2008–09 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

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League Cup
2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kevin Davies (12)
All:
Kevin Davies (12)
Highest home attendance26,021 v
Manchester United
(17 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance19,884 v
Portsmouth
(20 December 2008)


The 2008–09 season was Bolton Wanderers 10th season in the Premier League, and their eighth consecutive season in the top division of English football and covers the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009. As they failed to win the 2008–09 Premier League title it was the 70th time that they have competed at the top level without winning the title, the most of any club.

The team kit for the 2008–09 season was produced by Reebok who were also the shirt sponsor. Unlike previous seasons, the new kit did not debut in the final home game of the 07–08 season. The new home kit is predominantly white with a blue upper third going over the shoulders. The new away kit is predominantly yellow with the same style over the shoulders, this time green. Due to no other club playing in a kit similar to the away design, no third choice kit was needed.

Pre-season

Bolton signed Fabrice Muamba from relegated Birmingham City for £5m and broke the club transfer fee record to sign Johan Elmander from Toulouse FC for £8.2m in a deal which saw Daniel Braaten move the other way as a makeweight. Riga Mustapha and Danny Shittu were also signed for undisclosed figures. Both Iván Campo and Stelios Giannakopoulos did not have their contracts renewed, leading Campo to write a public letter to Bolton fans on a website, expressing his regret at not being able to say goodbye to them.[1] He would later join Ipswich Town whilst Stelios joined Hull City. Andranik Teymourian also left on a free, joining Fulham, Abdoulaye Méïté joined recently promoted West Bromwich Albion for £2m and El Hadji Diouf made good his promise that he would leave the club[2] by joining Sunderland for £2.6m.

Bolton kicked off their pre-season programme by drawing 0–0 at local rivals

UEFA Cup opponents Aris Thessaloniki before losing to AEK Athens
1–0.

Rochdale v Bolton Wanderers
25 July 2008 Rochdale 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Spotland Stadium
Report Attendance: 2,576
Referee: K. Hill
26 July 2008 Macclesfield Town 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Moss Rose
Hessey 70' Report Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Andre Marriner
29 July 2008 Tranmere Rovers A – A Bolton Wanderers Prenton Park
Report
1 August 2008
Keepmoat Stadium
Report K.Davies 5'
Elmander 11', 72'
Muamba 33'
J.O'Brien 35'
2 August 2008
Victory Park
Report Džemaili 56'
Riga 85'		 Attendance: 949
4 August 2008
Aris F.C.
1–1 Bolton Wanderers Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Javito
90+2'		 Report McCann 81'
AEK Athens v Bolton Wanderers
8 August 2008 AEK Athens 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Olympic Stadium
Hetemaj 19' Report

Premier League

Main article: 2008–09 Premier League

Bolton got off to a winning start in the league opener at the

Reebok Stadium against newly promoted Stoke City
on 16 August, Gretar Steinsson and Kevin Davies scoring before Johan Elmander scored a debut goal in a 3–1 victory.

A week later Bolton travelled to

West Bromwich Albion
visited The Reebok.

After an international break, Bolton returned to action by facing Fulham at Craven Cottage but performed poorly in another 2–1 defeat, Kevin Davies scoring late on. Davies scored again a week later when Arsenal visited the Reebok Stadium but it was not enough in a 3–1 defeat. A third consecutive defeat came at Premier League champions Manchester United, a converted penalty, given in controversial circumstances, one of the goals in a 2–0 defeat.[3]

Bolton's second victory of the season came in the live game at West Ham on 4 October, Gary Cahill and a thirty five-yard free kick from Matthew Taylor adding to Kevin Davies' fourth goal of the season. A week later the local derby against Blackburn brought Bolton their second goalless draw.

