2017–18 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

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.

Bolton Wanderers
2017–18 season
ChairmanKen Anderson
ManagerPhil Parkinson
StadiumMacron Stadium
Championship21st
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Gary Madine (10)
All: Gary Madine (10)
Highest home attendance21,097 v Birmingham City
3 April 2018
Lowest home attendance6,385 v Sheffield Wednesday
22 August 2017
Average home league attendance15,887

Pre-season edit

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]

8 July 2017 Chorley 2–3 Bolton Wanderers Chorley
15:00 BST Gornell   3'
Carver   17'
Report Brockbank   59', 76'
White   67'
Stadium: Victory Park
Attendance: 1,447
11 July 2017   Arbroath 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Arbroath, Scotland
19:30 BST Doris   33' (pen.) Report Le Fondre   32' (pen.)
Hall   53'
Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 722
14 July 2017   Dundee 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Dundee
19:00 BST McGowan   75' Report Madine   19'
Vela   29'
Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 2,227
18 July 2017 AFC Fylde 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Medlar-with-Wesham
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Mill Farm
Attendance: 1,289
22 July 2017 Fleetwood Town 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Fleetwood
15:00 BST Hiwula   18'
McAleny   71'
Report Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 2,541
29 July 2017 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Stoke City Bolton
15:00 BST Le Fondre   44' Report Joselu   78', 88' Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 4,724

Competitions edit

EFL Championship edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Birmingham City 46 13 7 26 38 68 −30 46
20 Reading 46 10 14 22 48 70 −22 44
21 Bolton Wanderers 46 10 13 23 39 74 −35 43
22 Barnsley (R) 46 9 14 23 48 72 −24 41 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Burton Albion (R) 46 10 11 25 38 81 −43 41
Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Result 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 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 edit

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ResultLDDLLLLLLLLWDDDWDDLWLLWLWWLDWDLLWDLDDWLLLLDLLW
Position16161822242424242424242424242423222324212123222323202120191919201919191920192020212121212321
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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]

