2010–11 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

Premier League

The fixtures for the 2010–11 season

2010–11 Premier League

The 2010–11 Premier League was the 19th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The 2010–11 fixtures were released on 17 June 2010 at 09:00 BST. The season began on 14 August 2010, and ended on 22 May 2011...

were announced on 17 June, and revealed that Bolton would begin their league campaign by welcoming Fulham

Fulham F.C.

Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...

to the Reebok Stadium in Mark Hughes

Mark Hughes

Leslie Mark Hughes, OBE , is a former Welsh international footballer. As an international footballer, he made 72 appearances and scored 16 goals....

' first competitive fixture as Fulham's manager. The match finished goalless with Bolton giving a debut to Martin Petrov

Martin Petrov

Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...

. A week later, Bolton travelled to London to take on West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

. Goalless at half time, with Carlton Cole

Carlton Cole

Carlton Michael Cole Okirie is an English footballer who plays as a striker for West Ham United in the Npower Championship....

having a penalty saved by Jussi Jääskeläinen

Jussi Jääskeläinen

Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen is a Finnish football goalkeeper, who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:Jääskeläinen was born in Mikkeli, and made his Veikkausliiga debut in Finland for MP Mikkeli in 1992, and became the club's first choice goalkeeper in 1994. In 1996, he moved to VPS Vaasa where...

, Bolton took the lead early in the second half through a Matthew Upson

Matthew Upson

Matthew James Upson is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City in the Premier League. He is a central defender and he has played for England at full international level including at the 2010 World Cup....

own goal, which was followed by a Johan Elmander

Johan Elmander

Johan Erik Calvin Elmander is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Galatasaray and the Sweden national football team. He joined in a free transfer after his contract with English club Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League expired...

header. Although Mark Noble

Mark Noble

Mark James Noble is an English footballer who plays for West Ham United. He has played all his youth and first team football for West Ham and made 20 appearances, scoring 3 goals, for the England under-21 team which he captained.Despite his relatively young age, Noble is the longest serving player...

pulled a goal back from the penalty spot after Gary Cahill

Gary Cahill

Gary James Cahill is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team.-Club career:...

had been adjuged to have pushed Scott Parker

Scott Parker (footballer)

Scott Matthew Parker is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team. He is the FWA Footballer of the Year for the 2010–11 season. He has represented England at every level from under-16 to senior. Uniquely, he won his first four England...

, Elmander scored his second of the game with six minutes remaining. The game saw a debut for Robbie Blake

Robbie Blake

Robert James "Robbie" Blake is an English footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Barclays Premier League...

.

Bolton's next match was at home to Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

and was moved to the Sunday to allow for live television coverage. The game started badly for the home team, with Roger Johnson

Roger Johnson (footballer)

Roger Johnson is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

scoring for Birmingham in the first five minutes. Shortly before the end of the first half the situation got worse when Jussi Jääskeläinen

Jussi Jääskeläinen

was sent off for slapping Johnson in the face. As a result, Hungarian goalkeeper Ádám Bogdán

Ádám Bogdán

Ádám Bogdán is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers and the Hungary national football team as a goalkeeper.-Club career:...

was brought on for Martin Petrov

Martin Petrov

Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...

, to replace Jääskeläinen in goal, marking Bogdán's league debut. Birmingham doubled their advantage early in the second half through Craig Gardner

Craig Gardner

Craig Gardner is an English footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Sunderland. A versatile midfielder, Gardner can play in many different positions, although central midfield is his preferred position...

. However, the ten men battled back, first through captain Kevin Davies

Kevin Davies

Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team as a striker. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009....

, scoring his 100th league goal from the penalty spot after he himself was fouled in the area by Johnson, and then Robbie Blake

Robbie Blake

Robert James "Robbie" Blake is an English footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Barclays Premier League...

, firing in a free kick for his first goal for the club. The result saw Bolton finish the weekend in fifth place in the Premier League.

The following round of fixtures took place a fortnight later, due to an international break. On 3 September, Gary Cahill

Gary Cahill

Gary James Cahill is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team.-Club career:...

, who had been called up to previous squads without playing, became the first Bolton player to play for England

England national football team

The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

since Michael Ricketts

Michael Ricketts

Michael Barrington Ricketts is an English football player who was released by Tranmere Rovers in February 2010. He played as a striker and he has been capped once by England in a friendly against the Netherlands in 2002.-Early career:...

in 2002, in the national team's 4-0 win over Bulgaria

Bulgaria national football team

The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...

.

Bolton returned to league football on 11 September, with an away fixture at Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

. Drawing 1-1 at half-time, through Johan Elmander

Johan Elmander

's third league goal of the season, which saw him equal his league tally from the previous season, Bolton were 2-1 down when Cahill was sent off for a tackle on Marouane Chamakh

Marouane Chamakh

Marouane Chamakh is a French-Moroccan footballer who plays for English club Arsenal in the Premier League and the Moroccan national team as a striker. He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "tall stature" and "excellent heading ability".Chamakh started his career...