The first reported murmurings of discontent amongst the fans against the manager followed a 2–0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur in Harry Redknapp's first game in charge of the home team on 26 October.[4] and the team were jeered off after a last minute goal consigned them to another defeat on 29 October, 1–0 at home to Everton.[5]

The pressure was eased somewhat with a 2–0 derby victory over Manchester City on 2 November, a Richard Dunne own-goal adding to Ricardo Gardner's first league goal in six years. The match marked Jussi Jääskeläinen's 400th game for the club. A second successive win followed the week after, 1–0 away at Hull City and although a 2–0 followed at home to Liverpool, two more victories away at Middlesbrough and Sunderland brought the manager his first manager of the month award in the Premier League.[6]

Winning the award seemed to have a detrimental effect on the team as two successive defeats followed to high flying Chelsea and Aston Villa. The club's only victory of the month, 2–1 at home to Portsmouth was followed by two more defeats, a Boxing Day loss away to Liverpool and two days later at home to local rivals Wigan Athletic.

The New Year commenced with an early FA Cup defeat away to Sunderland. A week later Bolton held out for 84 minutes before losing 1–0 away at Arsenal. Another conceded late goal at home to Manchester United, this time in the 90th minute, made it four losses in a row but the run halted in the next game, a 2–2 draw away at Blackburn Rovers, now managed by former Bolton manager Sam Allardyce, although Bolton had been two goals up with half an hour left. A similar fate almost befell the team in the next home game against Tottenham Hotspur, Darren Bent scoring twice in two minutes to cancel out early goals from Sébastien Puygrenier and Kevin Davies. However, a late Davies goal gave Bolton their first win in more than a month.

The January transfer window saw three new players arrive and one player leave.

Zenit St. Petersburg and Benfica
respectively.

Due to international fixtures and the club's early departure from the FA Cup, only two games were played in February, a 3–0 away defeat to Everton and a 2–1 victory over West Ham, Bolton completing a double over the London side. Kevin Davies' goal in this game gave him his best ever goal haul for the season in league games in the top flight. He would go on to score twice more and finished the season as the club's leading marksman.

March saw four points collected, through a 1–0 victory over Newcastle United and a 1–1 draw at West Bromwich. These results bookended two successive defeats, a 2–0 away defeat to Stoke City and a 3–1 reverse to Fulham.

