2014–15 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Bolton Wanderers's third consecutive season in the Football League Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in 2012.

Bolton Wanderers
2014–15 season
ChairmanPhil Gartside
ManagerDougie Freedman
(until 3 October)
Andy Hughes & Lee Turner
(caretakers between 4–12 October)
Neil Lennon
(from 12 October)
StadiumMacron Stadium
Championship18th
FA Cup4th Round
League Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Adam Le Fondre (8)
All: Adam Le Fondre (8)
Highest home attendance23,203
(v Blackburn Rovers, 26 December 2014)
Lowest home attendance9,249
(v Bury, 12 August 2014)
Average home league attendance15,413[1]

It covers the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.

Pre-season edit

On 19 May, four pre-season friendly games were announced, beginning against Macclesfield Town on 18 July and finishing against Port Vale on 30 July, with games against Rochdale and Tranmere Rovers also being played, all away from home. A pre-season tour of Denmark and Sweden was announced on 22 May, which would take in games against Brøndby, Vestsjælland and Mjällby. A final game against Vitesse Arnhem, the first at the renamed Macron Stadium, was added, which would take place on 3 August.

On 30 June, the Reebok Stadium officially changed its name to the Macron Stadium.[2] Later that week, the club confirmed that Stuart Holden would remain with the club for the forthcoming season on a non-contract basis as he continued to regain his fitness.[3]

Bolton's opening game of pre-season ended in a draw, with former Bolton striker Johan Elmander giving Brøndby the lead. Jermaine Beckford missed a penalty for Bolton, before Craig Davies levelled, also from the spot. Robert Hall was sent off late in the game for a rash challenge. In a game where manager Dougie Freedman fielded two different outfield teams either side of half-time, Gambian trialist Modou Barrow made an appearance from the bench, being brought on for academy player Georg Iliev. Wanderers then travelled to Vestsjælland where they picked up their first win of the pre-season, winning 1–0 courtesy of a first half goal from Liam Feeney. Wanderers' final game on their tour came at Mjällby. Bolton raced into the lead, with Jermaine Beckford and Robert Hall both scoring to make it 2–0 after seven minutes. Mjällby responded well, however, with first half goals from Mattias Håkansson, Kristian Haynes and Kwame Bonsu, handing Bolton their first loss of pre-season.

Bolton's first game after coming home from the tour of Denmark and Sweden was away to non-league outfit Macclesfield Town. The home side opened the scoring in the first half through Chris Holroyd but Bolton equalised through young substitute Zach Clough nine minutes from time. They followed this up with a comfortable win against Rochdale, with Neil Danns and young substitute Conor Wilkinson getting the goals. The following game was away to Tranmere Rovers, which finished in a 1–1 draw. Jay Spearing scored his first goal of pre-season to put Wanderers ahead, but Eliot Richards equalised for the home side. Wanderers penultimate game of pre-season came away to Port Vale, where they got off to a good start, with Matt Mills heading home his first goal of pre-season. Jermaine Beckford doubled Bolton's tally from over 30 yards. Tom Pope pulled a goal back for the home side late on, but Bolton held on for the win.

On 26 July, the club confirmed that Jay Spearing would be the club captain for the forthcoming season, following the departure of Zat Knight. Matt Mills, meanwhile, was appointed as the club's vice-captain.[4]

In their final game of pre-season, the home friendly against Vitesse Arnhem, Bolton fell behind to a Marko Vejinović free-kick and could not muster a response, losing the first fixture at their renamed stadium.

10 July 2014 Brøndby 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Brøndby Stadium
19:00 CEST Elmander   31' Report C. Davies   48' (pen.)
13 July 2014 Vestsjælland 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Harboe Arena Slagelse
16:00 CEST Report Feeney   33'
16 July 2014 Mjällby 3–2 Bolton Wanderers Strandvallen
19:00 CEST Håkansson   12'
Haynes   16'
Bonsu   38'
Report Beckford   4'
Hall   7'
18 July 2014 Macclesfield Town 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Moss Rose
19:45 BST Holroyd   22' Report Clough   81' Attendance: 650
22 July 2014 Rochdale 0–2 Bolton Wanderers Spotland
19:45 BST Report Danns   23'
Wilkinson   77'
Attendance: 1,707
25 July 2014 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Prenton Park
19:30 BST Richards   75' Report Spearing   36'
30 July 2014 Port Vale 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Vale Park
19:45 BST Pope   84' Report Mills   7'
Beckford   77'
Attendance: 1,780
3 August 2014 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Vitesse Arnhem Macron Stadium
14:00 BST Report Vejinović   16' Attendance: 5,399

Bolton XI edit

On 20 May, Bolton announced their annual pre-season fixture against Chorley in the Harold Taylor Memorial Trophy would take place on 26 July. This announcement was followed by a Bolton XI's finalised pre-season schedule with games against Bamber Bridge, Hyde, Melbourne Heart, AFC Fylde and Wrexham also taking place. After the announcement of the fixtures, Melbourne Heart were purchased by Manchester City[5] and were rebranded as Melbourne City, while also signing Damien Duff[6] and David Villa.[7]

