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Bolton Wanderers
2010–11 season
ChairmanPhil Gartside
ManagerOwen Coyle
StadiumReebok Stadium
Premier League14th
FA Cupsemi-final
League CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Johan Elmander (10)
All:
Johan Elmander (12)
Highest home attendance26,881 vs Arsenal
(24 April 2011)
Lowest home attendance13,120 vs
York City
(8 January 2011)
Average home league attendance22,028

The 2010–11 season was Bolton Wanderers's twelfth season in the Premier League, and their tenth consecutive season in the top-flight of English football. It was the second season with shirt sponsors 188BET.

It covers the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011. As Bolton Wanderers did not win the 2010–11 Premier League title, it is the 72nd time that they have competed at the top level without winning the title, the most of any club.

The home strip for the 2010–11 season was revealed on 23 April 2010 bearing the 188 Bet logo.[1] The Reebok strip represents a move back to a predominantly all white top. The away strip was revealed on 16 June and is blue with an orange and white trim.

Pre-Season

On 27 May, Bolton announced that they would be undertaking a three-game, pre-season tour of North America, taking in matches at Charlotte Eagles, Charleston Battery and Toronto F.C..[2] Further games were announced on 29 May, against Rochdale on 24 July and Morecambe on 28 July, with a reserve team fixture against Fleetwood Town on 30 July.[3] The game at Morecambe was designed to be the opening fixture at their new ground, The Globe Arena, but due to site delays the fixture was cancelled on 14 July and replaced by one at Oldham Athletic.[4] The pre-season schedule announcements were concluded on 1 June when the club announced a small tour of Scotland to play Falkirk on 31 July before a game against Bolton manager Owen Coyle's former charges St Johnstone on 2 August. They also announced that the club's only pre-season game would be against La Liga club Osasuna on 6 August.[5]

A 23-man squad, including new signing Martin Petrov but minus those that had participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup travelled to the United States on 13 July. The first tour match took place on 14 July against Charlotte Eagles at the Transamerica Field, with Bolton running out 3–0 winners, the goals coming from Gary Cahill, Johan Elmander and Petrov.[6] This was followed three days later with another victory, this time against Charleston Battery at Blackbaud Stadium, the goals this time coming from Kevin Davies and Tamir Cohen in a 2–0 win.[7] The team then travelled across the border to take on Major League Soccer side Toronto where they were joined by Stuart Holden who had played for the USA in the World Cup.[8] The match took place on 21 July at Toronto's BMO Field with the winner pronounced winner of the Carlsberg Cup. After a 1–1 draw, Matty Taylor scoring Bolton's goal, the winner of the trophy was decided by penalties. Holden, Robbie Blake, Sean Davis and Cahill scored for Bolton with Jussi Jääskeläinen saving two of the home side's efforts, thus ensuring Bolton would lift the trophy and finish the tour unbeaten.[9]

On the team's return home they took on local rivals Rochdale at Spotland on the afternoon of 24 July. A Robbie Blake penalty opened the scoring, but Bolton could not finish their League One opponents off and the home side's Chris O'Grady equalised with six minutes remaining.[10] Four days later, a strong side travelled to Oldham Athletic but were well beaten, Tom Eaves scoring all the goals in Oldham's 3–0 win.[11] Eaves would move from Oldham to Bolton a little over two weeks later for an undisclosed fee.[12]

The very end of July saw Bolton travel to Scotland for games against Falkirk and St. Johnstone. The Falkirk game saw the return of Lee Chung-Yong after his extended break following the World Cup. The return of the South Korean could not stop the game ending in a goalless stalemate.[13] Two days later, St Johnstone welcomed Bolton to McDiarmid Park and the English side finished their pre-season away fixtures with a 2–0 victory, Martin Petrov and Johan Elmander scoring their second goals of the summer.[14]

Bolton finished their pre season schedule with a home match against Osasuna at the Reebok Stadium on 6 August. The result was, again, a 2–0 victory to the home side. Johan Elmander finished as the pre season's leading scorer when he netted early in the game, and Lee Chung-Yong scored his first of the summer shortly afterwards.[15]