In April, a 4–1 win over

Wigan Athletic. The season finished with a 1–0 derby defeat at Manchester City

Matches

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHA
ResultWLDLLLWDLLWWLWWLLWLLLLDWLWWLLDWLLDDDDL
Position3991416171615161917101312991191011131416121412101112121212131312131313
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
16 August 2008
Reebok Stadium
15:00 BST Steinsson 34'
K.Davies 41'
Elmander 45'		 Report Fuller 90+3' Attendance: 22,717
Referee: Chris Foy
23 August 2008 Newcastle United 1–0 Bolton Wanderers St James' Park
15:00 BST Owen 71' Report Attendance: 47,711
Referee: Steve Bennett
30 August 2008
Reebok Stadium
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 20,387
Referee: Keith Stroud
13 September 2008 Fulham 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Craven Cottage
15:00 BST Gera 15'
Zamora 41'		 Report K.Davies 82' Attendance: 23,656
Referee: Steve Tanner
20 September 2008
Reebok Stadium
17:30 BST K.Davies 14' Report
Denílson
87'		 Attendance: 22,694
Referee: Steve Bennett
27 September 2008 Manchester United 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Old Trafford
15:00 BST Ronaldo 60' (pen.)
Rooney 77'		 Report Attendance: 75,484
Referee: Rob Styles
5 October 2008 West Ham United 1–3 Bolton Wanderers Boleyn Ground
13:30 BST Cole 69' Report
Taylor
86'		 Attendance: 33,715
Referee: Mike Dean
18 October 2008
Reebok Stadium
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 24,778
Referee: Howard Webb
26 October 2008 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Bolton Wanderers White Hart Lane
15:00 GMT Pavlyuchenko 17'
Bent 76' (pen.)		 Report Attendance: 35,507
Referee: Andre Marriner
29 October 2008
Reebok Stadium
20:00 GMT Report Fellaini 90' Attendance: 21,692
Referee: Phil Dowd
2 November 2008
Reebok Stadium
16:00 GMT Gardner 77'
Dunne 88' (o.g.)		 Report Attendance: 21,095
Referee: Mike Riley
8 November 2008
KC Stadium
15:00 GMT Report
Taylor
50'		 Attendance: 24,903
Referee: Alan Wiley
15 November 2008
Reebok Stadium
13:30 GMT Report Kuyt 28'
Gerrard 73'		 Attendance: 24,893
Referee: Rob Styles
22 November 2008 Middlesbrough 1–3 Bolton Wanderers Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Pogatetz 77' Report
Taylor 10'
Elmander
78'		 Attendance: 24,487
Referee: Martin Atkinson
29 November 2008 Sunderland 1–4 Bolton Wanderers Stadium of Light
15:00 GMT Cissé 11' Report
Taylor 18'
Cahill 21'
Elmander
39', 55'		 Attendance: 35,547
Referee: Chris Foy
6 December 2008
Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Anelka 9'
Deco 21'		 Attendance: 22,023
Referee: Howard Webb
13 December 2008 Aston Villa 4–2 Bolton Wanderers Villa Park
15:00 GMT Agbonlahor 25', 67'
K.Davies 40' (o.g.)
Young 78'		 Report Elmander 17'
K.Davies 86'		 Attendance: 35,134
Referee: Alan Wiley
20 December 2008
Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT
Taylor 1'
Gardner
3'		 Report Crouch 20' Attendance: 19,884
Referee: Martin Atkinson
26 December 2008 Liverpool 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Anfield
15:00 GMT Riera 26'
Keane 53', 58'		 Report Attendance: 43,548
Referee: Alan Wiley
28 December 2008
Reebok Stadium
14:00 GMT Report Zaki 44' (pen.) Attendance: 23,726
Referee: Phil Dowd
10 January 2009 Arsenal 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Emirates Stadium
15:00 GMT Bendtner 84' Report Attendance: 60,068
Referee: Chris Foy
17 January 2009
Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Berbatov 90' Attendance: 26,021
Referee: Andre Marriner
28 January 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Bolton Wanderers Ewood Park
20:00 GMT Warnock 66'
McCarthy 87'		 Report
Taylor 15'
K.Davies
35'		 Attendance: 25,205
Referee: Mike Dean
31 January 2009
Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT Puygrenier 31'
K.Davies 64', 87'		 Report Bent 73', 75' Attendance: 21,575
Referee: Phil Dowd
7 February 2009 Everton 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Goodison Park
15:00 GMT Arteta 40' (pen.)
Jô 49', 90+4'		 Report Attendance: 33,791
Referee: Peter Walton
21 February 2009
Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT
Taylor 10'
K.Davies
11'		 Report
Parker
66'		 Attendance: 21,245
Referee: Steve Tanner
1 March 2009
Reebok Stadium
13:00 GMT Gardner 47' Report Attendance: 20,763
Referee: Alan Wiley
4 March 2009
Britannia Stadium
19:45 GMT Beattie 14'
Fuller 73'		 Report Attendance: 26,319
Referee: Mike Dean
14 March 2009
Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT K.Davies 45+1' Report
S.Davies 56'
Kamara
88'		 Attendance: 22,117
Referee: Rob Styles
21 March 2009 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Bolton Wanderers The Hawthorns
15:00 GMT Shittu 82' (o.g.) Report
Taylor
67'		 Attendance: 25,530
Referee: Howard Webb
4 April 2009
Reebok Stadium
15:00 BST
Taylor 78'
Gardner
84'		 Report O'Neil 38' Attendance: 20,819
Referee: Alan Wiley
11 April 2009 Chelsea 4–3 Bolton Wanderers Stamford Bridge
15:00 BST Ballack 40'
Drogba 48', 63'
Lampard 60' (pen)		 Report
Taylor
78'		 Attendance: 41,096
Referee: Peter Walton
18 April 2009 Portsmouth 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Fratton Park
15:00 BST Kanu 78' Report Attendance: 20,158
Referee: Phil Dowd
25 April 2009
Reebok Stadium
15:00 BST Cohen 60' Report Young 43' Attendance: 21,709
Referee: Lee Probert
2 May 2009
JJB Stadium
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 18,655
Referee: Mike Jones
9 May 2009
Reebok Stadium
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 24,005
Referee: Rob Styles
16 May 2009
Reebok Stadium
15:00 BST Steinsson 78' Report Fagan 47' Attendance: 25,085
Referee: Peter Walton
24 May 2009 Manchester City 1–0 Bolton Wanderers City of Manchester Stadium
16:00 BST Felipe Caicedo 8' Report Attendance: 47,202
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Wigan Athletic 38 12 9 17 34 45 −11 45
12 Stoke City 38 12 9 17 38 55 −17 45
13 Bolton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 41 53 −12 41
14 Portsmouth 38 10 11 17 38 57 −19 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 10 11 17 40 60 −20 41
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