Conor Wilkinson opened the scoring in the Bolton XI's first game against Bamber Bridge, with Stuart Vasey equalising for the hosts. The following game against Hyde F.C. was postponed due to bad weather. They then hosted Melbourne City, where, despite scoring an early goal through Conor Wilkinson, they lost 5–1, with Kisnorbo, Williams, Brown, Dugandzic and Aaron Mooy, formerly of Wanderers, all scoring for the visitors. They then went to Chorley where Wilkinson again scored the opening goal, but Chorley won the game with goals from Harry Winter and Tom Smyth. Danny Lloyd scored the only goal of Bolton XI's penultimate game of pre-season, as Bolton lost 1–0 to AFC Fylde, but in their final pre-season game, Bolton XI got their first win of pre-season as they beat Wrexham 1–0 courtesy of Chris Lester's first half goal. During pre-season ex-Bristol City defender Liam Fontaine was on trial for the club,[8] playing in matches against AFC Fylde and Wrexham. On 6 August it was revealed that Fontaine had discontinued training with the club at the start of that week, after plans for a behind-closed-doors friendly against Udinese were shelved.[9]

12 July 2014 Bamber Bridge 1–1 Bolton Wanderers XI Sir Tom Finney Stadium
15:00 BST Vasey   45' Report Wilkinson   42'
19 July 2014 Hyde P–P Bolton Wanderers XI Ewen Fields
15:00 BST Report
23 July 2014 Bolton Wanderers XI 1–5 Melbourne City County Ground
19:30 BST Wilkinson   5' Report Kisnorbo   20'
Williams   27'
Mooy   35'
Brown   65'
Dugandzic   74'
26 July 2014 Harold Taylor
Memorial Trophy
Chorley 2–1 Bolton Wanderers XI Victory Park
15:00 BST Winter   52'
Smyth   80'
Report Wilkinson   20' Attendance: 700
29 July 2014 AFC Fylde 1–0 Bolton Wanderers XI Kellamergh Park
19:30 BST Lloyd   76' Report
1 August 2014 Wrexham 0–1 Bolton Wanderers XI Racecourse Ground
19:45 BST Report Lester   38'

Championship edit

The fixtures for the 2014–15 Football League Championship season were released on 18 June 2014.[10]

August edit

Bolton began their third consecutive season in the second tier away at Watford on 9 August. Wanderers conceded three goals without reply; Troy Deeney, Matěj Vydra and Fernando Forestieri scoring the goals for the Hornets. Their first league fixture at the newly renamed Macron Stadium was against Nottingham Forest a week later. All four goals of the 2–2 draw came in the first half; Joe Mason first headed in a Jay Spearing free-kick before Britt Assombalonga equalised for Forest. David Wheater put Bolton back in front but captain Jay Spearing brought down Assombalonga in the box, who picked himself up to draw Forest level again. Against Middlesbrough, Craig Davies put Bolton in front with a penalty in the 27th minute after being brought down by Seb Hines. David Wheater was then adjudged to have handled in the box just before half-time – leading to Grant Leadbitter equalising for Boro, again from the spot. Kike scored a late winner to give Middlesbrough their first win away at Bolton since 1987. Away to Brighton and Leeds United, Bolton lost 2–1 and 1–0, respectively, to leave them winless after five games. Bolton took the lead against Brighton, Matt Mills opening the scoring but goals from Craig Mackail-Smith and João Teixeira gave Brighton the points. Former Bolton loanee Stephen Warnock scored the only goal for Leeds, consigning them to defeat once again. Craig Davies was named player of the month for August, scoring two goals from the penalty spot.[11]

September edit

Bolton started September against Sheffield Wednesday, the result being a goalless draw. This brought an end to their three match losing streak but meant they still hadn't won a league game this season, extending their winless start to the season to six games. Bolton ended their next game on the right side of a five-goal thriller. Anthony Wordsworth put Rotherham in front in the first half but Joe Mason scored two to bring Bolton ahead with ten minutes remaining on the clock. Two minutes later, Jordan Bowery equalised for the Millers but Mason scored his first career hat-trick and the club's first since Fredi Bobic put in three against Ipswich Town in 2002, to hand Bolton their first win of the new season. They couldn't follow this up with a second, however, and lost by a solitary goal at Molineux against Wolves; Nouha Dicko scoring the goal for the hosts. Against Steve McLaren's Derby County, Bolton conceded a goal either side of half-time to send them back into the relegation zone. The loss sparked mass protests from the crowd during the game, with fans chanting for both manager Dougie Freedman and chairman Phil Gartside to leave their posts.[12]

October edit

A few days later, on the first of the month, Bolton conceded four goals without reply as they fell to Fulham at Craven Cottage, one of two teams that were below them in the table.