14 July 2010 Charlotte Eagles United States 0–3 England Bolton Wanderers Transamerica Field
19:00 EDT Report Cahill 8'
Elmander 50'
Petrov 80'		 Attendance: 2,383
17 July 2010 Charleston Battery United States 0–2 England Bolton Wanderers Blackbaud Stadium
19:30 EDT Report K. Davies 30'
Cohen 51'		 Attendance: 5,249
21 July 2010 Toronto Canada 1 – 1 (3 – 4 p) England Bolton Wanderers BMO Field
19:30 EDT Correa 45' Report Taylor 28' Attendance: 19,507
24 July 2010 Rochdale England 1–1 England Bolton Wanderers Spotland
15:00 BST O'Grady 84' Report Blake 35' Attendance: 1,833
28 July 2010 Oldham Athletic England 3–0 England Bolton Wanderers Boundary Park
19:30 BST Eaves 26', 42', 56' Report Attendance: 1,871
31 July 2010 Falkirk Scotland 0–0 England Bolton Wanderers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 2,104
2 August 2010 St Johnstone Scotland 0–2 England Bolton Wanderers McDiarmid Park
19:45 BST Report Petrov 75'
Elmander 77'		 Attendance: 2,076
6 August 2010 Bolton Wanderers England 2–0 Spain Osasuna Reebok Stadium
20:00 BST Elmander 11'
Lee 24'		 Report Attendance: 4,847

Premier League

The fixtures for the 2010–11 season were announced on 17 June, and revealed that Bolton would begin their league campaign by welcoming Fulham to the Reebok Stadium in Mark Hughes' first competitive fixture as Fulham's manager.[16] The match finished goalless with Bolton giving a debut to Martin Petrov.[17] A week later, Bolton travelled to London to take on West Ham United. Goalless at half time, with Carlton Cole having a penalty saved by Jussi Jääskeläinen, Bolton took the lead early in the second half through a Matthew Upson own goal, which was followed by a Johan Elmander header. Although Mark Noble pulled a goal back from the penalty spot after Gary Cahill had been adjuged to have pushed Scott Parker, Elmander scored his second of the game with six minutes remaining. The game saw a debut for Robbie Blake.[18]

Bolton's next match was at home to Birmingham City and was moved to the Sunday to allow for live television coverage. The game started badly for the home team, with Roger Johnson scoring for Birmingham in the first five minutes. Shortly before the end of the first half the situation got worse when Jussi Jääskeläinen was sent off for slapping Johnson in the face. As a result, Hungarian goalkeeper Ádám Bogdán was brought on for Martin Petrov, to replace Jääskeläinen in goal, marking Bogdán's league debut. Birmingham doubled their advantage early in the second half through Craig Gardner. However, the ten men battled back, first through captain Kevin Davies, scoring his 100th league goal from the penalty spot after he himself was fouled in the area by Johnson, and then Robbie Blake, firing in a free kick for his first goal for the club. The result saw Bolton finish the weekend in fifth place in the Premier League.[19]

The following round of fixtures took place a fortnight later, due to an international break. On 3 September, Gary Cahill, who had been called up to previous squads without playing, became the first Bolton player to play for England since Michael Ricketts in 2002, in the national team's 4–0 win over Bulgaria.[20]

Bolton returned to league football on 11 September, with an away fixture at Arsenal. Drawing 1–1 at half-time, through Johan Elmander's third league goal of the season, which saw him equal his league tally from the previous season, Bolton were 2–1 down when Cahill was sent off for a tackle on Marouane Chamakh. Playing against ten men, Arsenal dominated the rest of the game and ran out 4–1 winners.[21] As a result, the club fell into the bottom half of the table for the first time that season. The club appealed the three match ban that Cahill would have to serve for the sending off, but this was rejected.[22] A week later, a second successive away game saw Bolton finish level with Aston Villa, in the last game before Gérard Houllier took over as manager of the Midlands club. Ashley Young put the home side ahead early on from a free kick, but Bolton had drawn level by the end of the half, Kevin Davies netting his second league goal of the season, to put an end to the scoring.[23]