FA Cup

3 January 2009 Sunderland 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Stadium of Light
15:00 GMT Jones 57'
Cissé 67'		 Report Smolarek 79' Attendance: 20,685
Referee: Steve Bennett

League Cup

26 August 2008
Reebok Stadium
20:00 BST Nolan 82' Report Akinfenwa 22' (pen.), 28' Attendance: 7,136
Referee: Graham Laws

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Hungary Ádám Bogdán 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF England Nicky Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF England Jlloyd Samuel 38 0 1 0 1 0 40 0 3 0
4 MF England Kevin Nolan 20 0 1 0 1 1 22 1 10 0
5 DF England Gary Cahill 32 3 1 0 0 0 33 3 1 1
6 MF England Fabrice Muamba 38 0 1 0 1 0 40 0 6 0
7 MF
Matthew Taylor
 34 10 1 0 0 0 35 10 4 0
8 U Republic of Ireland Joey O'Brien 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 1 0
9 FW Sweden Johan Elmander 29 5 1 0 0 30 5 1 0
10 FW Poland Ebi Smolarek 13 0 1 1 0 0 14 0 1 0
11 MF Jamaica Ricardo Gardner 28 4 1 0 1 0 30 4 1 0
12 GK England Ian Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW England Kevin Davies 38 12 1 0 1 0 40 12 4 0
15 DF Iceland Grétar Steinsson 37 3 1 0 1 0 39 3 8 0
16 MF England Mark Davies 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
17 MF Netherlands Riga Mustapha 18 0 1 0 1 0 20 0 1 0
18 FW Iceland Heiðar Helguson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF France Sébastien Puygrenier 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 0
19 MF England Gavin McCann 33 0 0 0 1 0 34 0 8 1
20 FW Portugal Ricardo Vaz Tê 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
21 FW Portugal Ariza Makukula 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0
22 GK Finland Jussi Jääskeläinen 38 0 1 0 1 0 40 0 3 0
23 MF Switzerland Blerim Džemaili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Nigeria Danny Shittu 9 0 1 0 1 0 11 0 2 0
25 MF Israel Tamir Cohen 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
26 GK Oman Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF England James Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Poland Jarosław Fojut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Slovakia Zoltán Harsányi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 U England Chris Basham 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 0
31 DF Republic of Ireland Andy O'Brien 34 1 1 0 1 0 36 1 5 0
35 FW England Tope Obadeyi 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
43 FW England Nathan Woolfe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
– – Own goals – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1

Statistics accurate as of match played 24 May 2009

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
1 July 2008 MF England Fabrice Muamba England Birmingham City £5,000,000[7]
1 July 2008 FW Sweden Johan Elmander France Toulouse near £10,000,000[8]
28 July 2008 MF Netherlands Riga Mustapha Spain Levante £360,000[9]
6 August 2008 DF Nigeria Danny Shittu England Watford £2,160,000[10]
26 January 2009 MF England Mark Davies England Wolverhampton Wanderers £540,000[11]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
1 July 2008 DF
Mark Ellis
 England Torquay United Free
1 July 2008 FW United States Johann Smith Canada Toronto FC Free[12]
1 July 2008 MF Greece Stelios Giannakopoulos England Hull City Free[13]
1 July 2008 MF Spain Iván Campo England Ipswich Town Free[14]
1 July 2008 MF Iran Andranik Teymourian England Fulham Free[15]
1 July 2008 MF Norway Daniel Braaten France Toulouse p/x[16]
28 July 2008 MF Senegal El Hadji Diouf England Sunderland £2,500,000[17]
10 August 2008 DF Ivory Coast Abdoulaye Méïté England West Bromwich Albion £2,000,000[18]
11 December 2008 GK England Ian Walker Released Free[19]
2 January 2009 FW Iceland Heiðar Helguson England Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed[20]
30 January 2009 MF England Kevin Nolan England Newcastle United £4,000,000[21]
12 February 2009 DF Poland Jarosław Fojut Poland Śląsk Wrocław Undisclosed[22]

