FA Cup last: 1957-58
  • 3 Football League Second Division last: 1977-78
  • 1 Football League Third Division last: 1972-73
  • 1 Football League First Division (third tier) last: 1996-97
  • 2 Football League Trophy last: 2022-23

Notable alumni

  • Nat Lofthouse
  • David Jack
  • Jay-Jay Okocha
  • Kevin Davies
  • Nicolas Anelka
  • John McGinlay

Past managers

  • Sam Allardyce
  • Bruce Rioch
  • Colin Todd
  • Owen Coyle
  • Phil Parkinson

Editorial — honours from official records, alumni and rivals curated by our team.

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