Bolton's next home was again moved to the Sunday to allow for live television coverage, with the visitors being near neighours, Manchester United. An early Zat Knight goal, flicking in a corner, gave Bolton the lead, but United equalised halfway through the first half, after Nani had run unchecked through Bolton's half before shooting from just outside the area past the returning Jussi Jääskeläinen. Bolton have only beaten Manchester United once at home in thirty years, but it looked like they would make it twice after Martin Petrov shot home with his unfavoured right foot in the sixty seventh minute, scoring his first goal for the club in the process. The home side almost made it 3–1 soon after, but Johan Elmander failed to make a one on one with United keeper Edwin van der Sar count, and Bolton were made to rue this chance when Michael Owen, on as a substitute three minutes earlier, flicked on a Nani free-kick into Jääskeläinen's right hand corner to make the final result 2–2. A fourth game without a win ensured that Bolton remained in the bottom half of the Premier League.[24]

October began with an away game at newly promoted West Bromwich Albion. Kevin Davies set up Johan Elmander in the sixty fourth minute, but James Morrison equalised fourteen minutes later to earn the home side a draw. Elmander's goal, his fourth of the season, meant he had already scored more league goals this season than he had in the whole of the previous season.[25] The day after, Kevin Davies was called up into the England squad for the first time and included in the squad to play Montenegro on 12 October.[26] Later in the week, Gary Cahill was called into the squad as a late replacement for Phil Jagielka, meaning that, for the first time since Eddie Hopkinson and Doug Holden in 1959, Bolton had two representatives in the England squad.[27] Although Cahill didn't make it onto the pitch, Davies made his international debut as a second-half substitute in the game.[28]

Bolton returned to league action on 16 October with a home fixture against Stoke City. A Lee Chung-Yong goal midway through the first half sent Bolton in at half time ahead, but Rory Delap equalised early in the second half. The game had moved into the fourth minute of injury time when substitute Ivan Klasnić scored what turned out to be the winning goal. Almost immediately, Klasnić was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in the two minutes after his goal.[29]

A week later, Bolton played their first game of the season against near neighbours Wigan Athletic. Bolton would eventually play their closest rivals geographically four times, after drawing their FA Cup Fourth round tie. Hugo Rodallega opened the scoring at the DW Stadium but this was swiftly equalised by Johan Elmander as Bolton consolidated their position in the top half of the Premier League.[30] However, the following Sunday, a late Maxi Rodríguez goal would see Liverpool beat Bolton and continue their good form at the Reebok Stadium, where they had not lost since 2006.[31] The result saw Bolton finish October in tenth place.

November opened with a home fixture against Tottenham Hotspur, who had not won a league game at the Reebok Stadium. This run continued as two goals from Kevin Davies and a goal apiece for Grétar Steinsson and Martin Petrov saw Bolton run out 4–2 winners.[32] This began a run of five unbeaten games throughout the month of November. On 10 November, a late Jermaine Beckford goal saw Everton salvage a draw at Goodison Park after Ivan Klasnić had put Bolton ahead.[33] The following Saturday, Bolton raced into a 3–0 lead at Wolverhampton Wanderers through a Richard Stearman own goal, a Johan Elmander solo effort and a Stuart Holden strike, before Wolves pulled back two goals.[34] A week later, Bolton earned their largest win of the season when Newcastle United came to the Reebok Stadium. This was the first game that former captain Kevin Nolan had played at Bolton since his move to Newcastle in January 2009. Two converted penalties by Kevin Davies, two more goals for Johan Elmander and one for Lee Chung-yong gave Bolton a 5–1 win.[35] Bolton finished the month by welcoming Blackpool to the Reebok Stadium for the first time. It was also the first time the clubs had met for seventeen years. Trailing by two goals halfway through the second half, Bolton pulled the goals back, first through a Martin Petrov free kick and then a team effort completed by Mark Davies.[36] Bolton finished the month in fifth place and challenging for European football.

