2017–18 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

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Bolton Wanderers
2017–18 season
Chairman Ken Anderson
Manager Phil Parkinson
Stadium Macron Stadium
Championship 21st
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Gary Madine (10)
All: Gary Madine (10)
Highest home attendance 21,097 v Birmingham City
3 April 2018
Lowest home attendance 6,385 v Sheffield Wednesday
22 August 2017
Average home league attendance 15,887
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2017–18 season is Bolton Wanderers's first season back in the second tier of English football following their immediate return from EFL League One. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Pre-season

On 9 May 2017 the club announced that they would host Stoke City on 29 July, a week before their league campaign commences.[1] Two days later, Reece Wabara, Liam Trotter, Lewis Buxton, Tom Walker and Will Jääskeläinen were all confirmed to be leaving the club at the end of their contracts on 30 June, with Conor Wilkinson being allowed to speak to other clubs.[2] The next week five of the club's young players, including Alex Samizadeh and Jack Earing who had previously played for the first team, were offered third year scholarships.[3] On 19 May, a second pre season friendly was announced against National League North side Stockport County on 25 July.[4] Later the same day they confirmed that Lawrie Wilson, Dean Moxey and Mark Davies would also be leaving the club at the end of their contracts.[5] On 24 May, the club confirmed that Jem Karacan had signed a one-year deal, with an option for a further year, keeping him at the club until at least June 2018.[6] A day later Andrew Taylor, who had spent the previous season on loan at the club, joined on a permanent basis on a free transfer from Wigan Athletic on a two-year deal.[7]

26 May saw the club announce more pre-season fixtures. They would travel to Chorley on 8 July and then Fleetwood Town on 22 July.[8] Meanwhile, a Bolton XI would play West Didsbury & Chorlton, Atherton Collieries, F.C. United of Manchester and Marine.[9] The game against West Didsbury & Chorlton was later postponed to a later date.[10] Four days later a fifth match, this one at AFC Fylde, was added to the pre-season diary.[11] Early the next morning the club confirmed that Gary Madine had signed a new two-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2019.[12]

On the first day of June the club announced that David Wheater had signed a new one-year contract with the option of an extension.[13] Five days later, Adam Le Fondre was also signed up, this time on a two-year contract with the option of an extension.[14] Dorian Dervite was the next to sign a new contract, agreeing a new one-year deal, with the option of an extension, on 9 June.[15] A two-year shirt sponsorship deal with the bookmaker Betfred was announced on 12 June.[16] The EFL retained and released list from 13 June confirmed that further players, including George Newell, had been released.[17] Mark Little became the first new player to join the club when it was announced that he was joining from Bristol City on 16 June.[18] On 20 June, Filipe Morais signed a one-year extension to his contract, keeping him at the club until June 2018.[19] A further friendly, this time at Scottish League One side Arbroath on 11 July, was confirmed on 21 June.[20] Max Clayton became the first player to join a new club when it was confirmed on 22 June that he would be joining Blackpool at the expiration of his current contract.[21] On 27 June, the same day that the squad returned to training,[22] a second friendly in Scotland was announced, this time at Dundee on 14 July.[23] 29 June saw forward Conor Wilkinson join Gillingham on a free transfer.[24]

On 3 July, the same day that the club confirmed that Jake Turner, Conor Hall and Jeff King had signed new contracts,[25] Jamie Proctor left the club for Rotherham United for an undisclosed fee.[26] Former Bradford City player Stephen Darby joined his former manager on 7 July on a free transfer.[27] A day later the club confirmed that former captain Jay Spearing had left the club after failing to agree a new contract.[28]

Pre-season kicked off on 8 July with Bolton meeting Chorley for the Howard Taylor Memorial Trophy. With two separate teams starting both halves, the first half team fell behind to two quick goals but the second half team rallied, with two goals from Harry Brockbank and a Ryan White effort sealing the win. Three days later the club commenced their two-game Scottish tour with a 2–1 win at Arbroath, Adam Le Fondre and Connor Hall scoring either side of an Arbroath penalty. They followed this with the same result at Dundee, Gary Madine and Josh Vela giving them a two-goal cushion in the first half. This was on the same day that Sammy Ameobi signed for the club on a permanent basis following his loan the previous season after his release by Newcastle United[29] and Alex Samizadeh leaving to join Kilmarnock.[30] Bolton secured their first loan signing of the season on 17 July when Adam Armstrong joined from Newcastle United until January.[31]