Following the defeat to Fulham, manager Dougie Freedman was relieved of his duties. Initially, the club indicated that Freedman would remain in his position for the match against Bournemouth at the weekend, as they confirmed he would be taking his weekly press conference on Friday 3 October.[13] However, the following day a statement was released explaining that Freedman had left the club 'by mutual consent'.[14] Player-coach Andy Hughes and goalkeeping coach Lee Turner were confirmed as caretaker managers for the game against the Cherries by the club's website the following day.[15]

Against Bournemouth, Cherries striker Yann Kermorgant was sent off in the 36th minute. Despite this, Bournemouth won 2–1 with Callum Wilson scoring both their goals either side of a Jay Spearing equaliser in the 52nd minute.

Nine days later, during the international break, former Celtic manager Neil Lennon was handed the job of moving Bolton off the bottom of the table.[16] The former Northern Ireland international was confirmed as the Trotters' new manager "following a process of first and second interviews with a shortlist of initial candidates".[16]

Lennon's first game came against Birmingham City at St. Andrew's, against whom he had made his Football League debut as a player for Manchester City. Matt Mills headed in from a corner to give Bolton a lead they managed to hang on to despite Craig Davies missing a penalty while striker Lee Novak was in goal, having replaced the sent off Darren Randolph. Following this, Neil Lennon was sent to the stands as he had left his technical area too many times throughout the match. This was Bolton's second win of the season, and lifted them off the bottom of the table, to be replaced by Blackpool. At The Valley, Charlton scored either side of half-time to go 2–0 up, before Dean Moxey scored his first for the club to make the score 2–1 just a few minutes later, but the team couldn't score an equaliser, giving Lennon his first taste of defeat as Bolton manager. At home for the first time, Neil Danns and Mark Davies scored while Jon Toral did so for Brentford. Ensuring the win, Craig Davies scored with Brentford's 'keeper up the pitch to make it 3–1. With 10% more possession but 10 fewer shots, Bolton fell to Norwich City at Carrow Road in front of the Sky cameras. Cameron Jerome scored a brace while Lee Chung-yong scored his first of the season with just four minutes remaining.

November edit

Neil Lennon clinched his second straight home win against Cardiff City, scoring three with no reply against the Bluebirds. Liam Feeney slid to connect with Lee Chung-yong's arrowed cross from the right for his first of the season just nine minutes in before doubling his tally on 36 minutes when Darren Pratley found him with a cross to the back post. Matt Mills sealed the win with 14 minutes remaining to become Bolton's joint-top scorer in all competitions alongside Joe Mason. Against local rivals Wigan Athletic, Bolton scored three goals for the third home game in a row. Max Clayton scored his first for the club after latching on to Lee Chung-yong's through ball before Craig Davies headed in from Liam Feeney's looped cross to make it two. Six minutes later, Chung-yong added to his earlier assist with a goal from the penalty spot; Leon Barnett having been adjudged to have brought down Matt Mills in the box. Callum McManaman volleyed in a consolation but the win brought Bolton out of the relegation zone going into the international break. Their first match following this saw them come up against Blackpool. Blackpool took the lead through Jacob Murphy, before Lee Chung-yong scored for the second consecutive game to get Bolton a point. Bolton finished the month with a 1–0 home win against Huddersfield Town, Craig Davies scoring late into the first half to get Bolton the three points.

December edit

Bolton started December with consecutive goalless draws, the first against Reading at the Madejski Stadium, followed by a stalemate against Ipswich Town at the Macron Stadium. Eiður Guðjohnsen made his second début in the match, 14 years after his last appearance against the same opponents, in May 2000. Bolton would make it three clean sheets in a row the following week, defeating Millwall at The Den from a Darren Pratley goal in the second half. On Boxing Day Bolton faced local rivals Blackburn Rovers at the Macron, playing in front of a home crowd of over 20,000 for the first time in nearly three years. Josh King scored for Blackburn, before 37-year-old Emile Heskey scored on his debut after coming off the bench, the assist coming from fellow 37-year-old Eiður Guðjohnsen. Darren Pratley scored his second goal in as many games four minutes later, giving Bolton the bragging rights over their rivals. Two days later they played their last game of 2014, their eight match unbeaten run coming to an end as they lost 2–1 to Huddersfield Town. Bolton took the lead in the 41st minute with Darren Pratley scoring for the third consecutive match followed two minutes later by an equaliser from former Bolton player Jacob Butterfield. Nahki Wells scored with five minutes remaining seeing Bolton lose their last match of 2014.

January edit

Following a break for the FA Cup Bolton's first league game of 2015 came at home against Leeds United. Rudolph Austin scored a penalty for Leeds in the third minute but just after half time, Bolton got a penalty of their own. Eiður Guðjohnsen stepped up and scored the equaliser and earning a point for Bolton, it being his first Bolton goal since resigning for the club the previous month, his last goal for Bolton before that coming 15 years earlier May 2000. The week later, Bolton faced Sheffield Wednesday, getting back to winning ways as they won 2–1 at Hillsborough, their third consecutive away win over Wednesday. Liam Feeney opened the scoring in the second minute with Darren Pratley adding a second twenty minutes later. Chris Maguire pulled one back from the penalty spot three minutes later but Bolton held on to claim their first league win of 2015. After the 4th round of the FA Cup, Bolton went to Rotherham United and were 4–0 down after fifty seven minutes, Ben Pringle, Conor Sammon and Paul Green scoring in the first half, before Matt Derbyshire added a fourth. Bolton pulled two back by scoring twice in two minutes through Liam Trotter and Matt Mills but it wasn't enough as Rotherham ran out 4–2 winners. Bolton finished January at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nouha Dicko scored in the third minute to give Wolves the lead but 20 minutes later, Zach Clough, on his league début, scored twice within two minutes – his third goal for the club in only his second appearance – to give Bolton the lead. Deep into injury time though James Henry equalised with a long distance shot, earning his side a share of the spoils.