December opened with a game at Manchester City who, despite having Aleksandar Kolarov sent off in the second half, kept hold of their one-goal lead, given to them in the first half by Carlos Tevez.[37] The week after, Bolton themselves had a man sent off, with Mark Davies receiving his marching orders for elbowing Phil Jones with the game goalless. Fabrice Muamba then scored his first goal of the season but Blackburn equalised late on, with Mame Biram Diouf bringing the scores level. However, just one minute later, Stuart Holden ran onto a Kevin Davies header to score from twenty yards.[38] The game would prove to be the last as Blackburn manager for former Bolton boss Sam Allardyce, who was fired the day after.[39]

14 August 2010 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Fulham Reebok Stadium
15:00 BST [1] Attendance: 20,352
Referee: Stuart Attwell
21 August 2010 West Ham United 1–3 Bolton Wanderers Upton Park
15:00 BST Noble 79' (pen.) [2] Upson 48' (o.g.)
Elmander 68', 84'		 Attendance: 32,533
Referee: Andre Marriner
29 August 2010 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Birmingham City Reebok Stadium
13:30 BST K. Davies 71' (pen.)
Blake 81'		 [3] Johnson 4'
Gardner 50'		 Attendance: 18,139
Referee: Kevin Friend
11 September 2010 Arsenal 4–1 Bolton Wanderers Emirates Stadium
15:00 BST Koscielny 24'
Chamakh 58'
Song 78'
Vela 83'		 [4] Elmander 44' Attendance: 59,876
Referee: Stuart Attwell
18 September 2010 Aston Villa 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Villa Park
15:00 BST A. Young 13' [5] K. Davies 35' Attendance: 34,655
Referee: Mike Dean
26 September 2010 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Manchester United Reebok Stadium
12:00 BST Knight 6'
Petrov 67'		 [6] Nani 23'
Owen 74'		 Attendance: 23,926
Referee: Phil Dowd
2 October 2010 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Bolton Wanderers The Hawthorns
15:00 BST Morrison 78' [7] Elmander 64' Attendance: 22,846
Referee: Peter Walton
16 October 2010 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Stoke City Reebok Stadium
15:00 BST Lee 22'
Klasnić 90+2'		 [8] Delap 48' Attendance: 22,975
Referee: Peter Walton
23 October 2010 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Bolton Wanderers DW Stadium
15:00 BST Rodallega 59' [9] Elmander 66' Attendance: 17,100
Referee: Howard Webb
31 October 2010 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Liverpool Reebok Stadium
16:00 GMT Taylor Yellow card 49'
Steinsson Yellow card 89'		 [10] Konchesky Yellow card 21'
Škrtel Yellow card 75'
Rodríguez 86'		 Attendance: 25,171
Referee: Martin Atkinson
6 November 2010 Bolton Wanderers 4–2 Tottenham Hotspur Reebok Stadium
12:45 GMT K. Davies 31', 76' (pen.)
Steinsson 56'
Petrov 90+4'		 [11] Hutton 79'
Pavlyuchenko 87'		 Attendance: 20,255
Referee: Chris Foy
10 November 2010 Everton 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Goodison Park
20:00 GMT Beckford 90+4' [12] Klasnić 79' Attendance: 31,808
Referee: Phil Dowd
13 November 2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Bolton Wanderers Molineux
15:00 GMT Foley 69'
Fletcher 77'		 [13] Stearman 1' (o.g.)
Elmander 62'
Holden 67'		 Attendance: 27,508
Referee: Peter Walton
20 November 2010 Bolton Wanderers 5–1 Newcastle United Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT K. Davies 18' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.)
Lee 39'
Elmander 50', 72'		 [14] Carroll 52' Attendance: 22,203
Referee: Howard Webb
27 November 2010 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Blackpool Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT Petrov 76'
M. Davies 89'		 [15] Evatt 28'
Varney 57'		 Attendance: 25,851
Referee: Mike Dean
4 December 2010 Manchester City 1–0 Bolton Wanderers City of Manchester Stadium
15:00 GMT Tevez 4' [16] Attendance: 46,860
Referee: Andre Marriner