Competitions

EFL Championship

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League table

2017–18 EFL Championship

Result summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 10 13 23 39 74  −35 43 9 4 10 25 33  −8 1 9 13 14 41  −27

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday

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Matches

On 21 June 2017 the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced. Bolton started the season at home to Leeds United on 6 August and will finish at home to Nottingham Forest on 6 May 2018.[32]

FA Cup

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Bolton will enter the competition at the third round stage alongside all other EFL Championship and Premier League sides. They were drawn at home to Premier League side Huddersfield Town in the third round.[33]

EFL Cup

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Bolton entered the competition at the first round stage and were drawn to play away at Crewe Alexandra in the first round.[34] Falling behind in the first half, both Adam Armstrong and Derik scored their first goals for the club in the second half to send Bolton through to the second round where they were drawn at home against Sheffield Wednesday.[35] Bolton raced to a 3–0 lead over their visitors with goals from Jem Karacan, Dorian Dervite and an Adam Armstrong penalty. Despite Jordan Rhodes scoring late twice for the visitors, and both managers being sent to the stands late in the game, Bolton progressed to the third round for the first time in three years, where they were drawn away at Premier League West Ham United.[36]

Squad

No. Name Pos. Nationality Place of birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee End
Goalkeepers
13 Ben Alnwick GK England Prudhoe 31 67 0 Peterborough United 31 August 2016 Free 2018
33 Mark Howard GK England Southwark 31 39 0 Sheffield United 13 July 2016 Free 2018
Defenders
2 Mark Little RB England Worcester 29 31 1 Bristol City 1 July 2017 Free 2019
3 Andrew Taylor LB England Hartlepool 31 61 0 Wigan Athletic 1 July 2017 Free 2019
4 Dorian Dervite CB France Lille 29 99 2 Charlton Athletic 27 May 2014 Free 2018
5 Mark Beevers CB England Barnsley 28 98 8 Millwall 3 July 2016 Free 2018
14 Jon Flanagan RB/LB England Liverpool 25 9 0 Liverpool 31 January 2018 Loan 2018
15 Antonee Robinson LB United States Milton Keynes 20 34 0 Everton 6 August 2017 Loan 2018
17 Derik Osede CB/CM Spain Madrid 25 72 2 Real Madrid 6 July 2015 Free 2018
23 Stephen Darby RB England Liverpool 29 5 0 Bradford City 7 July 2017 Free 2019
31 David Wheater CB England Redcar 31 202 16 Middlesbrough 20 January 2011 Undisclosed 2018
32 Reece Burke CB England Newham 21 26 1 West Ham United 1 August 2017 Loan 2018
Midfielders
6 Josh Vela CM England Salford 24 170 13 Academy 20 March 2011 Trainee 2019
7 Chris Taylor LW England Oldham 31 23 0 Blackburn Rovers 2 July 2016 Free 2018
8 Jem Karacan CM Turkey Catford 29 23 2 Free agent 11 March 2017 Free 2018
10 Sammy Ameobi RW Nigeria Newcastle 26 60 8 Newcastle United 14 July 2017 Free 2018
11 Will Buckley LW England Oldham 28 25 2 Sunderland 1 July 2017 Free 2019
12 Craig Noone RW England Kirkby 30 27 1 Cardiff City 31 August 2017 Undisclosed 2019
20 Harry Charsley CM Republic of Ireland Birkenhead 21 1 0 Everton 12 January 2018 Loan 2018
21 Darren Pratley CM England Barking 33 203 17 Swansea City 1 July 2011 Free 2018
22 Filipe Morais LW/RW Portugal Benavente 32 56 3 Bradford City 2 February 2017 Free 2018
24 Karl Henry CM England Wolverhampton 35 33 1 Queens Park Rangers 25 September 2017 Free 2018
27 Jan Kirchhoff CM/CB Germany Frankfurt 27 4 0 Free agent 22 February 2018 Free 2018
34 Jeff King CM England Liverpool 22 3 0 Droylsden 3 July 2017 Free 2018
38 Jack Earing CM England Bury 19 2 0 Academy 9 August 2017 Trainee 2018
Forwards
9 Adam Le Fondre CF England Stockport 31 74 21 Cardiff City 1 July 2017 Free 2019
18 Aaron Wilbraham CF England Knutsford 38 28 2 Bristol City 3 August 2017 Undisclosed 2018
19 Tyler Walker CF England Nottingham 21 5 0 Nottingham Forest 31 January 2018 Loan 2018
25 Chinedu Obasi CF Nigeria Enugu 32 0 0 Free agent 3 March 2018 Free 2018
35 Connor Hall CF England Slough 20 1 0 Sheffield United 3 July 2017 Free 2018
40 Zach Clough CF England Denton 23 67 22 Nottingham Forest 31 January 2018 Loan 2018
Out on loan
1 Ben Amos GK England Macclesfield 28 45 0 Manchester United 1 July 2015 Free 2019