For the second season in a row, the club's final fixture of the season will be at home to Birmingham City on 2 May 2015.

Matches edit

9 August 2014 Watford 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Vicarage Road
15:00 BST Deeney   17'
Vydra   23'
Forestieri   80'
Report Attendance: 15,546
Referee: Carl Boyeson
16 August 2014 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Nottingham Forest Macron Stadium
15:00 BST Mason   4'
Wheater   29'
Report Assombalonga   27', 35' (pen.) Attendance: 15,753
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
19 August 2014 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Middlesbrough Macron Stadium
20:00 BST C. Davies   27' (pen.) Report Leadbitter   45' (pen.)
Kike   78'
Attendance: 13,847
Referee: Steve Martin
23 August 2014 Brighton 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Amex Stadium
15:00 BST Mackail-Smith   37'
Teixeira   64'
Report Mills   25' Attendance: 24,435
Referee: Graham Scott
30 August 2014 Leeds United 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Elland Road
15:00 BST Warnock   17' Report Attendance: 21,901
Referee: Simon Hooper
13 September 2014 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Macron Stadium
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 15,799
Referee: Andy Haines
16 September 2014 Bolton Wanderers 3–2 Rotherham United Macron Stadium
20:00 BST Mason   60', 80', 84' Report Wordsworth   33'
Bowery   82'
Attendance: 13,630
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
20 September 2014 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Molineux
15:00 BST Dicko   42' Report Attendance: 22,695
Referee: Andrew Madley
27 September 2014 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Derby County Macron Stadium
15:00 BST Report Martin   38', 57' Attendance: 15,006
Referee: Mark Brown
1 October 2014 Fulham 4–0 Bolton Wanderers Craven Cottage
20:00 BST Rodallega   9'
Amorebieta   45'
Christensen   67'
Hoogland   79'
Report Attendance: 14,496
Referee: Stuart Attwell
4 October 2014 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Bournemouth Macron Stadium
15:00 BST Spearing   52' Report Wilson   46', 68' Attendance: 13,033
Referee: Andre Marriner
18 October 2014 Birmingham City 0–1 Bolton Wanderers St. Andrew's
15:00 BST Report Mills   20' Attendance: 15,149
Referee: Mark Haywood
21 October 2014 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Bolton Wanderers The Valley
19:45 BST Țucudean   28'
Jackson   51'
Report Moxey   54' Attendance: 13,433
Referee: Simon Hooper
25 October 2014 Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Brentford Macron Stadium
15:00 BST Danns   61'
M. Davies   76'
C. Davies   90+6'
Report Jon Toral   83' Attendance: 14,811
Referee: Mark Heywood
31 October 2014 Norwich City 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Carrow Road
19:45 Jerome   12', 61' Report C.Y. Lee   86' Attendance: 26,070
Referee: Graham Scott
4 November 2014 Bolton Wanderers 3–0 Cardiff City Macron Stadium
20:00 Feeney   9', 36'
Mills   76'
Report Attendance: 12,961
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
7 November 2014 Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Wigan Athletic Macron Stadium
20:00 Clayton   50'
C. Davies   55'
C.Y. Lee   61' (pen.)
Report McManaman   79' Attendance: 17,282
Referee: Scott Duncan
22 November 2014 Blackpool 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Bloomfield Road
15:00 Murphy   75' Report Lee Chung-yong   82' Attendance: 12,181
Referee: Nigel Miller
29 November 2014 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Huddersfield Town Macron Stadium
15:00 Davies   67' Report Attendance: 15,924
Referee:   Carl Berry
6 December 2014 Reading 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Madejski Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 15,421
Referee: Keith Hill
13 December 2014 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Ipswich Town Macron Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 15,186
Referee: Gary Sutton
19 December 2014 Millwall 0–1 Bolton Wanderers The Den
19:45 Report Pratley   68' Attendance: 8,635
Referee: Stuart Attwell
26 December 2014 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Macron Stadium
15:00 Heskey   58'
Pratley   62'
Report King   41' Attendance: 23,203
Referee: Craig Pawson
28 December 2014 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Bolton Wanderers John Smith's Stadium
15:00 Butterfield   43'
Wells   85'
Report Pratley   41' Attendance: 15,773
Referee: Trevor Kettle
10 January 2015 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Leeds United Macron Stadium