6 August 2017 1 Bolton Wanderers 2–3 Leeds United Horwich
16:30 BST Madine   39'
Le Fondre   67' (pen.)
Buckley   90+3'
Report Phillips   7', 42'
Wood   30'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 19,857
Referee: Simon Hooper
12 August 2017 2 Millwall 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Bermondsey
15:00 BST Saville   49'
Hutchinson   68'
McLaughlin   85'
Report Burke   4'
Morais   62'
Taylor   88'
Karacan   90+3'
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 12,238
Referee: Andy Davies
15 August 2017 3 Birmingham City 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Birmingham
19:45 BST Maghoma   50' Report Morais   87' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 20,215
Referee: Darren England
19 August 2017 4 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Derby County Horwich
15:00 BST Karacan   35'
Beevers   57'
Madine   90+1'
Report Nugent   8', 21'
Wisdom   79'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 15,175
Referee: Steve Martin
25 August 2017 5 Hull City 4–0 Bolton Wanderers Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST Meyler   11'
Diomande   13'
Bowen   19', 88'
Grosicki   29'
Report Cullen   50'
Derik   74'
Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 16,207
Referee: Oliver Langford
9 September 2017 6 Bolton Wanderers 0–3 Middlesbrough Horwich
15:00 BST Karacan   10' Report Assombalonga   13', 71'
Traoré   45+1'
Johnson   78'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 17,385
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
12 September 2017 7 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Sheffield United Horwich
20:00 BST Morais   41'
Cullen   52'
Madine   88'
Report Carter-Vickers   33'
Lafferty   82'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 14,346
Referee: Stuart Attwell
16 September 2017 8 Ipswich Town 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Ipswich
15:00 BST Skuse   48'
McGoldrick   89'
Garner   90+3'
Report Madine   48'
Wheater   67'
Noone   82'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 14,164
Referee: Andy Madley
23 September 2017 9 Bolton Wanderers 0–3 Brentford Horwich
15:00 BST Burke   45+1'
Karacan   56'
Report Barbet   38'
Yennaris   62'   76'
Watkins   84'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 13,897
Referee: Darren England
26 September 2017 10 Bristol City 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Bristol
19:45 BST Pack   6'
Diedhiou   39'
Flint   61',   77'
Report Morais
Pratley   76'
Wilbraham   84'
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 17,203
Referee: Tony Harrington
30 September 2017 11 Aston Villa 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Aston
15:00 BST Whelan   11'
Kodjia   39' (pen.)
Taylor   90+4'
Report Wheater   67'
Beevers   68'
Henry   90'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 31,451
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
14 October 2017 12 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Horwich
15:00 BST Ameobi   10'
Beevers   46'
Hutchinson   61' (o.g.)
Morais   68'
Vela   84'
Report Hunt   39'
Lee   68',   88'
Hooper   89'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 17,967
Referee: David Coote
21 October 2017 13 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Horwich
15:00 BST Pratley   22' Report Sylla   78' Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 14,243
Referee: James Linington
28 October 2017 14 Fulham 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Fulham
15:00 BST McDonald   86'
Cairney   90+4'
Report Henry   12'
Ameobi   28'
Wheater   68'
Alnwick   78'
Little   84'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 18,792
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
31 October 2017 15 Sunderland 3–3 Bolton Wanderers Sunderland
19:45 GMT Grabban   45', 57',   85'
McNair   79'
Report Ameobi   32'
Madine   60'
Henry   67'
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 26,395
Referee: Tony Harrington
4 November 2017 16 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Norwich City Horwich
15:00 GMT Henry   28'
Madine   35'
Armstrong   40'
Pratley   58'
Wheater   78'
Beevers   85'
Report Zimmermann   77'
Vrancic   79'
Murphy   90+4'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 14,786
Referee: Steve Martin
17 November 2017 17 Preston North End 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Preston
19:45 GMT Huntington   77'
Boyle   86'
Report Henry   2'
Ameobi   53'
Beevers   67'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 15,213
Referee: Simon Hooper
21 November 2017 18 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Reading Horwich
20:00 GMT Robinson   14'
Burke   18'
Pratley   23'
Madine   81'
Report Moore   76'
Bacuna   83'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 13,113
Referee: Andrew Madley
25 November 2017 19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–1 Bolton Wanderers Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Boly   13'
Bonatini   25'
Jota   58',   87'
Cavaleiro   62', 82'
Neves   64'
Report Wheater   43'
Ameobi   45+4'
Buckley   74'
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 27,894
Referee: Keith Stroud
2 December 2017 20 Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Barnsley Horwich
15:00 GMT Madine   20', 39'
Ameobi   37'
Henry   55'
Vela   60'
Little   69'
Pratley   89'
Report Bradshaw   22',   28'
Potts   56'
Williams   60'
Thiam   89'
Yiadom   90+6'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 14,371
Referee: Oliver Langford
9 December 2017 21 Nottingham Forest 3–2 Bolton Wanderers Nottingham
15:00 GMT McKay   3'
Mills   32'
Worrall   60'
Brereton   89'
Bridcutt   90+2'
Report Robinson   30'
Buckley   45'
Henry   87'
Worrall   90+2' (o.g.)
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,882
Referee: Darren England
16 December 2017 22 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Burton Albion Horwich
15:00 GMT Report Dyer   23' Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 13,632
Referee: Andrew Madley
23 December 2017 23 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Cardiff City Horwich
15:00 GMT Pratley   41'
Henry   61'
Madine   75' (pen.),   87'
Vela   88'
Report Damour   56'
Peltier   77'
Ecuele Manga   78'