. Playing against ten men, Arsenal dominated the rest of the game and ran out 4-1 winners. As a result, the club fell into the bottom half of the table for the first time that season. The club appealed the three match ban that Cahill would have to serve for the sending off, but this was rejected. A week later, a second successive away game saw Bolton finish level with Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

, in the last game before Gérard Houllier

Gérard Houllier

Gérard Houllier, OBE , is a French football manager, who was last manager of Premier League club Aston Villa. He stepped down on 1 June 2011, following hospitalisation over heart problems towards the end of the 2010-2011 season....

took over as manager of the Midlands club. Ashley Young put the home side ahead early on from a free kick, but Bolton had drawn level by the end of the half, Kevin Davies

Kevin Davies

Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team as a striker. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009....

netting his second league goal of the season, to put an end to the scoring.

Bolton's next home was again moved to the Sunday to allow for live television coverage, with the visitors being near neighours, Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

. An early Zat Knight

Zat Knight

Zatyiah "Zat" Knight is an English footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. Knight has two caps for England.-Club career:-Fulham:Fulham signed Knight from Rushall Olympic on a free transfer in 1999...

goal, flicking in a corner, gave Bolton the lead, but United equalised half way through the first half, after Nani

Nani

-People:*Nani, a Portuguese footballer who plays for Manchester United*Gianluca Nani, former technical director at West Ham United*Nanabhoy Palkhivala, nicknamed Nani, an Indian jurist and economist*Nani Roma, a Spanish rally racing driver...

had run unchecked through Bolton's half before shooting from just outside the area past the returning Jussi Jääskeläinen

Jussi Jääskeläinen

. Bolton have only beaten Manchester United once at home in thirty years, but it looked like they would make it twice after Martin Petrov

Martin Petrov

Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...

shot home with his unfavoured right foot in the sixty seventh minute, scoring his first goal for the club in the process. The home side almost made it 3-1 soon after, but Johan Elmander failed to make a one on one with United keeper Edwin van der Sar

Edwin van der Sar

Edwin van der Sar OON is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for AFC Ajax, Juventus, Fulham and Manchester United. He is the most capped player in the Netherlands national football team's history...

count, and Bolton were made to rue this chance when Michael Owen

Michael Owen

Michael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997...

, on as a substitute three minutes earlier, flicked on a Nani free-kick into Jääskeläinen's right hand corner to make the final result 2-2. A fourth game without a win ensured that Bolton remained in the bottom half of the Premier League.

October began with an away game at newly promoted West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

. Kevin Davies

Kevin Davies

Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team as a striker. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009....

set up Johan Elmander

Johan Elmander

in the sixty fourth minute, but James Morrison

James Morrison (footballer)

James Clark Morrison is a Scottish international footballer who currently plays for West Bromwich Albion. His ability to run with the ball at pace makes him an effective option through the middle, as an attacking midfielder, or more often as a right winger...

equalised fourteen minutes later to earn the home side a draw. Elmander's goal, his fourth of the season, meant he had already scored more league goals this season than he had in the whole of the previous season. The day after, Kevin Davies was called up into the England squad for the first time and included in the squad to play Montenegro

Montenegro national football team

The Montenegro national football team represents Montenegro in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Montenegro, the governing body for football in Montenegro...

on 12 October. Later in the week, Gary Cahill

Gary Cahill

Gary James Cahill is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team.-Club career:...

was called into the squad as a late replacement for Phil Jagielka

Phil Jagielka

Philip Nikodem "Phil" Jagielka is an English international footballer who plays for Everton in the Premier League. He played regularly in central midfield for his previous club Sheffield United, but generally plays in central defence for Everton...

, meaning that, for the first time since Eddie Hopkinson

Eddie Hopkinson

Edward Hopkinson was an English football goalkeeper.He was born in Wheatley Hill, near Peterlee, County Durham....

and Doug Holden

Doug Holden

Doug Holden is a former English professional footballer who played as a winger.-Football career:Holden began his professional playing career with Bolton Wanderers in 1951...

in 1959, Bolton had two representatives in the England squad. Although Cahill didn't make it onto the pitch, Davies made his international debut as a second half substitute in the game.

Bolton returned to league action on 16 October with a home fixture against Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

. A Lee Chung-Yong

Lee Chung-Yong

Lee Chung-Yong is a South Korean footballer who plays for Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and the South Korean national team. His nickname, Blue Dragon, is a transliteration of his given name "Chung-Yong" derived from Hanja, 청용...

goal midway through the first half sent Bolton in at half time ahead, but Rory Delap

Rory Delap

Rory John Delap is an English born Irish footballer who plays for Stoke City. He has played eleven times for the Republic of Ireland national football team....

equalised early in the second half. The game had moved into the fourth minute of injury time when substitute Ivan Klasnić

Ivan Klasnic

Ivan Klasnić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers of the Premier League. He is a Croatian international. In 2007, Klasnić underwent a kidney transplant, and became the first player to participate in a major tournament after a transplant.-St. Pauli:Klasnić started his...

scored what turned out to be the winning goal. Almost immediately, Klasnić was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in the two minutes after his goal.