12 December 2010 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Reebok Stadium
13:30 GMT Muamba 65'
Holden 88'		 [17] M. Diouf 88' Attendance: 24,471
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
18 December 2010 Sunderland 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Stadium of Light
12:45 GMT Welbeck 32' [18] Attendance: 35,101
Referee: Chris Foy
26 December 2010 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT Taylor 40'
Elmander 86'		 [19] Attendance: 23,413
Referee: Howard Webb
29 December 2010 Chelsea 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Stamford Bridge
19:45 GMT Malouda 61' [20] Attendance: 40,982
Referee: Mike Jones
1 January 2011 Liverpool 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Anfield
15:00 GMT Torres 49'
Cole 90+2'		 [21] K. Davies 43' Attendance: 35,400
Referee: Kevin Friend
5 January 2011 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Wigan Athletic Reebok Stadium
20:00 GMT Rodrigo 54' [22] Stam 80' Attendance: 18,852
Referee: Phil Dowd
15 January 2011 Stoke City 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Britannia Stadium
15:00 GMT Higginbotham 37'
Etherington 63' (pen.)		 [23] Attendance: 26,809
Referee: Michael Oliver
24 January 2011 Bolton Wanderers 0–4 Chelsea Reebok Stadium
20:00 GMT [24] Drogba 11'
Malouda 41'
Anelka 56'
Ramires 74'		 Attendance: 22,837
Referee: Chris Foy
2 February 2011 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Reebok Stadium
20:00 GMT Sturridge 90+2' [25] Attendance: 18,944
Referee: Peter Walton
5 February 2011 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Bolton Wanderers White Hart Lane
15:00 GMT Van der Vaart 6' (pen.)
Kranjčar 90+2'		 [26] Sturridge 55' Attendance: 36,197
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
13 February 2011 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Everton Reebok Stadium
16:00 GMT Cahill 10'
Sturridge 67'		 [27] Attendance: 22,986
Referee: Lee Probert
26 February 2011 Newcastle United 1–1 Bolton Wanderers St James' Park
15:00 GMT Nolan 13' [28] Sturridge 38' Attendance: 48,062
Referee: Chris Foy
5 March 2011 Bolton Wanderers 3–2 Aston Villa Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT Cahill 45+2', 75'
Klasnić 86'		 [29] Bent 15'
Albrighton 64'		 Attendance: 22,533
Referee: Kevin Friend
19 March 2011 Manchester United 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Old Trafford
15:00 GMT Berbatov 88' [30] Attendance: 75,486
Referee: Andre Marriner
2 April 2011 Birmingham City 2–1 Bolton Wanderers St Andrew's
15:00 BST Phillips 4'
Gardner 59'		 [31] Elmander 70' Attendance: 26,142
Referee: Michael Oliver
9 April 2011 Bolton Wanderers 3–0 West Ham United Reebok Stadium
15:00 BST Sturridge 14', 51'
Lee 20'		 [32] Attendance: 25,857
Referee: Lee Probert
24 April 2011 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Arsenal Reebok Stadium
16:00 BST Sturridge 38'
Cohen 90'		 [33] Van Persie 48' Attendance: 26,881
Referee: Mike Jones
27 April 2011 Fulham 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Craven Cottage
20:00 BST Dempsey 15', 48'
Hangeland 65'		 [34] Attendance: 23,222
Referee: Anthony Taylor
30 April 2011 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Ewood Park
15:00 BST Olsson 20' [35] Attendance: 28,985
Referee: Mike Dean
7 May 2011 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Sunderland Reebok Stadium
15:00 BST Klasnić 87' [36] Zenden 45'
Knight 90+4' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 22,597
Referee: Kevin Friend
14 May 2011 Blackpool 4–3 Bolton Wanderers Bloomfield Road
12:45 BST Campbell 9', 45'
Puncheon 19'
Adam 63'		 [37] Davies 6'
Taylor 24'
Sturridge 53'		 Attendance: 15,979
Referee: Andre Marriner
22 May 2011 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Manchester City Reebok Stadium
16:00 BST [38] Lescott 43'
Džeko 62'		 Attendance: 26,285
Referee: Chris Foy