Halford   82'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 15,344
Referee: Darren Bond
26 December 2017 24 Middlesbrough 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT Howson   33'
Braithwaite   49',   57'
Assombalonga   67'
Report Taylor   12'
Beevers   51'
Wheater   88'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 29,433
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
30 December 2017 25 Sheffield United 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Sheffield
15:00 GMT Fleck   29'
Baldock   45+1'
Report Madine   21',   52'
Robinson   37'
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 28,387
Referee: Stephen Martin
1 January 2018 26 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Hull City Horwich
15:00 GMT Madine   20'
Vela   71'
Alnwick   87'
Le Fondre   90+4'
Report Henriksen   71'
Dawson   78'
Campbell   80'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 14,216
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
13 January 2018 27 Brentford 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Brentford
15:00 GMT Jozefzoon   40'
Maupay   90+1'
Report Little   22'
Wheater   42'
Madine   67'
Robinson   83'
Ameobi   90+2'
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 9,507
Referee: Andy Davies
20 January 2018 28 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Ipswich Town Horwich
15:00 GMT Madine   37',   53' Report Iorfa   73'
Garner   82'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 13,870
Referee: Peter Bankes
2 February 2018 29 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Bristol City Horwich
20:00 GMT Ameobi   71',   90+4'
Dervite   90+4'
Report Bryan   6'
Brownhill   62'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 14,172
Referee: Andy Madley
10 February 2018 30 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Fulham Horwich
15:00 GMT Little   17'
Henry   45+2'
Le Fondre   61'
Report Targett   4'
Johansen   60'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 14,386
Referee: Robert Jones
13 February 2018 31 Cardiff City 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
19:45 GMT Traore   34'
Morrison   44'
Report Beevers   43' Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 16,013
Referee: Tim Robinson
17 February 2018 32 Queens Park Rangers 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT Lynch   72'
Smith   90+1'
Report Henry   34'
Little   54'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,638
Referee: Scott Duncan
20 February 2018 33 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Sunderland Horwich
20:00 GMT Clough   17'
Wheater   65'
Henry   67'
Morais   90+2'
Ameobi   90+5'
Report Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 14,915
Referee: David Coote
24 February 2018 34 Norwich City 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Norwich
15:00 GMT Zimmermann   55'
Lewis   90+4'
Report Pratley   37'
Morais   72'
Burke   76'
Ameobi   84'
Flanagan   90+2'
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,475
Referee: Keith Stroud
3 March 2018 35 Bolton Wanderers 1–3 Preston North End Horwich
15:00 GMT Beevers   12',   31'
Morais   36'
Report Cunningham   45+2'
Gallagher   46'
Barkhuizen   53'
Pearson   64'
Maguire   77', 90+2',   78'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 18,141
Referee: Peter Bankes
6 March 2018 36 Reading 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Reading
20:00 GMT Barrow   32'  33'
Edwards   64'
Evans   81'
Report Le Fondre   45'
Buckley   57'
Flanagan   89'
Henry   90+1'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 8,631
Referee: James Linington
10 March 2018 37 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Sheffield
15:00 GMT Boyd   78' Report Wilbraham   90+3' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 26,809
Referee: Darren Bond
17 March 2018 38 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Aston Villa Horwich
17:30 GMT Le Fondre   19'
Henry   31'
Report Chester   18'
Snodgrass   31'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 19,304
Referee: Robert Jones
30 March 2018 39 Leeds United 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Leeds
15:00 GMT Ekuban   4'
Dallas   28'
Hernandez   50'
Jansson   90+4'
Report Le Fondre   54'
Derik   90+1'
Wilbraham   90+4'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 35,377
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
3 April 2018 40 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Birmingham City Horwich
20:00 GMT Flanagan   54' Report Jutkiewicz   40'
Adams   67'
Davis   75'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 21,097
Referee: Oliver Langford
7 April 2018 41 Derby County 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Derby
15:00 GMT Pearce   6'
Vydra   33'
Lawrence   54'
Baird   80'
Report Le Fondre   78' Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 25,723
Referee: Darren England
10 April 2018 42 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Millwall Horwich
20:00 GMT Report Elliott   34'
Marshall   63'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 13,810
Referee: Robert Jones
14 April 2018 43 Barnsley 2–2 Bolton Wanderers Barnsley
15:00 GMT Gardner   22',   57'
Moore   45'
Moncur   79'
McBurnie   81',   90+3'
Lindsay   90+4'
Report Henry   13'
Ameobi   55'
Beevers   59'
Pratley   81'
Le Fondre   82' (pen.)
Noone   85'
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 14,138
Referee: Mike Jones
21 April 2018 44 Bolton Wanderers 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Horwich
15:00 GMT Wheater   56' Report Douglas   16'
Afobe   45+1'
Batth   46'
Jota   53'
Coady   66' (pen.)
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 19,092
Referee: Keith Stroud
28 April 2018 45 Burton Albion 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT McFadzean   11'
Akpan   28'
Akins   36',   79'
Report Pratley   33'
Beevers   75'
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 6,535
Referee: Graham Scott
6 May 2018 46 Bolton Wanderers 3–2 Nottingham Forest Horwich
12:30 GMT Pratley   13'
Robinson   45+1'
Le Fondre   67'
Wheater   87'
Wilbraham   88',   89'
Report Bridcutt   7'
Fox   39'
Lolley   57'
Osborn   70'
Colback   79'
Darikwa   83'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 18,289
Referee: Scott Duncan