Statistics

As of 6 May 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF England Mark Little 31 1 27+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF England Andrew Taylor 21 0 20+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF France Dorian Dervite 16 1 13+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
5 DF England Mark Beevers 47 1 44+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF England Josh Vela 31 1 26+4 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Turkey Jem Karacan 18 1 13+3 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
9 FW England Adam Le Fondre 38 7 15+20 7 1+0 0 1+1 0
10 MF Nigeria Sammy Ameobi 36 4 33+2 4 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF England Will Buckley 25 2 14+9 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
12 MF England Craig Noone 27 1 6+19 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
13 GK England Ben Alnwick 41 0 39+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 DF England Jon Flanagan 9 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF United States Antonee Robinson 34 0 26+4 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
17 DF Spain Derik 20 2 13+4 0 1+0 1 2+0 1
18 FW England Aaron Wilbraham 28 2 3+21 2 1+0 0 1+2 0
19 FW England Tyler Walker 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF Republic of Ireland Harry Charsley 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF England Darren Pratley 35 2 31+1 2 0+0 0 2+1 0
22 MF Portugal Filipe Morais 36 1 17+15 1 1+0 0 1+2 0
23 DF England Stephen Darby 6 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
24 MF England Karl Henry 33 1 33+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Germany Jan Kirchhoff 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF England David Wheater 34 1 31+1 1 1+0 0 0+1 0
32 DF England Reece Burke 26 1 22+3 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
33 GK England Mark Howard 10 0 7+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
34 MF England Jeff King 3 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
35 FW England Connor Hall 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
38 MF England Jack Earing 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
40 FW England Zach Clough 9 1 2+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
Player(s) who left the club:
14 FW England Gary Madine 29 9 28+0 9 0+0 0 0+1 0
16 MF Republic of Ireland Josh Cullen 12 0 9+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW England Adam Armstrong 22 3 14+5 1 0+0 0 2+1 2

Goals record

As of 6 May 2018
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 England CF Gary Madine 10 0 0 10
2 9 England CF Adam Le Fondre 7 0 0 7
3 10 Nigeria RW Sammy Ameobi 4 0 0 4
4 England CF Adam Armstrong 1 0 2 3
5 11 England LW Will Buckley 2 0 0 2
17 Spain CB Derik Osede 0 1 1 2
18 England CF Aaron Wilbraham 2 0 0 2
21 England CM Darren Pratley 2 0 0 2
9 2 England RB Mark Little 1 0 0 1
4 France CB Dorian Dervite 0 0 1 1
5 England CB Mark Beevers 1 0 0 1
6 England CM Josh Vela 1 0 0 1
8 Turkey CM Jem Karacan 0 0 1 1
12 England RW Craig Noone 1 0 0 1
22 Portugal RW Filipe Morais 1 0 0 1
24 England CM Karl Henry 1 0 0 1
31 England CB David Wheater 1 0 0 1
32 England CB Reece Burke 1 0 0 1
40 England CF Zach Clough 1 0 0 1
Total 37 1 5 43