A week later, Bolton played their first game of the season against near neighbours Wigan Athletic. Bolton would eventually play their closest rivals geographically four times, after drawing their FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

Fourth round tie. Hugo Rodallega

Hugo Rodallega

Hugo Rodallega Martínez is a Colombian footballer who plays for English Premier League club Wigan Athletic. He primarily plays as a striker, but can also play on the wing....

opened the scoring at the DW Stadium but this was swiftly equalised by Johan Elmander

Johan Elmander

as Bolton consolidated their position in the top half of the Premier League. However, the following Sunday, a late Maxi Rodriguez goal would see Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

beat Bolton and continue their good form at the Reebok Stadium

Reebok Stadium

The Reebok Stadium is the home stadium of English Premier League football club Bolton Wanderers, and is located on the Middlebrook Retail Park in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. It is commonly known as 'The Reebok'...

, where they had not lost since 2006. The result saw Bolton finish October in tenth place.

November opened with a home fixture against Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

, who had not won a league game at the Reebok Stadium. This run continued as two goals from Kevin Davies

Kevin Davies

Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team as a striker. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009....

and a goal apiece for Grétar Steinsson

Grétar Steinsson

Grétar Rafn Steinsson is an Icelandic footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:He started his career with local team KS in Siglufjörður and later played for ÍA Akranes before going abroad to play professionally for Swiss club BSC Young Boys.On 2 July 2007, AZ Alkmaar announced they...

and Martin Petrov

Martin Petrov

Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...

saw Bolton run out 4-2 winners. This began a run of five unbeaten games throughout the month of November. On 10 November, a late Jermaine Beckford

Jermaine Beckford

Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford is an English footballer who plays for Leicester City as a striker. He started his career as a trainee at Chelsea...

goal saw Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

salvage a draw at Goodison Park

Goodison Park

Goodison Park is a football stadium located in Walton, Liverpool, England. The stadium has been home to Everton F.C. since its completion in 1892 and is one of the world's first purpose-built football grounds...

after Ivan Klasnić

Ivan Klasnic

had put Bolton ahead. The following Saturday, Bolton raced into a 3-0 lead at Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

through a Richard Stearman

Richard Stearman

Richard James Michael Stearman is an English footballer of Irish descent who plays as a defender for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers...

own goal, a Johan Elmander

Johan Elmander

solo effort and a Stuart Holden

Stuart Holden

Stuart Alistair Holden is an American football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League....

strike, before Wolves pulled back two goals. A week later, Bolton earned their largest win of the season when Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

came to the Reebok Stadium. This was the first game that former captain Kevin Nolan

Kevin Nolan

Kevin Anthony Jance Nolan is an English professional footballer who plays for and is the current club captain of West Ham United in the Football League Championship. An attacking midfielder, he has represented England at under-21 level....

had played at Bolton since his move to Newcastle in January 2009. Two converted penalties by Kevin Davies, two more goals for Johan Elmander and one for Lee Chung-Yong

Lee Chung-Yong

gave Bolton a 5-1 win. Bolton finished the month by welcoming Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

to the Reebok Stadium for the first time. It was also the first time the clubs had met for seventeen years. Trailing by two goals half way through the second half, Bolton pulled the goals back, first through a Martin Petrov

Martin Petrov

Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...

free kick and then a team effort completed by Mark Davies. Bolton finished the month in fifth place and challenging for European football.

December opened with a game at Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

who, despite having Aleksandar Kolarov

Aleksandar Kolarov

Aleksandar Kolarov is a professional association footballer playing for Premier League side Manchester City and the Serbian national team....

sent off in the second half, kept hold of their one goal lead, given to them in the first half by Carlos Tévez

Carlos Tévez

Carlos Alberto Tévez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for English club Manchester City...

. The week after, Bolton themselves had a man sent off, with Mark Davies receiving his marching orders for elbowing Phil Jones

Phil Jones (footballer)

Philip Anthony "Phil" Jones is an English footballer who plays for Manchester United and the England national team. Before joining Manchester United, Jones played for Blackburn Rovers at both youth and senior levels...

with the game goalless. Fabrice Muamba

Fabrice Muamba

Fabrice Ndala Muamba is a footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers as a midfielder in the Premier League. He previously played for Arsenal and Birmingham City. At international level, he has represented England at under-21 level....

then scored his first goal of the season but Blackburn equalised late on, with Mame Biram Diouf

Mame Biram Diouf

Mame Biram Diouf is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a forward for English club Manchester United and the Senegal national football team....

bringing the scores level. However, just one minute later, Stuart Holden

Stuart Holden

Stuart Alistair Holden is an American football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League....

ran onto a Kevin Davies

Kevin Davies

Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team as a striker. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009....

header to score from twenty yards. The game would prove to be the last as Blackburn manager for former Bolton boss Sam Allardyce

Sam Allardyce

Samuel "Sam" Allardyce , nicknamed "Big Sam", is an English football manager and former professional player. In June 2011 he was appointed as manager of West Ham United....

, who was fired the day after.