Last updated: 22 May 2011
Source: Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Note: Premier League fixtures not listed due to copyright

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Stoke City 38 13 7 18 46 48 −2 46
14 Bolton Wanderers 38 12 10 16 52 56 -4 46
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 11 10 17 46 59 −13 43

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

FA Cup

Bolton Wanderers entered the 2010–11 FA Cup at the Third Round stage, the draw being made on 28 November 2010. Bolton were drawn against non-league opposition in the form of York City, the first time that they had played a non-league side since beating Yeovil Town ten years previously. The match was played on 8 January 2011.

Bolton started the game showing seven changes from their previous game against Wigan Athletic and struggled to break down York. It took the introduction of first choice forwards Kevin Davies and Johan Elmander to make the difference, Davies scoring in the eighty third minute and Elmander scoring with a drive from outside the box six minutes later.[40]

The draw for the fourth round was made the following afternoon and saw Bolton drawn against their nearest local rivals, Wigan Athletic. The match took place on 29 January and ended goalless. The draw for the fifth round took place the day after and gave the winner of the replay an away tie at Fulham on 20 February. The replay took place at the DW Stadium on 16 February, where a single goal from Ivan Klasnić took Bolton through to the fifth round. The draw for the sixth round took place whilst Bolton were still playing at Craven Cottage and saw the winners of the game drawn away at Birmingham City. Again, a single Klasnić goal, scored early in the first half, saw Bolton go through to the quarter-finals.

The quarter-final was played on 12 April and was shown live on ESPN. A goal early in the first half by Johan Elmander was cancelled out by Cameron Jerome before half-time, the first goal that Bolton had conceded in that year's competition. A Kevin Davies penalty restored Bolton's lead in the second half, but Kevin Phillips hit a dipping shot over Jussi Jääskeläinen, playing his 500th game for Bolton, to again bring Birmingham level. However, a Lee Chung-yong header, early in added time, completed the scoring and took Bolton into the Semi-final for the first time in eleven years. The day after, England coaches Hope Powell and Fabio Capello performed the semi-final draw, and Bolton were paired with Stoke City with Bolton the home team for the game at Wembley Stadium.

The game was played on 17 April, with whoever won the tie knowing that they would be playing Manchester City in the final after their victory over Manchester United the day before. Stoke ran out 5–0 victors, the largest FA Cup Semi-final win since before World War II,[41] with former Bolton player Jonathan Walters scoring twice. Bolton captain Kevin Davies later apologised to the fans for the performance of the players.[42]

8 January 2011 R3 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 York City Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT K. Davies 83'
Elmander 89'		 [39] Attendance: 13,120
Referee: Keith Hill
29 January 2011 R4 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Wigan Athletic Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT [40] Attendance: 14,950
Referee: Andre Marriner
16 February 2011 R4 Replay Wigan Athletic 0–1 Bolton Wanderers DW Stadium
19:45 GMT [41] Klasnić 66' Attendance: 7,515
Referee: Michael Oliver
20 February 2011 R5 Fulham 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Craven Cottage
15:00 GMT [42] Klasnić 19' Attendance: 19,571
Referee: Stuart Attwell
12 March 2011 R6 Birmingham City 2–3 Bolton Wanderers St Andrew's
12:45 GMT Jerome 38'
Phillips 80'		 [43] Elmander 21'
K. Davies 66' (pen)
Lee 90'		 Attendance: 23,699
Referee: Phil Dowd
17 April 2011 semi-final Bolton Wanderers 0–5 Stoke City Wembley Stadium
16:00 BST [44] Etherington 11'
Huth 17'
Jones 30'
Walters 68', 81'		 Attendance: 75,064
Referee: Howard Webb

League Cup

Bolton Wanderers entered the 2010–11 Football League Cup at the Second Round stage, the draw being made on 11 August 2010. It saw Bolton given an away tie at League One side Southampton, who they had not faced since Southampton were relegated from the Premier League in 2005. The game was played on 24 August and saw the debut of young Hungarian goalkeeper Ádám Bogdán. He kept a clean sheet in a 1–0 win, Ivan Klasnić scoring the only goal in the first half.