15:00 Guðjohnsen  48' (pen.) Report Austin  3' (pen.) Attendance: 18,844
Referee: Andy Woolmer
17 January 2015 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Maguire  28' (pen.) Report Feeney  2'
Pratley  25'
Attendance: 22,617
Referee: Graham Scott
27 January 2015 Rotherham United 4–2 Bolton Wanderers New York Stadium
19:45 Pringle  2'
Sammon  27'
Green  44'
Derbyshire  57'
Report Trotter  77'
Mills  79'
Attendance: 8,760
Referee: Darren Drysdale
31 January 2015 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Macron Stadium
15:00 Clough  23', 25' Report Dicko  3'
Henry  90+5'
Attendance: 15,869
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
7 February 2015 Derby County 4–1 Bolton Wanderers Pride Park Stadium
15:00 Ince   39', 47'
Hendrick   45', 68'
Report Twardzik   51' Attendance: 30,310
Referee: Tony Harrington
10 February 2015 Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Fulham Macron Stadium
19:45 Guðjohnsen   44'
Janko   80'
Le Fondre   89'
Report Hutchinson   21' Attendance: 12,790
Referee: Gary Sutton
14 February 2015 Bolton Wanderers 3–4 Watford Macron Stadium
15:00 Clough   37', 85'
Le Fondre   41'
Report Ighalo   25'
Abdi   69'
Ekstrand   74'
Deeney   90'
Attendance: Geoff Eltringham
Referee: 14,230
21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) Nottingham Forest 4–1 Bolton Wanderers Nottingham
15:00 GMT Burke   8', 68'
Antonio   17'
Lansbury   65' (pen.)
Report Le Fondre   45+5' (pen.) Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,441
Referee: Carl Boyeson
24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) Middlesbrough 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT Adomah   34' Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 16,569
Referee: Andy Madley
28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Macron Stadium
15:00 GMT Clough  64' report Attendance: 14,115
Referee: Dean Whitestone
3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Reading Bolton
19:45 GMT Guðjohnsen   60' Report Mackie   90+3' Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 12,795
Referee: Mark Haywood
11 March 2015 (2015-03-11) Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Blackburn
19:45 GMT Rhodes   90+4' Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 15,362
Referee: Paul Tierney
14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Millwall Bolton
15:00 GMT Le Fondre   10', 45' Report Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 14,719
Referee: Andy Haines
17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) Ipswich Town 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Ipswich
19:45 GMT Tabb  79' report Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,923
Referee: Fred Graham
21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) Wigan Athletic 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Wigan
15:00 GMT Waghorn  90+5' report Walker   79' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 15,861
Referee: Nigel Miller
4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Blackpool Bolton
15:00 BST Guðjohnsen  90+5' report Jacobs   9' Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 17,076
Referee: David Coote
6 April 2015 (2015-04-06) Cardiff City 0–3 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:00 BST report Guðjohnsen  55'
C.Davies  59', 73'
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 20,219
Referee: Keith Stroud
11 April 2015 (2015-04-11) Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Norwich City Bolton
15:00 BST Le Fondre  18' report Dorrans  9'
Hooper  90+3'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 16,027
Referee: James Adcock
15 April 2015 (2015-04-15) Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Charlton Athletic Bolton
20:00 BST Le Fondre  79' report Bulot  9' Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 12,994
Referee: Kevin Wright
18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) Brentford 2–2 Bolton Wanderers Brentford
20:00 BST Pritchard  35'
Douglas  42'
report Le Fondre  39'
M. Davies  71'
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 11,874
Referee: Carl Boyeson
27 April 2015 (2015-04-27) Bournemouth 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth
19:45 BST Pugh  39'
Ritchie  44'
Wilson   78'
report Stadium: Goldsands Stadium
Attendance: 10,070
Referee: Simon Hooper
2 May 2015 (2015-05-02) Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Birmingham City Bolton
12:15 BST report Tesche  42' Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 18,614
Referee: Mark Brown

