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

Bolton Wanderers
2010–11 season
ChairmanEngland Phil Gartside
ManagerScotland Owen Coyle
StadiumReebok Stadium
Premier League7th
FA CupSemi-Final
League CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Johan Elmander (9)
All:
Johan Elmander (11)
Highest home attendance25,851 vs Blackpool
(27 November 2010)
Lowest home attendance13,120 vs
York City
(8 January 2011)
Average home league attendance21,234

It will cover the period from 1 July 2010 to June 30, 2011. Should Bolton Wanderers fail to win the 2010–11 Premier League title, it will be 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 the 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 Jaaskelainen 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 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   0 – 3   Bolton Wanderers Transamerica Field
19:00 EDT Report Cahill   8'
Elmander   50'
Petrov   80'		 Attendance: 2,383
17 July 2010 Charleston Battery   0 – 2   Bolton Wanderers Blackbaud Stadium
19:30 EDT Report K. Davies   30'
Cohen   51'		 Attendance: 5,249
21 July 2010 Toronto   1 – 1 (3 – 4 p)   Bolton Wanderers BMO Field
19:30 EDT Correia   ?' Report Taylor   28' Attendance: 19,507
24 July 2010 Rochdale   1 – 1   Bolton Wanderers Spotland
15:00 BST O'Grady   84' Report Blake   35' Attendance: 1,833
28 July 2010 Oldham Athletic   3 – 0   Bolton Wanderers Boundary Park
19:30 BST Eaves   26', 42', 56' Report Attendance: 1,871
31 July 2010 Falkirk   0 – 0   Bolton Wanderers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 2,104
2 August 2010 St. Johnstone   0 – 2   Bolton Wanderers McDiarmid Park
19:45 BST Report Petrov   75'
Elmander   77'		 Attendance: 2,076
6 August 2010 Bolton Wanderers   2 – 0   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 Jaaskelainen, 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 Jaaskelainen was sent off for slapping Johnson in the face. As a result, Hungarian goalkeeper Adam Bogdan was brought on for Martin Petrov, to replace Jaaskelainen in goal, marking Bogdan'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 half way through the first half, after Nani had run unchecked through Bolton's half before shooting from just outside the area past the returning Jussi Jaaskelainen. 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 Jaaskelainen'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 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]

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 [10] Maxi   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 Tévez   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.)
Kranjcar   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

Last updated: 6 March 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
6 Liverpool 29 12 6 11 39 36 3 42
7 Bolton Wanderers 29 10 10 9 42 40 2 40
8 Sunderland 29 9 11 9 33 35 -2 38

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.[28]

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 years competition. A Kevin Davies penalty restored Bolton's lead in the second half, but Kevin Phillips hit a dipping shot over Jussi Jaaskelainen, 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.

8 January 2011 R3 Bolton Wanderers 2 – 0 York City Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT K. Davies   83'
Elmander   89'		 [30] Attendance: 13,120
Referee: Keith Hill
29 January 2011 R4 Bolton Wanderers 0 – 0 Wigan Athletic Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT [31] Attendance: 14,950
Referee: Andre Marriner
16 February 2011 R4 Replay Wigan Athletic 0 – 1 Bolton Wanderers DW Stadium
19:45 GMT [32] Klasnić   66' Attendance: 7,515
Referee: Michael Oliver
20 February 2011 R5 Fulham 0 – 1 Bolton Wanderers Craven Cottage
15:00 GMT [33] 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'		 [34] Elmander   21'
K.Davies   66' (pen)
Lee   90'		 Attendance: 23,699
Referee: Phil Dowd
Semi-Final Bolton Wanderers – Stoke City Wembley Stadium
[]

