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Bolton Wanderers

Club Details
Club Name: Bolton Wanderers Football Club
Nickname: The Trotters
Year Founded: 1874 (as Christ Chruch F.C)
Founder: Reverend John Farrall Wright
Stadium: Reebok Stadium

Management
Team Manager: Gary Megson
Assistant Manager/Performance Director: Chris Evans
Head Coach: Steve Wigley
Reserve Team Coach: Alan Cork
Goalkeeping Coach: Fred Barber
Assistant Goalkeeping Coach: Neil Edwards
Academy Director: Jimmy Phillips
Assistant Academy Director: David Lee
Academy Coach: Peter Farrell
Fitness Coach: Adie Stovell
Head Physiotherapist: Nick Worth
Assistant Physiotherapist: Paul Lake
Chief Scout: Colin Harvey
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2007-08 Season Review
After a season in which Bolton secured their second UEFA Cup campaign and the loss of their coach "Big Sam" Sam Allardyce to rivals Newcastle, they started the 2007-08 season in a dissapointing fashion, gaining only one league win in eleven matches. Sammy Lee, who was Allardyce's assistant and replaced him, was relieved of his duties and was replaced by Gary Megson, former West Bromwich Albion coach.

When Megson took over the team, they were bottom of the league with only 5 points. The arrival of Megson did not necessary improve the team by a lot straight away, but still brought them up to 16th on the table by New Year. However, they are only 2 points above of Fulham, who are 19th on the table.

Despite desperately needing reinforcements, Bolton sold Nicholas Anelka, arguably the best player on the team, to Chelsea for £15 million without bringing in any comparable replacement.

In February 2008 however they beat Atletico Madrid (who at the time were lying fourth in La Liga) 1-0 on aggregate, winning 1-0 at home and drawing 0-0 away, to reach the last 16 of the UEFA Cup for the first time in the club's history before proceeding to play the reserve team in Lisbon in the Last 16 with the tie tied at 1-1. Bolton lost the away leg 0-1 and were knocked out in their best chance of winning a major trophy since 1958. Megson picked a reserve side so that the first team were rested for Sunday's relegation battle against Wigan Athletic.

Their league form remained poor, and a 4-0 defeat at Aston Villa on 5th of April left them in 18th place, two points adrift of safety. But they proceeded to take 11 points from their last five games (including a 1-1 draw at Chelsea on the final day of the season and being unbeaten during the five games) to secure survival.

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Players
No. Position Player
1 GK Ádám Bogdán
3 DF Jlloyd Samuel
4 MF Kevin Nolan captain
5 DF Gary Cahill
6 MF Fabrice Muamba
7 MF Matthew Taylor
8 MF Joey O'Brien
9 FW Johan Elmander
10 FW Ebi Smolarek (on loan from Racing de Santander)
11 MF Ricardo Gardner
14 FW Kevin Davies (vice-captain)
15 DF Grétar Steinsson
17 MF Riga Mustapha
19 MF Gavin McCann
20 FW Ricardo Vaz Té
22 GK Jussi Jääskeläinen
24 DF Danny lalalalau
25 MF Tamir Cohen
26 GK Ali Al Habsi
27 DF James Sinclair
28 DF Jarosław Fojut
29 FW Zoltán Harsányi
30 DF Chris Basham
31 DF Andy O'Brien
34 MF Robert Sissons
35 FW Tope Obadeyi

Players in Bold are important players to the team.
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Home Kits:
http://www.footybay.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boltonwanhome.jpg

Away Kits:
http://www.footybay.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/boltonwanaway.jpg
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Stadium

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Reebokstadium_inside.jpg/250px-

Located on the Middlebrook Retail Park in Horwich, the Reebok Stadium is the home stadium of Bolton Wanderers since 1997, replacing Burnden Park. The Reebok Stadium is, obviously, named after the team's long term sponsor, Reebok. This was unpopular with many fans, as it was considered impersonal, and that too much emphasis was being placed on financial considerations. This opposition has considerably lessened since the stadium was built, however, as fans have grown accustomed to the name and since Reebok is a local company.

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Record Attendance: 28,353 v Leicester City, 28 December 2003 (FA Premier League)
Lowest Attendance for a Competitive Match: 3,673 v Gillingham, 21 September 1999 (League Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg)
Lowest Premier League Attendance: 17,014 v Derby County, 2 January 2008
Record UEFA Cup Attendance: 26,163 v Atletico Madrid, 14 February 2008 Last 32 1st Leg
Record FA Cup Attendance: 23,523 v Arsenal, 12 March 2005 Quarter Finals
Record League Cup Attendance: 18,037 v Tottenham Hotspur, 27 October 2004 3rd Round