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
16 Huddersfield Town 46 13 16 17 58 75 −17 55
17 Fulham 46 14 10 22 62 83 −21 52
18 Bolton Wanderers 46 13 12 21 54 67 −13 51
19 Reading 46 13 11 22 48 69 −21 50
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 10 17 19 44 54 −10 47
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 13 12 21 54 67  −13 51 9 8 6 35 27  +8 4 4 15 19 40  −21

Last updated: 14 April 2015.
Source: BBC Sport

FA Cup edit

Bolton entered the FA Cup at the Third Round stage with the other Championship clubs, as well as those from the Premier League. For the third round Bolton were drawn at home against local rivals Wigan Athletic, who won the competition two years earlier. Debutant Zach Clough scored the only goal of the game, with Bolton being the first team in three years to knock Wigan out in normal time. This earned them an away tie at Anfield Stadium against the previous seasons Premier League runners up, Liverpool. The game ended goalless, Bolton earning themselves a replay at the Macron Stadium two weeks later.

3 January 2015 3rd Round Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Wigan Athletic Macron Stadium, Bolton
15:00 BST Clough   76' Report Attendance: 16,788
Referee: Phil Dowd
24 January 2015 4th Round Liverpool 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Anfield, Liverpool
17:30 BST Report Attendance: 43,847
Referee: Kevin Friend
4 February 2015 Replay Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Liverpool Macron Stadium, Bolton
19:45 BST Guðjohnsen   59' (pen.) Report Sterling   86'
Coutinho   90+1'
Attendance: 22,171
Referee: Roger East

League Cup edit

The draw for the first round of the League Cup was made on 17 June 2014, and resulted in a home tie against local rivals Bury.[17] This would be Bolton's first game against the Shakers since 2002, also in the League Cup, when Bernard Mendy's own goal gave Bury the win. Prior to this, on 11 June, it had been revealed that Bolton were listed as a seeded team in the northern section of the first round draw, meaning they would play one of seventeen unseeded teams, of which Bury were one.[18] Falling behind to a Ryan Lowe strike in the twentieth minute, it took until the sixth minute of added time at the end of the second half for Bolton to equalise, Craig Davies converting from twelve yards after being tripped by former Bolton 'keeper Rob Lainton. In extra time, two Neil Danns goals, the second directly from a free-kick, put the score at 3–1. Jimmy McNulty headed in to narrow the deficit but Bolton held on to progress to the next round and an away tie at Crewe Alexandra. On 27 August, Bolton were handed José Mourinho's Chelsea[19] in the third round of the League Cup.

12 August 2014 1st Round Bolton Wanderers 3–2 (a.e.t.) Bury Macron Stadium
20:00 BST C. Davies   90+7' (pen.)
Danns   93', 96'
Report Lowe   20'
McNulty   97'
Attendance: 9,249
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
26 August 2014 2nd Round Crewe Alexandra 2–3 (a.e.t.) Bolton Wanderers Gresty Road
19:45 BST Inman   2'
Haber   90+8'
Report Pratley   40'
Beckford   90+2', 107'
Attendance: 2,642
Referee: Tony Harrington
24 September 2014 3rd Round Chelsea 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Stamford Bridge
19:45 BST Zouma   25'
Oscar   55'
Report Mills   31' Attendance: 40,988
Referee: Graham Scott

Squad statistics edit

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Ádám Bogdán 10 0 2 0 1 0 13 0 0 0
2 DF   Kevin McNaughton 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
3 DF   Dean Moxey 20 1 2 0 1 0 23 1 5 0
4 DF   Matt Mills 37 4 2 0 2 1 41 5 8 1
5 DF   Tim Ream 44 0 3 0 2 0 49 0 4 0
6 MF   Jay Spearing 21 1 1 0 1 0 23 1 5 0
7 MF   Liam Feeney 41 3 3 0 3 0 47 3 2 0
8 MF   Keith Andrews 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   Joe Mason 12 4 0 0 2 0 14 4 0 0
9 FW   Adam Le Fondre 17 8 0 0 0 0 17 8 2 0
10 FW   Jermaine Beckford 11 0 0 0 3 2 14 2 1 0
11 MF   Robert Hall 9 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0
12 FW   Max Clayton 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0
13 GK   Paddy Kenny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK   Ben Amos 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
14 DF   Dorian Dervite 37 0 3 0 3 0 43 0 7 1
15 DF   Alex Baptiste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF   Mark Davies 15 2 0 0 0 0 15 2 5 0
17 MF   Liam Trotter 14 1 2 0 2 0 18 1 2 0
18 MF   Neil Danns 41 1 3 0 3 2 47 3 11 1
19 MF   Owen Garvan 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
19 FW   Emile Heskey 16 1 2 0 0 0 18 1 3 0
20 DF   Joe Riley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF   Rochinha 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
21 MF   Darren Pratley 22 4 2 0 3 1 27 5 8 0
22 FW   Eiður Guðjohnsen 21 5 3 1 0 0 24 6 1 0
23 DF   Marc Tierney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK   Andy Lonergan 29 0 1 0 2 0 32 0 0 0
25 MF/DF   Josh Vela 29 0 3 0 0 0 32 0 6 0
26 MF   Andy Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   Lee Chung-Yong 23 3 0 0 3 0 26 3 5 0
27 MF   Filip Twardzik 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
28 FW   Craig Davies 27 6 1 0 2 1 30 7 2 0
29 DF   Chris Herd 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0
29 MF   Barry Bannan 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 2 0
30 MF   Kaiyne Woolery 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 DF   David Wheater 17 1 3 0 1 0 21 1 1 0
32 FW   Tom Eaves 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 DF   Hayden White 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
34 GK   Ross Fitzsimons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW   Conor Wilkinson 4 0 1 0 2 0 7 0 0 0
37 DF   Quade Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
38 FW   Sanmi Odelusi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF   Chris Lester 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
40 FW   Zach Clough 8 5 2 1 0 0 10 6 0 0
41 DF   Oscar Threlkeld 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 1 0
42 MF   Luke Woodland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF   Andy Kellett 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
44 MF   Mohamed Kamara 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0
45 FW   Tom Youngs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF   Simeon Slavchev 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
46 FW   Georg Iliev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 DF/MF   Saidy Janko 10 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 0
48 MF   Niall Maher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 MF   Aaron Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 MF   Ryan Sellars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 MF   Giles Coke 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
52 MF   Tom Walker 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 2 0
54 DF   Paddy McCarthy 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Own goals - - - -

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Bolton's first move of the transfer window was confirmed on 28 April 2014, with loanee Neil Danns signing a pre-contract which would see him move to the club on a one-year deal once his existing contract with Leicester City expired on 30 June.