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 Adam Bogdan. He kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 win, Ivan Klasnic 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 Klasnić   31' Attendance: 10,251
Referee: Keith Hill
21 September 2010 R3 Burnley 1 – 0 Bolton Wanderers Turf Moor
19:45 BST Elliott   45' [35] 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   Adam Bogdan 2(1) 0 3 0 2 0 7(1) 0 0 0
2 DF   Gretar Steinsson 15 1 1 0 1 0 17 1 7 0
3 DF   Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   Paul Robinson 28 0 4 0 0 0 32 0 7 0
5 DF   Gary Cahill 27 3 3 0 0 0 30 3 5 1
6 MF   Fabrice Muamba 25(3) 2 3 0 0 0 29(3) 1 6 0
7 MF   Matthew Taylor 16(11) 1 (1) 1(1) 0 2 0 19(13) 1 3 0
8 MF   Stuart Holden 25 2 2(1) 0 0(1) 0 28(2) 2 4 0
9 FW   Johan Elmander 29 9 3(2) 2 0(2) 0 32(4) 11 5 0
10 MF   Martin Petrov 15(8) 3 5 0 0 0 20(8) 3 1 0
11 MF   Ricardo Gardner 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
12 DF   Zat Knight 27 1 2 0 2 0 31 1 1 0
13 GK   Rob Lainton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   Kevin Davies 29 7 3(2) 2 1 0 33(2) 9 7 0
15 MF   Riga Mustapha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW   Daniel Sturridge 4(1) 4 0 0 0 0 4(1) 4 0 0
16 MF   Mark Davies 9(13) 1 3(1) 0 2 0 14(14) 0 6 1
17 FW   Ivan Klasnic 0(12) 3 4 2 2 1 6(12) 6 0 1
18 DF   Sam Ricketts 14(3) 0 3 0 2 0 19(3) 0 2 0
19 MF   Rodrigo 3(9) 1 1(1) 0 1 0 5(10) 1 0 0
20 FW   Robbie Blake 0(8) 1 1(1) 0 2 0 3(9) 1 1 0
21 MF   Tamir Cohen 0(2) 0 0(2) 0 1 0 1(4) 0 1 0
22 GK   Jussi Jaaskelainen 27 0 2 0 0 0 29 0 1 1
23 MF   Sean Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF   Marcos Alonso 2 0 2(1) 0 2 0 6(1) 0 1 0
26 GK   Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   Lee Chung-Yong 19(3) 2 2(1) 1 0(1) 0 21(5) 3 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 2(1) 0 3 0 0 0 5(1) 0 3 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
– – Own goals – 2 – 0 – 0 – 2

Statistics accurate as of match played 12 March 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 FC 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.[29] 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 DF   Martin Petrov   Manchester City Free[30]
1 July 2010 FW   Robbie Blake   Burnley Free[31]
27 July 2010 DF   Marcos Alonso   Real Madrid Undisclosed[32]
4 August 2010 FW   Ivan Klasnić   FC Nantes Free[33]
12 August 2010 FW   Tom Eaves   Oldham Athletic Undisclosed[34]
20 January 2011 DF   David Wheater   Middlesbrough Undisclosed[35]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
1 July 2010 FW   Ricardo Vaz Tê   Panionios Free[36]
1 July 2010 MF   Aaron Mooy   St. Mirren Free[37]
30 July 2010 DF   Nicky Hunt   Bristol City Free[38]
13 August 2010 DF   Chris Basham   Blackpool Undisclosed[39]
2 September 2010 DF   Danny Shittu   Millwall Free[40]
4 January 2011 DF   Andy O'Brien   Leeds United Free[41]
27 January 2011 MF   Riga Mustapha Released Free[42]

Loan in

Date from Date to Pos. Name From
31 August 2010 30 June 2011 MF   Rodrigo   Benfica[43]
31 January 2011 30 June 2011 FW   Daniel Sturridge   Chelsea[44]

Loan out

Date from Date to Pos. Name To
15 July 2010 30 June 2011 GK   Ali Al-Habsi   Wigan Athletic[45]
10 September 2010 14 October 2010 MF   Danny Ward   Coventry City[46][47]
22 October 2010 8 January 2011 FW   Tope Obadeyi   Shewsbury Town[48][49]
29 October 2010 4 January 2011 DF   Andy O'Brien   Leeds United[50][51]
8 March 2011 8 April 2011 MF   Ricardo Gardner   Preston North End[52]

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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