Disciplinary Record

As of 6 May 2018
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 24 England CM Karl Henry 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
2 5 England CB Mark Beevers 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
21 England CM Darren Pratley 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0
4 10 Nigeria RW Sammy Ameobi 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
31 England CB David Wheater 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
6 22 Portugal RW Filipe Morais 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
7 England CF Gary Madine 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
8 8 Turkey CM Jem Karacan 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
15 United States LB Antonee Robinson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
10 2 England RB Mark Little 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
6 England CM Josh Vela 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
12 3 England LB Andrew Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
14 England RB Jon Flanagan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
18 England CF Aaron Wilbraham 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
32 England CB Reece Burke 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 4 France CB Dorian Dervite 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 England CF Adam Le Fondre 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 England LW Will Buckley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
13 England GK Ben Alnwick 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 Spain CB Derik 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
21 12 England RW Craig Noone 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 Republic of Ireland CM Josh Cullen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 98 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 105 1 1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 LW England Will Buckley Sunderland Free [37]
1 July 2017 CF England Adam Le Fondre Cardiff City Free [38]
1 July 2017 RB England Mark Little Bristol City Free [39]
1 July 2017 LB England Andrew Taylor Wigan Athletic Free [7]
7 July 2017 RB England Stephen Darby Bradford City Free [27]
14 July 2017 RW Nigeria Sammy Ameobi Newcastle United Free [29]
3 August 2017 CF England Aaron Wilbraham Bristol City Undisclosed (£0) [40]
31 August 2017 RW England Craig Noone Cardiff City Undisclosed (£0) [41]
25 September 2017 DM England Karl Henry Queens Park Rangers Free [42]
22 February 2018 DM Germany Jan Kirchhoff Unattached Free [43]
3 March 2018 CF Nigeria Chinedu Obasi Unattached Free [44]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
29 June 2017 FW Republic of Ireland Conor Wilkinson Gillingham Undisclosed [24]
1 July 2017 RB England Lewis Buxton Free agent Released [45]
1 July 2017 FW England Max Clayton Blackpool Free [46]
1 July 2017 CM England Mark Davies Free agent Released [5]
1 July 2017 GK Finland Will Jääskeläinen Leek Town Released [45][lower-alpha 1]
1 July 2017 LB England Dean Moxey Exeter City Released [5][lower-alpha 2]
1 July 2017 FW England George Newell Motherwell Released [17]
1 July 2017 CM England Liam Trotter AFC Wimbledon Released [45][lower-alpha 3]
1 July 2017 RB England Reece Wabara Free agent Released [45]
1 July 2017 LM England Tom Walker Stockport County Released [45]
1 July 2017 RB England Lawrie Wilson Port Vale Released [5]
3 July 2017 CF England Jamie Proctor Rotherham United Undisclosed (£75,000)[50] [26]
8 July 2017 CM England Jay Spearing Blackpool Released [28][lower-alpha 4]
14 July 2017 FW Iran Alex Samizadeh Kilmarnock Free [30]
1 August 2017 CB Scotland Sam Lavelle Morecambe Free [52]
31 January 2018 FW England Gary Madine Cardiff City Undisclosed (£6-8 million)[53] [54]
  1. Will Jääskeläinen joined Leek Town following his release.[47]
  2. Dean Moxey joined Exeter City after being released.[48]
  3. Liam Trotter joined AFC Wimbledon following his release.[49]
  4. Jay Spearing joined Blackpool following his release.[51]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref.
17 July 2017 CF England Adam Armstrong Newcastle United 1 January 2018 [31]
1 August 2017 CM Republic of Ireland Josh Cullen West Ham United 1 January 2018 [55]
1 August 2017 CB England Reece Burke West Ham United 30 June 2018 [55]
4 August 2017 LB United States Antonee Robinson Everton 30 June 2018 [56]
12 January 2018 CM Republic of Ireland Harry Charsley Everton 30 June 2018 [57]
31 January 2018 CF England Tyler Walker Nottingham Forest 30 June 2018 [58]
31 January 2018 RB England Jon Flanagan Liverpool 30 June 2018 [59]
31 January 2018 CF England Zach Clough Nottingham Forest 30 June 2018 [60]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Until Ref.
29 July 2017 GK England Ben Amos Charlton Athletic 30 June 2018 [61]

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