On 5 May 2014, it was announced that four senior players would not have their contracts renewed. Club captain Zat Knight, Chris Eagles, Tyrone Mears and Jay Lynch were all released. On the same day the club confirmed that academy players Sam Bailey, Saul Hamer, Jordan Hendrie, James Kelly, Elliot Newby and Guillermo Torres would not have their contracts extended.

On 12 May, Bolton confirmed that another loanee from the previous season would be joining the club following the expiring of his current contract in the summer. Following Neil Danns' example, Liam Trotter would join the club on 1 July, signing a three-year deal, leaving Millwall after four years of service. On 19 May, Bolton confirmed that Liam Feeney, another ex-loanee, would be following Trotter from Millwall after signing a two-year deal, having been at Millwall for three years. On 21 May, Bolton signed their fourth former loanee in a row, with Andy Robinson of Southampton joining on a one-year deal. However, on 19 July the club confirmed the player had left as he had failed to settle in the area. Bolton's fifth signing of the summer was confirmed as former Tottenham defender Dorian Dervite, who signed a three-year deal, joining from Charlton Athletic. Bolton continued their summer signing spree by announcing on 12 June that Crystal Palace youth goalkeeper Ross Fitzsimons would officially become a Trotter on 1 July, with the 'keeper signing a two-year contract.

On 1 July, as well as confirming the arrivals of the six previously announced signings, Bolton revealed that André Moritz and Arran Lee-Barrett would leave the club following the expiration of their contracts. Both had been discussing the option of a contract extension.[20]

The following day, on 2 July, Bolton announced the signing of Crystal Palace left-back Dean Moxey, with whom Freedman had previously worked during his time with the Eagles. Two days later, striker Marvin Sordell left Bolton to join near neighbours Burnley in the Premier League, rejoining his former manager at Watford, Sean Dyche. Defender Alex Baptiste, recently arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm,[21] was loaned to Blackburn Rovers on 11 July.

A fifth former loanee, Kevin McNaughton, joined the club on 16 July, signing on for another loan spell. On 19 July, Andy Robinson, who had only joined the club at the beginning of the month, had his contract cancelled with homesickness being cited as the reason.

Shortly after, experienced utility man Andy Hughes joined the club as a professional development coach, while also be registered as a member of the playing staff. Keith Andrews then joined Watford on loan on 24 July, before Bolton signed young defender Quade Taylor on a free from Crystal Palace and Joe Riley joined Oxford United on loan until January, both on 28 July. Young defender Cian Bolger left the club on 5 August, joining Phil Brown's Southend United.

Former Plymouth man Joe Mason rejoined the club on 11 August, signing on for another loan spell until the end of the 2014–15 season from Cardiff City, with whom he had recently agreed a new contract. The first released Bolton player to join a new club was 'keeper Jay Lynch, who joined Accrington Stanley on non-contract terms on 8 August, although he later joined Salford City.

Bolton's first signing of the emergency loan window was to loan Owen Garvan from Crystal Palace until December. Two days later Conor Wilkinson joined League One team Oldham Athletic on loan for a month. Right-back Hayden White was also sent out on loan, joining Carlisle United for a month. Coming the other way, Max Clayton joined after compensation was agreed with his former club Crewe Alexandra. Clayton had trained with Bolton earlier in the summer following his turning down of a contract extension from the Railwaymen. The BBC reported a figure of £300,000 could be given to Crewe. A day later, Paddy Kenny released by Leeds United following rumours Massimo Cellino had dropped him because he considers the 'keeper's birth date to be unlucky.[22] The Irishman signed for Bolton on a short-term deal to cover for the absent Ádám Bogdán, who had been injured while in training. The club's third signing in six days, Chris Herd joined Bolton from Aston Villa until 8 November.

In edit

Date Pos. Name From Fee
1 July 2014 MF   Neil Danns   Leicester City[23] Free
1 July 2014 DF   Dorian Dervite   Charlton Athletic[24] Free
1 July 2014 MF   Liam Feeney   Millwall[25] Free
1 July 2014 GK   Ross Fitzsimons   Crystal Palace[26] Free
1 July 2014 MF   Andy Robinson   Southampton[27] Free
1 July 2014 MF   Liam Trotter   Millwall[28] Free
2 July 2014 DF   Dean Moxey   Crystal Palace[29] Free
22 July 2014 MF   Andy Hughes   Charlton Athletic[30] Free
28 July 2014 DF   Quade Taylor   Crystal Palace[31] Free
14 August 2014 FW   Kaiyne Woolery   Tamworth[32] £10,000
18 September 2014 FW   Max Clayton   Crewe Alexandra[33] £300,000
19 September 2014 GK   Paddy Kenny   Leeds United[34] Free
5 December 2014 FW   Eiður Guðjohnsen   Club Brugge[35] Free
24 December 2014 FW   Emile Heskey   Newcastle Jets[36] Free
2 February 2015 MF   Filip Twardzik   Celtic[37] Free