The draw for the third round was made on 29 August and saw Owen Coyle's side drawn against his previous club Burnley, who he had left to join Bolton the previous January, with the game played at Turf Moor on 21 September. Bolton made numerous changes to the team that had played the previous Saturday at Aston Villa. A Wade Elliott goal, shortly before half time, was the only goal of the game and brought to an end Bolton's participation in the competition.

24 August 2010 R2 Southampton 0–1 Bolton Wanderers St Mary's Stadium
19:45 BST [45] Klasnić 31' Attendance: 10,251
Referee: Keith Hill
21 September 2010 R3 Burnley 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Turf Moor
19:45 BST Elliott 45' [46] Attendance: 17,602
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Ádám Bogdán 3(1) 0 3 0 2 0 8(1) 0 0 0
2 DF Grétar Steinsson 23 1 2 0 1 0 25 1 7 0
3 DF Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Paul Robinson 35 0 5 0 0 0 40 0 10 0
5 DF Gary Cahill 36 3 4 0 0 0 39 3 8 1
6 MF Fabrice Muamba 32(3) 1 4 0 0 0 36(3) 1 7 0
7 MF Matthew Taylor 22(14) 2 1(2) 0 2 0 25(15) 2 4 0
8 MF Stuart Holden 26 2 2(1) 0 0(1) 0 29(2) 2 4 0
9 FW Johan Elmander 37 10 4(2) 2 0(2) 0 40(4) 12 5 0
10 MF Martin Petrov 18(9) 3 6 0 0 0 23(9) 3 1 0
11 MF Ricardo Gardner 3(2) 0 0 0 1 0 4(2) 0 0 0
12 DF Zat Knight 34 1 3 0 2 0 38 1 2 0
13 GK Rob Lainton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Kevin Davies 38 8 4(2) 2 1 0 42(2) 10 12 0
15 MF Riga Mustapha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW Daniel Sturridge 11(1) 8 0 0 0 0 11(1) 8 0 1
16 MF Mark Davies 9(14) 1 3(2) 0 2 0 14(16) 0 6 1
17 FW Ivan Klasnić 0(21) 4 5 2 2 1 7(21) 7 1 1
18 DF Sam Ricketts 14(3) 0 3 0 2 0 19(3) 0 2 0
19 MF Rodrigo 4(12) 1 1(2) 0 1 0 6(14) 1 0 0
20 FW Robbie Blake 0(8) 1 1(1) 0 2 0 3(9) 1 1 0
21 MF Tamir Cohen 3(4) 1 0(2) 0 1 0 4(6) 1 2 0
22 GK Jussi Jääskeläinen 35 0 3 0 0 0 38 0 1 1
23 MF Sean Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Marcos Alonso 4 0 2(1) 0 2 0 7(1) 0 2 0
26 GK Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Lee Chung-Yong 25(6) 3 3(1) 1 0(1) 0 28(8) 4 1 0
28 MF Joey O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Michael O'Halloran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Andy O'Brien 1(1) 0 0 0 1 0 2(1) 0 0 0
31 DF David Wheater 5(2) 0 3 0 0 0 8(2) 0 4 0
33 FW Danny Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW Tope Obadeyi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW Tom Eaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Josh Vela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
– – Own goals – 2 – 0 – 0 – 2

Statistics accurate as of match played 22 May 2011

Transfers

On the commencement of the summer transfer window on 1 July, Portuguese striker Ricardo Vaz Tê, who has been at the club since 2003, was released. At the same time, young Australian midfielder Aaron Mooy turned down the chance of a new contract and also left. Coming into the club were Martin Petrov, signed on a free transfer from Manchester City and Robbie Blake from manager Owen Coyle's former club Burnley, also on a free transfer. In the middle of July, as the team prepared to fly to the United States for their pre season tour, the club agreed a season long loan deal with Wigan Athletic for second choice goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi. Later in the month, Spanish under 19 international Marcos Alonso signed from Spanish giants Real Madrid for an undisclosed fee. This allowed the club to let long serving defender Nicky Hunt leave on a free transfer to Bristol City three days later.

