2006–07 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

Bolton Wanderers

2006–07 season
Chairman	Phil Gartside
Manager	Sam Allardyce (until 29 April) Sammy Lee (from 30 April)
Stadium	Reebok Stadium
Premier League	7th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Nicolas Anelka (11) All: Nicolas Anelka (12)
Highest home attendance	27,229 (vs. Manchester United, 28 October)
Lowest home attendance	21,088 (vs. Arsenal, 14 February)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

2006–07 was Bolton Wanderers Football Club's eighth season in the Premier League, and their sixth consecutive season in the top division of English football and covers the period from 1 July 2006 to June 30, 2007. Their failure to win the Premier League title made it the 68th time that they have competed at the top level of English football without winning the title, the most of any club.

Premier League

Bolton overcame the previous season's disappointment of failing to qualify for Europe and finished in seventh, enough for UEFA Cup football. Bolton had spent much of the season challenging for a Champions League and had peaked as high as third, but for a club of Bolton's size and resources to be challenging at the top end of the table was something for Bolton supporters to be proud of.

Three games before the end of the season, manager Sam Allardyce announced his resignation as Bolton manager and was replaced by Sammy Lee for the final three games of the season.

19 August 2006	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Reebok Stadium
	Davies  13' Campo  13'	Report		Attendance: 22,899 Referee: Phil Dowd

23 August 2006	Fulham	1 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Craven Cottage
	Bullard  90' (pen.)	Report	Diouf  73' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,559 Referee: Alan Wiley

26 August 2006	Charlton Athletic F.C.	2 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	The Valley
	D. Bent  65' (pen.), 85'	Report		Attendance: 23,638 Referee: Mike Dean

9 September 2006	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 0	Watford	Reebok Stadium
	Speed  90' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 21,140 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

16 September 2006	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 0	Middlesbrough	Reebok Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 21,164 Referee: Steve Bennett

25 September 2006	Portsmouth	0 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Fratton Park
		Report	Nolan  22'	Attendance: 19,105 Referee: Uriah Rennie

30 September 2006	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 0	Liverpool	Reebok Stadium
	Speed  30' Campo  51'	Report		Attendance: 25,061 Referee: Phil Dowd

15 October 2006	Newcastle United	1 – 2	Bolton Wanderers	St James' Park
	Ameobi  19' (pen.)	Report	Diouf  55', 57'	Attendance: 48,145 Referee: Alan Wiley

22 October 2006	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Ewood Park
		Report	Campo  62'	Attendance: 27,662 Referee: Mike Dean

28 October 2006	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 4	Manchester United	Reebok Stadium
		Report	Rooney  10', 16', 89' Ronaldo  82'	Attendance: 27,229 Referee: Rob Styles

4 November 2006	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Reebok Stadium
		Report	McCulloch  79'	Attendance: 21,255 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

11 November 2006	Sheffield United	2 – 2	Bolton Wanderers	Bramall Lane
	Hulse  70' Kazim-Richards  73'	Report	Diouf  34' Davies  59'	Attendance: 28,294 Referee: Alan Wiley

18 November 2006	Everton	1 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Goodison Park
	Arteta  60'	Report		Attendance: 34,417 Referee: Uriah Rennie

25 November 2006	Bolton Wanderers	3 – 1	Arsenal	Reebok Stadium
	Faye  9' Anelka  45', 76'	Report	Gilberto  45'	Attendance: 24,409 Referee: Mike Dean

29 November 2006	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 1	Chelsea	Reebok Stadium
		Report	Ballack  45'	Attendance: 23,559 Referee: Steve Bennett

2 December 2006	Reading	1 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Madejski Stadium
	Doyle  33'	Report		Attendance: 23,556 Referee: Alan Wiley

9 December 2006	Bolton Wanderers	4 – 0	West Ham United	Reebok Stadium
	Davies  17', 52' Diouf  77' Anelka  78'	Report		Attendance: 22,283 Referee: Howard Webb

16 December 2006	Aston Villa	0 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park
		Report	Speed  75' (pen.)	Attendance: 27,450 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

23 December 2006	Manchester City	0 – 2	Bolton Wanderers	City of Manchester Stadium
		Report	Anelka  8', 25'	Attendance: 40,157 Referee: Mike Riley

26 December 2006	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 1	Newcastle United	Reebok Stadium
	Ramage  32' (o.g.) Anelka  57'	Report	Dyer  8'	Attendance: 26,437 Referee: Howard Webb

30 December 2006	Bolton Wanderers	3 – 2	Portsmouth	Reebok Stadium
	Faye  30' Campo  40' Anelka  62'	Report	Taylor  2' Cole  89'	Attendance: 22,447 Referee: Peter Walton

1 January 2007	Liverpool	3 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Anfield
	Peter Crouch  61' Gerrard  63' Kuyt  83'	Report		Attendance: 41,370 Referee: Graham Poll

13 January 2007	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 0	Manchester City	Reebok Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 22,334 Referee: Andre Marriner

20 January 2007	Middlesbrough	5 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Riverside Stadium
	Speed  6' (o.g.) Xavier  10' Viduka  23', 84' Downing  43'	Report	Nolan  25'	Attendance: 24,614 Referee: Alan Wiley

31 January 2007	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 1	Charlton Athletic	Reebok Stadium
	Pedersen  6'	Report	El Karkouri  12'	Attendance: 22,357 Referee: Lee Probert

3 February 2007	Watford	0 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Vicarage Road
		Report	Nicolas Anelka  63'	Attendance: 18,722 Referee: Rob Styles