Last updated: 22 May 2011
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Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

FA Cup

Bolton Wanderers entered the 2010–11 FA Cup

2010–11 FA Cup

The 2010–11 FA Cup was the 130th season of the world's oldest association football knock-out competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short...

at the Third Round stage, the draw being made on 28 November 2010. Bolton were drawn against non-league opposition in the form of York City

York City F.C.

York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...

, the first time that they had played a non-league side since beating Yeovil Town

Yeovil Town F.C.

Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...

ten years previously. The match was played on 8 January 2011.

Bolton started the game showing seven changes from their previous game against Wigan Athletic

Wigan Athletic F.C.

Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...

and struggled to break down York. It took the introduction of first choice forwards Kevin Davies

Kevin Davies

Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team as a striker. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009....

and Johan Elmander

Johan Elmander

to make the difference, Davies scoring in the eighty third minute and Elmander scoring with a drive from outside the box six minutes later.

The draw for the fourth round was made the following afternoon and saw Bolton drawn against their nearest local rivals, Wigan Athletic. The match took place on 29 January and ended goalless. The draw for the fifth round took place the day after and gave the winner of the replay an away tie at Fulham

Fulham F.C.

on 20 February. The replay took place at the DW Stadium on 16 February, where a single goal from Ivan Klasnić

Ivan Klasnic

took Bolton through to the fifth round. The draw for the sixth round took place whilst Bolton were still playing at Craven Cottage

Craven Cottage

Craven Cottage is the name of a football stadium in the Hammersmith and Fulham area that has been the home ground of the association football team Fulham F.C. since 1896....

and saw the winners of the game drawn away at Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

. Again, a single Klasnić goal, scored early in the first half, saw Bolton go through to the quarter-finals.

The quarter-final was played on 12 April and was shown live on ESPN

ESPN (UK)

ESPN is a sports television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland owned by American sports broadcaster ESPN Inc. The channel launched on 3 August 2009...

. A goal early in the first half by Johan Elmander

Johan Elmander

was cancelled out by Cameron Jerome

Cameron Jerome

Cameron Zishan Rana-Jerome is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City as a striker. He also played for Cardiff City in the Football League, and for Birmingham City in the Football League and Premier League, and at international level has several caps for the England under-21 team.-Early...

before half-time, the first goal that Bolton had conceded in that years competition. A Kevin Davies

Kevin Davies

Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team as a striker. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009....

penalty restored Bolton's lead in the second half, but Kevin Phillips

Kevin Phillips (footballer)

Kevin Mark Phillips is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Blackpool.Phillips was the Premier League top scorer in the 1999–2000 season with 30 goals for Sunderland, a tally which won him the European Golden Shoe. He remains the only Englishman to win the trophy...

hit a dipping shot over Jussi Jääskeläinen

Jussi Jääskeläinen

, playing his 500th game for Bolton, to again bring Birmingham level. However, a Lee Chung-Yong

Lee Chung-Yong

header, early in added time, completed the scoring and took Bolton into the Semi-Final

FA Cup Semi-finals

The FA Cup Semi-finals are played to determine which teams will contest the FA Cup Final. They are the penultimate phase of the FA Cup, the oldest football tournament in the world.- Location :...

for the first time in eleven years. The day after, England coaches Hope Powell

Hope Powell

Hope Patricia Powell, CBE is the coach of the England women's national football team. Powell is an ‘A’ License coach and in 2003 became the first woman to achieve the UEFA Pro Licence - the highest coaching award available.-Early life:Powell was educated at Bethany School and went on to take A...

and Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the manager of the England national football team.Capello has the distinction of winning the domestic league title with every club he has coached throughout his career...

performed the Semi-Final draw, and Bolton were paired with Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

with Bolton the home team for the game at Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium

The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...

.

The game was played on 17 April, with whoever won the tie knowing that they would be playing Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

in the final after their victory over Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

the day before. Stoke ran out 5-0 victors, the largest FA Cup Semi-Final win since before the Second World War

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, with former Bolton player Jonathan Walters

Jonathan Walters

Jonathan Ronald "Jon" Walters is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the Republic of Ireland national football team....

scoring twice. Bolton captain Kevin Davies later apologised to the fans for the performance of the players.

League Cup

Bolton Wanderers entered the 2010–11 Football League Cup

2010–11 Football League Cup

The 2010–11 Football League Cup, known as the Carling Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by lager brand Carling, was the 51st season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs....

at the Second Round stage, the draw being made on 11 August 2010. It saw Bolton given an away tie at League One

Football League One

Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

side Southampton, who they had not faced since Southampton were relegated from the Premier League in 2005. The game was played on 24 August and saw the debut of young Hungarian goalkeeper Ádám Bogdán

Ádám Bogdán

Ádám Bogdán is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers and the Hungary national football team as a goalkeeper.-Club career:...

. He kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 win, Ivan Klasnić

Ivan Klasnic

scoring the only goal in the first half.

The draw for the third round was made on 29 August and saw Owen Coyle

Owen Coyle

Owen Columba Coyle is a Scottish-born Irish international former professional player and professional association football manager . He is currently the manager of Bolton Wanderers....