August saw the club sign Croatian international Ivan Klasnić, who had been at the club the previous season on loan, from Nantes after the player had negotiated his release from the French club, as well as young striker Tom Eaves from Oldham Athletic for an undisclosed fee. Eaves had scored a hat trick for Oldham against Bolton in a friendly a fortnight earlier.[11] A day after Eaves was signed, Bolton sold Chris Basham to Premier League new boys Blackpool, again for an undisclosed fee.

As the summer transfer window closed, a loan deal with Benfica of Portugal was made to bring young Spanish international Rodrigo to the Reebok Stadium for the season. At the same time, Bolton agreed a mutual termination with Nigerian international Danny Shittu, and he left the club.

As the closure of the transfer window does not preclude Premier League clubs loaning players to lower league teams, Danny Ward joined Championship team Coventry City until the New Year, but this was cut short in the middle of October when the player suffered a groin injury and returned to Bolton. Tope Obadeyi was loaned to League Two side Shrewsbury Town for an initial month in mid October and this loan was extended at its conclusion for another month.

When the January transfer window opened, Irish international Andy O'Brien, who had been on loan at Championship team Leeds United since the end of October, joined them on a permanent basis. As a replacement, Bolton signed David Wheater from Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee. Riga Mustapha, who had rejected a deal to terminate his contract in September, finally agreed and left the club after making twenty two appearances since he joined in 2008. On transfer deadline day, Bolton signed Daniel Sturridge on loan from Chelsea until the end of the season.

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
1 July 2010 MF Martin Petrov Manchester City Free[43]
1 July 2010 FW Robbie Blake Burnley Free[44]
27 July 2010 DF Marcos Alonso Real Madrid Undisclosed[45]
4 August 2010 FW Ivan Klasnić Nantes Free[46]
12 August 2010 FW Tom Eaves Oldham Athletic Undisclosed[47]
20 January 2011 DF David Wheater Middlesbrough Undisclosed[48]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
1 July 2010 FW Ricardo Vaz Tê Panionios Free[49]
1 July 2010 MF Aaron Mooy St Mirren Free[50]
30 July 2010 DF Nicky Hunt Bristol City Free[51]
13 August 2010 MF Chris Basham Blackpool Undisclosed[52]
2 September 2010 DF Danny Shittu Millwall Free[53]
4 January 2011 DF Andy O'Brien Leeds United Free[54]
27 January 2011 MF Riga Mustapha Cartagena Free[55][56]

Loan in

Date from Date to Pos. Name From
31 August 2010 30 June 2011 MF Rodrigo Benfica[57]
31 January 2011 30 June 2011 FW Daniel Sturridge Chelsea[58]

Loan out

Date from Date to Pos. Name To
15 July 2010 30 June 2011 GK Ali Al-Habsi Wigan Athletic[59]
10 September 2010 14 October 2010 MF Danny Ward Coventry City[60][61]
22 October 2010 8 January 2011 FW Tope Obadeyi Shewsbury Town[62][63]
29 October 2010 4 January 2011 DF Andy O'Brien Leeds United[64][65]
8 March 2011 6 April 2011 MF Ricardo Gardner Preston North End[66][67]
15 March 2011 31 May 2011 MF Danny Ward Huddersfield Town[68]
23 March 2011 4 May 2011 MF Joey O'Brien Sheffield Wednesday[69][70]
23 March 2011 31 May 2011 DF Jlloyd Samuel Cardiff City[71]

Mid-season friendlies

15 November 2010 Cliftonville 0–2 Bolton Wanderers Solitude
20:00 GMT Report Klasnić 20'
Coyle 68'		 Attendance: 1,020

Last updated: 8 January 2011
Source: Bolton Wanderers F.C.

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