FA Cup edit

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]

6 January 2018 Third round Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Huddersfield Town Horwich
15:00 GMT Vela   18'
Ameobi   54'
Osede   64'
Report Hefele   40'
van La Parra   51'
Williams   52'
Coleman   88'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 11,574
Referee: Roger East

EFL Cup edit

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]

9 August 2017 First round Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Crewe
19:45 BST Porter   42'
Walker   52'
Report Pratley   57'
Armstrong   70'
Derik   81'
Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,167
Referee: Mark Heywood
22 August 2017 Second round Bolton Wanderers 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday Horwich
20:00 BST Karacan   13'   64'
Dervite   31'   42'
Armstrong   57' (pen.)
Report Pudil   18'
Rhodes   76', 83'
Bannan   89'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 6,385
Referee: David Webb
19 September 2017 Third round West Ham United 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Stratford
19:45 BST Ogbonna   4'
Sakho   31'
Holland   87'
Masuaku   90+3'
Report Taylor   43'
Pratley   85'
Stadium: London Stadium
Attendance: 35,806
Referee: Simon Hooper

Squad edit

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

Statistics edit

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   ENG Mark Little 31 1 27+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   ENG Andrew Taylor 21 0 20+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF   FRA Dorian Dervite 16 1 13+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
5 DF   ENG Mark Beevers 47 1 44+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF   ENG Josh Vela 31 1 26+4 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   TUR Jem Karacan 18 1 13+3 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
9 FW   ENG Adam Le Fondre 38 7 15+20 7 1+0 0 1+1 0
10 MF   NGA Sammy Ameobi 36 4 33+2 4 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF   ENG Will Buckley 25 2 14+9 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
12 MF   ENG Craig Noone 27 1 6+19 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
13 GK   ENG Ben Alnwick 41 0 39+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 DF   ENG Jon Flanagan 9 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF   USA Antonee Robinson 34 0 26+4 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
17 DF   ESP Derik 20 2 13+4 0 1+0 1 2+0 1
18 FW   ENG Aaron Wilbraham 28 2 3+21 2 1+0 0 1+2 0
19 FW   ENG Tyler Walker 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF   IRL Harry Charsley 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   ENG Darren Pratley 35 2 31+1 2 0+0 0 2+1 0
22 MF   POR Filipe Morais 36 1 17+15 1 1+0 0 1+2 0
23 DF   ENG Stephen Darby 6 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
24 MF   ENG Karl Henry 33 1 33+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF   GER Jan Kirchhoff 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF   ENG David Wheater 34 1 31+1 1 1+0 0 0+1 0
32 DF   ENG Reece Burke 26 1 22+3 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
33 GK   ENG Mark Howard 10 0 7+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
34 MF   ENG Jeff King 3 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
35 FW   ENG Connor Hall 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
38 MF   ENG Jack Earing 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
40 FW   ENG Zach Clough 9 1 2+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
Player(s) who left the club:
14 FW   ENG Gary Madine 29 9 28+0 9 0+0 0 0+1 0
16 MF   EIR Josh Cullen 12 0 9+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW   ENG Adam Armstrong 22 3 14+5 1 0+0 0 2+1 2

Goals record edit

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

Disciplinary record edit

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

Transfers in edit

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

Transfers out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
29 June 2017 FW   Conor Wilkinson Gillingham Free [24]
1 July 2017 RB   Lewis Buxton Free agent Released [45]
1 July 2017 FW   Max Clayton Blackpool Free [46]
1 July 2017 CM   Mark Davies Free agent Released [5]
1 July 2017 GK   Will Jääskeläinen Leek Town Released [45][a]
1 July 2017 LB   Dean Moxey Exeter City Released [5][b]
1 July 2017 FW   George Newell Motherwell Released [17]
1 July 2017 CM   Liam Trotter AFC Wimbledon Released [45][c]
1 July 2017 RB   Reece Wabara Free agent Released [45]
1 July 2017 LM   Tom Walker Stockport County Released [45]
1 July 2017 RB   Lawrie Wilson Port Vale Released [5]
3 July 2017 CF   Jamie Proctor Rotherham United £75,000[50] [26]
8 July 2017 CM   Jay Spearing Blackpool Released [28][d]
14 July 2017 FW   Alex Samizadeh Kilmarnock Free [30]
1 August 2017 CB   Sam Lavelle Morecambe Free [52]
31 January 2018 FW   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 edit

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

Loans out edit

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

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