Out edit

Date Pos. Name To Fee
30 June 2014 MF   Chris Eagles   Blackpool[38][39] Free
30 June 2014 DF   Zat Knight   Colorado Rapids[38][40] Free
30 June 2014 GK   Arran Lee-Barrett Released[20] Free
30 June 2014 GK   Jay Lynch   Accrington Stanley[38][41] Free
30 June 2014 DF   Tyrone Mears   Seattle Sounders[38][42] Free
30 June 2014 MF   André Moritz   Pohang Steelers[20][43] Free
30 June 2014 MF   Sam Bailey Released[44] Free
30 June 2014 FW   Saul Hamer Released[44] Free
30 June 2014 DF   Jordan Hendrie   Bradford City[44] Free
30 June 2014 MF   James Kelly   Bala Town[44][45] Free
30 June 2014 MF   Elliot Newby   Aston Villa[44] Free
30 June 2014 FW   Guillermo Torres Released[44] Free
4 July 2014 FW   Marvin Sordell   Burnley[46] £567,000
19 July 2014 MF   Andy Robinson   Gosport Borough[47] Free
5 August 2014 DF   Cian Bolger   Southend United[48] Undisclosed
17 September 2014 MF   Yannick Bastos Released[49] Free
14 January 2015 DF   Joe Riley   Bury[50] Free
20 January 2015 GK   Paddy Kenny   Ipswich Town[51] Free
23 January 2015 FW   Tom Youngs   Released[52] Free
2 February 2015 MF   Lee Chung-yong   Crystal Palace[53] Undisclosed

Loan in edit

Date from Date to Pos. Name From
16 July 2014 30 June 2015 DF   Kevin McNaughton   Cardiff City[54]
11 August 2014 19 January 2015 FW   Joe Mason   Cardiff City[55][56]
10 September 2014 12 December 2014 MF   Owen Garvan   Crystal Palace[57]
23 September 2014 8 November 2014 DF   Chris Herd   Aston Villa[58]
26 January 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Rochinha   Benfica B[59]
26 January 2015 30 June 2015 FW   Adam Le Fondre   Cardiff City[60]
30 January 2015 4 April 2015 GK   Ben Amos   Manchester United[61][62]
2 February 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Simeon Slavchev   Sporting CP[63]
2 February 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Barry Bannan   Crystal Palace[64]
2 February 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Saidy Janko   Manchester United[65]
12 February 2015 30 June 2015 DF   Matija Boben   NK Ivančna Gorica[66]
5 March 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Giles Coke   Sheffield Wednesday[67]
10 March 2015 30 June 2015 DF   Paddy McCarthy   Crystal Palace[68]
26 March 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Jordan Lussey   Liverpool[69]

Loan out edit

Date from Date to Pos. Name To
11 July 2014 30 June 2015 DF   Alex Baptiste   Blackburn Rovers[70]
24 July 2014 31 January 2015 MF   Keith Andrews   Watford[71]
28 July 2014 1 January 2015 DF   Joe Riley   Oxford United[72]
12 September 2014 11 October 2014 FW   Conor Wilkinson   Oldham Athletic[73]
18 September 2014 6 November 2014 DF   Hayden White   Carlisle United[74]
17 October 2014 13 December 2014 DF   Andy Kellett   Plymouth Argyle[75][76]
17 October 2014 15 November 2014 FW   Georg Iliev   Carlisle United[77]
7 November 2014 4 January 2015 DF   Hayden White   Bury[78]
20 November 2014 30 June 2015 FW   Jermaine Beckford   Preston North End[79]
27 November 2014 5 January 2015 FW   Tom Youngs   Oldham Athletic[80]
27 November 2014 5 January 2015 FW   Tom Eaves   Yeovil Town[81]
27 November 2014 5 January 2015 GK   Paddy Kenny   Oldham Athletic[82]
19 January 2015 2 March 2015 DF   Hayden White   Notts County[83][84]
19 January 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Mohamed Kamara   Maccabi Haifa[85]
22 January 2015 30 June 2015 DF   Niall Maher   Blackpool[86][87]
26 January 2015 26 February 2015 DF   Glenn Matthews   Telford United[88]
29 January 2015 28 February 2015 FW   Kaiyne Woolery   Notts County[89]
30 January 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Jay Spearing   Blackburn Rovers[90]
31 January 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Sanmi Odelusi   Coventry City[91]
2 February 2015 30 June 2015 FW   Conor Wilkinson   Oldham Athletic[92]
2 February 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Keith Andrews   Milton Keynes Dons[93]
2 February 2015 30 June 2015 DF   Andy Kellett   Manchester United[65]
13 March 2015 11 April 2015 MF   Luke Woodland   Oldham Athletic[94]
14 March 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Tom Eaves   Bury[95]
26 March 2015 30 June 2015 DF   Rob Holding   Bury[96]
26 March 2015 30 June 2015 MF   Rob Hall   Milton Keynes Dons[97]

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