's side drawn against his previous club Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

, who he had left to join Bolton the previous January, with the game played at Turf Moor

Turf Moor

Turf Moor is a football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire. It is the home ground of Burnley Football Club, which has played there since moving from its Calder Vale ground in 1883. The stadium, which is situated on Harry Potts Way, named so after the club's longest serving Manager, has a capacity of...

on 21 September. Bolton made numerous changes to the team that had played the previous Saturday at Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

. A Wade Elliott

Wade Elliott

Wade Patrick Elliott is an English professional footballer who plays for Birmingham City. He plays mainly as a right midfielder but can play as a central midfielder. He began playing football as a youth player for Southampton before joining non-league Bashley. He began his professional career at...

goal, shortly before half time, was the only goal of the game and brought to an end Bolton's participation in the competition.

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Ádám Bogdán Ádám Bogdán Ádám Bogdán is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers and the Hungary national football team as a goalkeeper.-Club career:...	3(1)	0	3	0	2	0	8(1)	0	0	0
2	DF	Grétar Steinsson Grétar Steinsson Grétar Rafn Steinsson is an Icelandic footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:He started his career with local team KS in Siglufjörður and later played for ÍA Akranes before going abroad to play professionally for Swiss club BSC Young Boys.On 2 July 2007, AZ Alkmaar announced they...	23	1	2	0	1	0	25	1	7	0
3	DF	Jlloyd Samuel Jlloyd Samuel Jlloyd Samuel is a Trinidadian footballer who last played for Bolton Wanderers as a defender. He is a Trinidad and Tobago international.-Aston Villa:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Paul Robinson	35	0	5	0	0	0	40	0	10	0
5	DF	Gary Cahill Gary Cahill Gary James Cahill is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team.-Club career:...	36	3	4	0	0	0	39	3	8	1
6	MF	Fabrice Muamba Fabrice Muamba Fabrice Ndala Muamba is a footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers as a midfielder in the Premier League. He previously played for Arsenal and Birmingham City. At international level, he has represented England at under-21 level....	32(3)	1	4	0	0	0	36(3)	1	7	0
7	MF	Matthew Taylor Matthew Taylor (footballer) Matthew Simon "Matty" Taylor is an English footballer who plays for West Ham United. He is noted for his powerful long-range strikes.-Early career:...	22(14)	2	1(2)	0	2	0	25(15)	2	4	0
8	MF	Stuart Holden Stuart Holden Stuart Alistair Holden is an American football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League....	26	2	2(1)	0	0(1)	0	29(2)	2	4	0
9	FW	Johan Elmander Johan Elmander Johan Erik Calvin Elmander is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Galatasaray and the Sweden national football team. He joined in a free transfer after his contract with English club Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League expired...	37	10	4(2)	2	0(2)	0	40(4)	12	5	0
10	MF	Martin Petrov Martin Petrov Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...	18(9)	3	6	0	0	0	23(9)	3	1	0
11	MF	Ricardo Gardner Ricardo Gardner Ricardo Gardner is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is naturally a left winger but can also play in the centre of midfield or at left wingback.-Early career:...	3(2)	0	0	0	1	0	4(2)	0	0	0
12	DF	Zat Knight Zat Knight Zatyiah "Zat" Knight is an English footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. Knight has two caps for England.-Club career:-Fulham:Fulham signed Knight from Rushall Olympic on a free transfer in 1999...	34	1	3	0	2	0	38	1	2	0
13	GK	Rob Lainton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Kevin Davies Kevin Davies Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team as a striker. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009....	38	8	4(2)	2	1	0	42(2)	10	12	0
15	MF	Riga Mustapha Riga Mustapha Rahamat Riga Mustapha, commonly known as Mustapha Riga , is a Ghanaian-born Dutch footballer who most recently played for Segunda División club FC Cartagena...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	Daniel Sturridge Daniel Sturridge Daniel Andre Sturridge is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He is primarily a forward, but has been used on the right flank as a winger for Chelsea...	11(1)	8	0	0	0	0	11(1)	8	0	1
16	MF	Mark Davies	9(14)	1	3(2)	0	2	0	14(16)	0	6	1
17	FW	Ivan Klasnić Ivan Klasnic Ivan Klasnić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers of the Premier League. He is a Croatian international. In 2007, Klasnić underwent a kidney transplant, and became the first player to participate in a major tournament after a transplant.-St. Pauli:Klasnić started his...	0(21)	4	5	2	2	1	7(21)	7	1	1
18	DF	Sam Ricketts Sam Ricketts Samuel Derek "Sam" Ricketts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers. His favoured position is full-back...	14(3)	0	3	0	2	0	19(3)	0	2	0
19	MF	Rodrigo Rodrigo Moreno Machado Rodrigo Moreno Machado is a Brazilian-born Spanish footballer who currently plays for Benfica. He is able to play on the wing or as a striker...	4(12)	1	1(2)	0	1	0	6(14)	1	0	0
20	FW	Robbie Blake Robbie Blake Robert James "Robbie" Blake is an English footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Barclays Premier League...	0(8)	1	1(1)	0	2	0	3(9)	1	1	0
21	MF	Tamir Cohen Tamir Cohen Tamir Cohen is an Israeli football midfielder who plays for Maccabi Haifa. He is the son of the late Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool player Avi Cohen.-Early career:Cohen started his career in Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team where in 2001–02 he won the double...	3(4)	1	0(2)	0	1	0	4(6)	1	2	0
22	GK	Jussi Jääskeläinen Jussi Jääskeläinen Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen is a Finnish football goalkeeper, who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:Jääskeläinen was born in Mikkeli, and made his Veikkausliiga debut in Finland for MP Mikkeli in 1992, and became the club's first choice goalkeeper in 1994. In 1996, he moved to VPS Vaasa where...	35	0	3	0	0	0	38	0	1	1
23	MF	Sean Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Marcos Alonso Marcos Alonso Mendoza Marcos Alonso Mendoza is a Spanish footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. A former Real Madrid player, he can play as both a defender or a midfielder on the left side.-Real Madrid:...	4	0	2(1)	0	2	0	7(1)	0	2	0
26	GK	Ali Al-Habsi Ali Al-Habsi Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi , born December 30, 1981 in Muscat) is an Omani professional association football player. He currently plays in the Premier League as a goalkeeper for Wigan Athletic, having played previously for Bolton Wanderers and Lyn Oslo....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Lee Chung-Yong Lee Chung-Yong Lee Chung-Yong is a South Korean footballer who plays for Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and the South Korean national team. His nickname, Blue Dragon, is a transliteration of his given name "Chung-Yong" derived from Hanja, 청용...	25(6)	3	3(1)	1	0(1)	0	28(8)	4	1	0
28	MF	Joey O'Brien Joey O'Brien Joseph Martin "Joey" O'Brien is an Irish international footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for West Ham United.-Bolton Wanderers:O'Brien started his career with Bolton Wanderers in 2004....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Michael O'Halloran Michael O'Halloran (footballer) Michael O'Halloran is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He plays as a forward.-Bolton Wanderers:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Andy O'Brien Andy O'Brien Andrew "Andy" O'Brien is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by the late Ross Davidson. One of the original characters created for the series, Andy made his appearance one month after the show first broadcast in March 1985. Portrayed as altruistic and middle-classed,...	1(1)	0	0	0	1	0	2(1)	0	0	0
31	DF	David Wheater David Wheater David James Wheater is an English footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is a centre back, although he is capable of playing at right back as well.-Middlesbrough:...	5(2)	0	3	0	0	0	8(2)	0	4	0
33	FW	Danny Ward Danny Ward (footballer) Daniel Carl "Danny" Ward is an English footballer who plays for Huddersfield Town, as a forward and winger.-Bolton Wanderers:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	Tope Obadeyi Tope Obadeyi Temitope Ayoluwa "Tope" Obadeyi is an English footballer of Nigerian heritage who plays for Chesterfield, on loan from Bolton Wanderers, as a striker.-Career:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	Tom Eaves Tom Eaves Thomas "Tom" James Eaves is an English football player who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Oldham Athletic:He joined Oldham Athletic's Centre of Excellence as a youth player at Under-15 age group having previously been at Crewe Alexandra.He made his Football League debut on 23 January 2010 as a...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	Josh Vela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	2	–	0	–	0	–	2