11 February 2007	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 1	Fulham	Reebok Stadium
	Speed  23' (pen.) Nolan  51'	Report	Knight  66'	Attendance: 24,919 Referee: Howard Webb

25 February 2007	Tottenham Hotspur	4 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	White Hart Lane
	Keane  11', 22' Jenas  19' Lennon  90'	Report	Speed  37' (pen.)	Attendance: 35,747 Referee: Graham Poll

4 March 2007	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 2	Blackburn Rovers	Reebok Stadium
	Anelka  87'	Report	McCarthy  58' (pen.), 68' (pen.)	Attendance: 21,743 Referee: Rob Styles

17 March 2007	Manchester United	4 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford
	Park  14', 25' Rooney  17', 74'	Report	Speed  87' (pen.)	Attendance: 76,058 Referee: Alan Wiley

31 March 2007	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 0	Sheffield United	Reebok Stadium
	Davies  80'	Report		Attendance: 24,312 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

7 April 2007	Wigan Athletic	1 – 3	Bolton Wanderers	JJB Stadium
	Heskey  32'	Report	Anelka  44' Andranik  68', 73'	Attendance: 18,610 Referee: Uriah Rennie

9 April 2007	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 1	Everton	Reebok Stadium
	Davies  18'	Report	Vaughan	Attendance: 25,179 Referee: Martin Atkinson

14 April 2007	Arsenal	2 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Emirates Stadium
	Rosický  31' Fàbregas  46'	Report	Anelka  11'	Attendance: 60,101 Referee: Rob Styles

21 April 2007	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 3	Reading	Reebok Stadium
	Shorey  64' (o.g.)	Report	Doyle  84' (pen.), 89' S.Hunt  90'	Attendance: 23,533 Referee: Howard Webb

28 April 2007	Chelsea	2 – 2	Bolton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge
	Kalou  22' Jääskeläinen  34' (o.g.)	Report	Michalik  19' Davies  54'	Attendance: 41,105 Referee: Rob Styles

5 May 2007	West Ham United	3 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Boleyn Ground
	Tévez  10', 21' Noble  29'	Report	Speed  67'	Attendance: 34,404 Referee: Mike Riley

13 May 2007	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 2	Aston Villa	Reebok Stadium
	Speed  32' Davies  58'	Report	Gardner  37' Moore  81'	Attendance: 26,255 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Final league table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
6	Everton	38	15	13	10	52	36	+16	58	UEFA Cup 1st Round
7	Bolton Wanderers	38	16	8	14	47	52	−5	56
8	Reading	38	16	7	15	52	47	+5	55

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

FA Cup

R3 5 January 2007	Doncaster Rovers	0 – 4	Bolton Wanderers	Keepmoat Stadium
		Report	Davies  8' Andranik  22', 49' Tal  33'	Attendance: 14,297 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

R4 28 January 2007	Arsenal	1 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Emirates Stadium
	Touré  78'	Report	Nolan  50'	Attendance: 59,778 Referee: Mike Dean

R4 replay 14 February 2007	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Arsenal	Reebok Stadium
	Méïté  90'	Report	Adebayor  13', 120' Ljungberg  108'	Attendance: 21,088 Referee: Chris Foy

League Cup

R2 19 September 2006	Walsall	1 – 3	Bolton Wanderers	Bescot Stadium
	Butler  74'	Report	Nolan  68' Campo  88' Anelka  90'	Attendance: 6,243 Referee: Andy D'Urso

R3 25 October 2006	Charlton Athletic	1 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	The Valley
	M. Bent  17'	Report		Attendance: 10,788 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Ali Al-Habsi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Nicky Hunt	33	0	2	0	2	0	37	0	3	0
4	MF	Kevin Nolan	31	3	2	1	1	1	34	5	10	1
5	DF	Abdoulaye Méïté	35	0	3	1	2	0	40	1	4	0
6	DF	Gary Speed	38	0	2	0	2	0	42	0	4	0
7	MF	Stelios Giannakopoulos	23	0	3	0	2	0	28	0	1	0
8	MF	Iván Campo	34	4	2	0	2	1	38	5	12	1
9	FW	Henrik Pedersen	18	1	2	0	1	0	21	1	1	0
11	MF	Ricardo Gardner	18	0	3	0	0	0	21	0	6	0
12	GK	Ian Walker	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
14	FW	Kevin Davies	30	8	2	1	1	0	33	9	10	1
15	MF	David Thompson	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	3	0
16	MF	Andranik Teymourian	17	2	2	2	2	0	21	4	1	0
17	DF	Quinton Fortune	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	3	0
20	FW	Ricardo Vaz Tê	25	0	3	0	2	0	30	0	0	0
21	FW	El Hadji Diouf	33	5	1	0	1	0	35	5	7	1
22	GK	Jussi Jääskeläinen	38	0	2	0	0	0	40	0	3	0
23	MF	Idan Tal	16	0	2	1	2	0	20	1	1	0
24	DF	Joey O'Brien	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye	32	2	2	0	0	0	34	2	10	0
26	DF	Tal Ben Haim	32	0	1	0	1	0	33	0	11	1
27	DF	César Martín	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF	Ľubomír Michalík	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0
29	FW	Zoltán Harsányi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Chris Howarth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	James Sinclair	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
39	FW	Nicolas Anelka	35	11	3	0	1	1	39	12	1	0
41	DF	Jarosław Fojut	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
42	FW	Johann Smith	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0
44	DF	Błażej Augustyn	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
45	MF	Robert Sissons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF	Scott Jamieson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	2	–	0	–	0	–	2

Statistics accurate as of match played 13 May 2007