Loan in

Date from Date to Pos. Name From
29 August 2008 30 June 2009 FW Poland Ebi Smolarek Spain Racing de Santander[23]
9 January 2009 30 June 2009 DF France Sébastien Puygrenier Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg[24]
16 January 2009 30 June 2009 FW Portugal Ariza Makukula England Benfica[25]

Loan out

Date from Date to Pos. Name To
1 September 2008 30 June 2009 MF Switzerland Blerim Džemaili
Torino[26]
3 November 2008 31 December 2008 DF England Nicky Hunt England Birmingham City[27][28]
13 November 2008 15 February 2009 FW England Nathan Woolfe
Wrexham[29]
28 November 2008 1 January 2009 FW Iceland Heiðar Helguson England Queens Park Rangers[30]

Kit Profile

Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): Reebok

Home Strip
Away Strip

References

  1. ^ An Open Letter To The Fans Of Bolton Wanderers by Ivan Campo
  2. ^ "I am definitely leaving Bolton – Diouf". BBC Sport. 3 May 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Ref Styles admits penalty mistake". BBC Sport. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
  4. ^ "The dream fixture that turned into a nightmare". The Bolton News. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008. [dead link]
  5. ^ Smith, Mason (30 October 2008). "'Criminal' Bolton allow Fellaini to steal the spoils". London: Guardian Online. Archived from the original on 2 November 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
  6. ^ "Megson Lands First Monthly Award". www.bwfc.co.uk. 12 December 2008. Archived from the original on 14 December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Bolton splash out £5m on Muamba". BBC Sport. London. 16 June 2008.
  8. ^ "Elmander wanders to Bolton in reported £10m deal". 27 June 2008.
  9. ^ "Trotters strike Riga deal". Sky Sports. London. 28 July 2008.
  10. ^ "Trotters complete Shittu deal". Sky Sports. London. 6 August 2008.
  11. ^ "Davies joins Bolton from Wolves". BBC Sport. London. 26 January 2009.
  12. ^ "Toronto FC Signs Young Striker Smith". The Sports Network. 15 August 2008.
  13. ^ "Campo goes as Bolton release trio". BBC Sport. 17 May 2008.
  14. ^ "Campo goes as Bolton release trio". BBC Sport. 17 May 2008.
  15. ^ "Campo goes as Bolton release trio". BBC Sport. 17 May 2008.
  16. ^ "Bolton sign £10m-rated Elmander". BBC Sport. 27 June 2008.
  17. ^ "Diouf completes Sunderland switch". BBC Sport. 28 July 2008.
  18. ^ "West Brom take Meite from Bolton". BBC Sport. 10 August 2008.
  19. ^ "Keeper leaves Bolton". Sky Sports. 11 December 2008.
  20. ^ "Helguson seals permanent QPR deal". BBC Sport. 2 January 2009.
  21. ^ "Nolan completes Newcastle switch". BBC Sport. 30 January 2009.
  22. ^ "Fojut heading home". Sky Sports. 12 February 2009.
  23. ^ "Bolton seal Smolarek deal". SkySports. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  24. ^ "Defender Puygrenier joins Bolton". BBC Sport. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  25. ^ "Makukula secures Bolton loan move". BBC Sport. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  26. ^ "Dzemaili leaves Bolton for Torino". BBC Sport. 1 September 2008.
  27. ^ "Birmingham sign Hunt in loan deal". BBC Sport. 3 November 2008.
  28. ^ "Bolton end Hunt's Birmingham loan". BBC Sport. 30 December 2008.
  29. ^ "Midfield duo tie up Wrexham loan". BBC Sport. 13 November 2008.
  30. ^ "Helguson seals QPR move". Sky Sports. 28 November 2008.

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