Statistics accurate as of match played 22 May 2011

Transfers

On the commencement of the summer transfer window on 1 July, Portuguese striker Ricardo Vaz Tê

Ricardo Vaz Té

Ricardo Jorge Vaz Tê is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Barnsley. Vaz Tê previously played for English clubs Bolton Wanderers and Hull City, Greek club Panionios and Scottish club Hibernian.- Early life :...

, who has been at the club since 2003, was released. At the same time, young Australian midfielder Aaron Mooy

Aaron Mooy

Aaron Mooy is an Australian football player who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for St. Mirren in the Scottish Premier League.-Club career:Mooy Started his career in Europe as a youth scholar at Bolton Wanderers...

turned down the chance of a new contract and also left. Coming into the club were Martin Petrov

Martin Petrov

Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...

, signed on a free transfer from Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

and Robbie Blake

Robbie Blake

Robert James "Robbie" Blake is an English footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Barclays Premier League...

from manager Owen Coyle

Owen Coyle

Owen Columba Coyle is a Scottish-born Irish international former professional player and professional association football manager . He is currently the manager of Bolton Wanderers....

's former club Burnley

Burnley F.C.

, also on a free transfer. In the middle of July, as the team prepared to fly to the United States for their pre season tour, the club agreed a season long loan deal with Wigan Athletic for second choice goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi

Ali Al-Habsi

Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi , born December 30, 1981 in Muscat) is an Omani professional association football player. He currently plays in the Premier League as a goalkeeper for Wigan Athletic, having played previously for Bolton Wanderers and Lyn Oslo....

. Later in the month, Spanish under 19

Spain national under-19 football team

The Spain national under-19 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.-UEFA European Under-19 Championship Record:...

international Marcos Alonso

Marcos Alonso Mendoza

Marcos Alonso Mendoza is a Spanish footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. A former Real Madrid player, he can play as both a defender or a midfielder on the left side.-Real Madrid:...

signed from Spanish giants Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

for an undisclosed fee. This allowed the club to let long serving defender Nicky Hunt

Nicky Hunt

Nicholas Brett "Nicky" Hunt is an English footballer who plays for Bristol City as a right back.-Bolton Wanderers:Hunt made his professional debut as a substitute for Colin Hendry in the First Division match against Sheffield United on the final day of the 2000–01 season, shortly before Bolton won...

leave on a free transfer to Bristol City

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

three days later.

August saw the club sign Croatian international Ivan Klasnić

Ivan Klasnic

, who had been at the club the previous season on loan, from FC Nantes after the player had negotiated his release from the French club, as well as young striker Tom Eaves

Tom Eaves

Thomas "Tom" James Eaves is an English football player who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Oldham Athletic:He joined Oldham Athletic's Centre of Excellence as a youth player at Under-15 age group having previously been at Crewe Alexandra.He made his Football League debut on 23 January 2010 as a...

from Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic A.F.C.

Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...

for an undisclosed fee. Eaves had scored a hat trick for Oldham against Bolton in a friendly a fortnight earlier. A day after Eaves was signed, Bolton sold Chris Basham

Chris Basham

Christopher Paul "Chris" Basham is an English footballer who plays for Blackpool. He can play in defence or midfield....

to Premier League

FA Premier League

The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...

new boys Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

, again for an undisclosed fee.

As the summer transfer window closed, a loan deal with Benfica

SL Benfica

Sport Lisboa e Benfica , commonly known as simply Benfica or occasionally as Benfica Lisbon, is a Portuguese multi-sports club based in Lisbon. Although they successfully compete in a number of different sports, Benfica is mostly known for its association football team...

of Portugal was made to bring young Spanish international Rodrigo

Rodrigo Moreno Machado

Rodrigo Moreno Machado is a Brazilian-born Spanish footballer who currently plays for Benfica. He is able to play on the wing or as a striker...

to the Reebok Stadium

Reebok Stadium

for the season. At the same time, Bolton agreed a mutual termination with Nigerian international Danny Shittu

Danny Shittu

Daniel Olusola "Danny" Shittu is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers."Olusola" is a nickname for the Yoruba name "Oluwanisola" .-Early career:...

, and he left the club.

As the closure of the transfer window does not preclude Premier League clubs loaning players to lower league teams, Danny Ward

Danny Ward (footballer)

Daniel Carl "Danny" Ward is an English footballer who plays for Huddersfield Town, as a forward and winger.-Bolton Wanderers:...

joined Championship

Football League Championship

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

team Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

until the New Year, but this was cut short in the middle of October when the player suffered a groin injury and returned to Bolton. Tope Obadeyi was loaned to League Two

Football League Two

Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....

side Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury Town F.C.

Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...

for an initial month in mid October and this loan was extended at its conclusion for another month.

When the January transfer window opened, Irish international Andy O'Brien

Andy O'Brien

Andrew "Andy" O'Brien is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by the late Ross Davidson. One of the original characters created for the series, Andy made his appearance one month after the show first broadcast in March 1985. Portrayed as altruistic and middle-classed,...

, who had been on loan at Championship team Leeds United since the end of October, joined them on a permanent basis. As a replacement, Bolton signed David Wheater

David Wheater

David James Wheater is an English footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is a centre back, although he is capable of playing at right back as well.-Middlesbrough:...

from Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

for an undisclosed fee. Riga Mustapha

Riga Mustapha

Rahamat Riga Mustapha, commonly known as Mustapha Riga , is a Ghanaian-born Dutch footballer who most recently played for Segunda División club FC Cartagena...

, who had rejected a deal to terminate his contract in September, finally agreed and left the club after making twenty two appearances since he joined in 2008. On transfer deadline day, Bolton signed Daniel Sturridge

Daniel Sturridge

Daniel Andre Sturridge is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He is primarily a forward, but has been used on the right flank as a winger for Chelsea...

on loan from Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

until the end of the season.

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2010	MF	Martin Petrov Martin Petrov Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...	Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...	Free
1 July 2010	FW	Robbie Blake Robbie Blake Robert James "Robbie" Blake is an English footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Barclays Premier League...	Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...	Free
27 July 2010	DF	Marcos Alonso Marcos Alonso Mendoza Marcos Alonso Mendoza is a Spanish footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. A former Real Madrid player, he can play as both a defender or a midfielder on the left side.-Real Madrid:...	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	Undisclosed
4 August 2010	FW	Ivan Klasnić Ivan Klasnic Ivan Klasnić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers of the Premier League. He is a Croatian international. In 2007, Klasnić underwent a kidney transplant, and became the first player to participate in a major tournament after a transplant.-St. Pauli:Klasnić started his...	FC Nantes	Free
12 August 2010	FW	Tom Eaves Tom Eaves Thomas "Tom" James Eaves is an English football player who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Oldham Athletic:He joined Oldham Athletic's Centre of Excellence as a youth player at Under-15 age group having previously been at Crewe Alexandra.He made his Football League debut on 23 January 2010 as a...	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic A.F.C. Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...	Undisclosed
20 January 2011	DF	David Wheater David Wheater David James Wheater is an English footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is a centre back, although he is capable of playing at right back as well.-Middlesbrough:...	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2010	FW	Ricardo Vaz Tê Ricardo Vaz Té Ricardo Jorge Vaz Tê is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Barnsley. Vaz Tê previously played for English clubs Bolton Wanderers and Hull City, Greek club Panionios and Scottish club Hibernian.- Early life :...	Panionios	Free
1 July 2010	MF	Aaron Mooy Aaron Mooy Aaron Mooy is an Australian football player who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for St. Mirren in the Scottish Premier League.-Club career:Mooy Started his career in Europe as a youth scholar at Bolton Wanderers...	St. Mirren St. Mirren F.C. St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St...	Free
30 July 2010	DF	Nicky Hunt Nicky Hunt Nicholas Brett "Nicky" Hunt is an English footballer who plays for Bristol City as a right back.-Bolton Wanderers:Hunt made his professional debut as a substitute for Colin Hendry in the First Division match against Sheffield United on the final day of the 2000–01 season, shortly before Bolton won...	Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...	Free
13 August 2010	MF	Chris Basham Chris Basham Christopher Paul "Chris" Basham is an English footballer who plays for Blackpool. He can play in defence or midfield....	Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...	Undisclosed
2 September 2010	DF	Danny Shittu Danny Shittu Daniel Olusola "Danny" Shittu is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers."Olusola" is a nickname for the Yoruba name "Oluwanisola" .-Early career:...	Millwall Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...	Free
4 January 2011	DF	Andy O'Brien	Leeds United Leeds United A.F.C. Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...	Free
27 January 2011	MF	Riga Mustapha Riga Mustapha Rahamat Riga Mustapha, commonly known as Mustapha Riga , is a Ghanaian-born Dutch footballer who most recently played for Segunda División club FC Cartagena...	Cartagena FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 1995, it currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estadio Cartagonova, with a capacity of 15,105 spectators....	Free

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
31 August 2010	30 June 2011	MF	Rodrigo Rodrigo Moreno Machado Rodrigo Moreno Machado is a Brazilian-born Spanish footballer who currently plays for Benfica. He is able to play on the wing or as a striker...	Benfica
31 January 2011	30 June 2011	FW	Daniel Sturridge Daniel Sturridge Daniel Andre Sturridge is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He is primarily a forward, but has been used on the right flank as a winger for Chelsea...	Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
15 July 2010	30 June 2011	GK	Ali Al-Habsi Ali Al-Habsi Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi , born December 30, 1981 in Muscat) is an Omani professional association football player. He currently plays in the Premier League as a goalkeeper for Wigan Athletic, having played previously for Bolton Wanderers and Lyn Oslo....	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic F.C. Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
10 September 2010	14 October 2010	MF	Danny Ward Danny Ward (footballer) Daniel Carl "Danny" Ward is an English footballer who plays for Huddersfield Town, as a forward and winger.-Bolton Wanderers:...	Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
22 October 2010	8 January 2011	FW	Tope Obadeyi Tope Obadeyi Temitope Ayoluwa "Tope" Obadeyi is an English footballer of Nigerian heritage who plays for Chesterfield, on loan from Bolton Wanderers, as a striker.-Career:...	Shewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town F.C. Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...
29 October 2010	4 January 2011	DF	Andy O'Brien Andy O'Brien Andrew "Andy" O'Brien is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by the late Ross Davidson. One of the original characters created for the series, Andy made his appearance one month after the show first broadcast in March 1985. Portrayed as altruistic and middle-classed,...	Leeds United Leeds United A.F.C. Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
8 March 2011	6 April 2011	MF	Ricardo Gardner Ricardo Gardner Ricardo Gardner is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is naturally a left winger but can also play in the centre of midfield or at left wingback.-Early career:...	Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...
15 March 2011	31 May 2011	MF	Danny Ward Danny Ward (footballer) Daniel Carl "Danny" Ward is an English footballer who plays for Huddersfield Town, as a forward and winger.-Bolton Wanderers:...	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
23 March 2011	4 May 2011	MF	Joey O'Brien Joey O'Brien Joseph Martin "Joey" O'Brien is an Irish international footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for West Ham United.-Bolton Wanderers:O'Brien started his career with Bolton Wanderers in 2004....	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
23 March 2011	31 May 2011	DF	Jlloyd Samuel Jlloyd Samuel Jlloyd Samuel is a Trinidadian footballer who last played for Bolton Wanderers as a defender. He is a Trinidad and Tobago international.-Aston Villa:...	Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

Mid-season friendlies

Last updated: 8 January 2011
Source: Bolton Wanderers F.C.

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