2007–08 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

December 2014 December 2014 Bolton Wanderers 2007–08 Sammy Lee (until 17 October)Gary Megson (from 25 October) Phil Gartside Reebok Stadium Premier League 16th FA Cup Third round League Cup Fourth round UEFA Cup Round of 16 Nicolas Anelka (10) Nicolas Anelka (11) 26,163 (vs. Atlético Madrid, 14 February 2008) 10,229 (vs. Aris, 29 November 2007) ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff 000066 000066 000066 000066 000066 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 season was the 130th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and was their 7th consecutive year in the top-flight, and covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. Having finished seventh the previous season, Bolton had qualified for the UEFA Cup. Regular season After finishing runners-up in the Peace Cup Bolton entered the new season under the management of Sammy Lee. Lee, who had previously worked under former manager Sam Allardyce, had taken over from Allardyce towards the end of the previous season, but had yet to record a league win. The league season kicked off at home, against Newcastle United, now managed by Allardyce. Three first-half goals for Newcastle ensured an early defeat.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6931059.stm Bolton 1–3 Newcastle BBC Sport 13 August 2008 11 August 2007 This was followed by an away defeat to Fulham.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6941803.stm Fulham 2–1 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 15 August 2007 By the time Bolton lost 3–1 to Portsmouth,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/6941862.stm Portsmouth 3–1 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 18 August 2007 the club found itself at the bottom of the league. However, a 3–0 win over Reading lifted them off the basement.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/6952878.stm Bolton 3–0 Reading BBC Sport 13 August 2008 25 August 2007 Another bright note was that striker Nicolas Anelka had found the net in three of the four games in August and found himself towards the top of the Premier League scoring charts. Back to back defeats to Evertonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6963699.stm Bolton 1–2 Everton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 1 September 2007 and Birmingham Cityhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/6984867.stm Birmingham 1–0 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 15 September 2007 saw Bolton quickly return to the bottom three and Lee come under pressure for his job. An unconvincing away draw in the UEFA Cup to Macedonian side FK Rabotnički, only saved by a late equaliser from Abdoulaye Méïté,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6996461.stm Rabotnicki Kometal 1–1 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 20 September 2007 was followed by a 1–1 home draw against fellow strugglers Tottenham Hotspur.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/6996758.stm Bolton 1–1 Totenham BBC Sport 13 August 2008 23 September 2007 Much-needed relief was found in an extra time win over Fulham in the Carling Cuphttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/7008018.stm Fulham 1–2 Bolton (aet) BBC Sport 13 August 2008 26 September 2007 but an early season six pointer against bottom side Derby County only yielded a drawhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7008198.stm Derby 1–1 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 9 September 2007 and meant that Bolton finished September only one place above their opponents. The UEFA Cup home leg against Rabotnički was won 1–0 with another goal from Anelka. However, if Bolton were looking for an easy passage through the group stage they were disappointed as the draw put them up against former European Cup winners Bayern Munich and Red Star Belgrade as well as highly regarded Portuguese side Braga and Aris from Greece.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7034147.stm Bolton to meet Bayern in Uefa Cup BBC Sport 13 August 2008 9 October 2007 Meanwhile, there appeared to be problems at the club behind-the-scenes, marked by the confusion when Gary Speed stepped down as player-coach.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7039158.stm Speed steps down as Bolton coach BBC Sport 13 August 2008 11 October 2007 However, there was little confusion to what happened following Bolton's 1–0 home defeat to Chelsea on 15 October,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7019625.stm Bolton 0–1 Chelsea BBC Sport 13 August 2008 7 October 2007 with Lee being relieved of his duties on the Monday.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7048701.stm Bolton part company with boss Lee BBC Sport 13 August 2008 17 October 2007 Assistant manager Archie Knox was put in temporary charge until a new manager was found. Steve Bruce, Paul Jewell and Chris Coleman were linked to the job.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7050538.stm Foxes reject Bolton's Megson move BBC Sport 13 August 2008 19 October 2007 In the meantime, Bolton lost again, this time to Arsenal 2–0https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7042999.stm Arsenal 2–0 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 20 October 2007 on 25 October Gary Megson was appointed as manager following his resignation from Leicester City. While chairman Phil Gartside said, "We feel Gary is the right man to take Bolton forward,"https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7061876.stm Megson appointed Bolton manager BBC Sport 13 August 2008 25 October 2007 some fans were decidedly unimpressed, stating that it was "possibly the most bizarre and clueless appointment this season".https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/F8524477?thread=4712529&show=50 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112182407/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/F8524477?thread=4712529&show=50 dead 12 November 2012 Now that I have calmed down... BBC Sport 13 August 2008 Megson sat in the dugout for 1–1 draw that evening at home to Braga in the UEFA Cuphttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7054197.stm Bolton 1–1 Braga BBC Sport 13 August 2008 25 October 2007 before taking charge fully in the home game against Aston Villa, that also finished 1–1.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7054069.stm Bolton 1–1 Aston Villa BBC Sport 13 August 2008 28 October 2007 The month finished with Bolton being knocked out of the Carling Cup by Manchester City 1–0, the game being settled late on by a controversial penalty.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/7065177.stm Bolton 0–1 Manchester City BBC Sport 13 August 2008 31 October 2007 A late Kevin Nolan goal saved the day at West Ham United in the first game in November.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7065170.stm West Ham 1–1 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 4 November 2007 Bolton then travelled to Germany to take on Bayern Munich. Few fancied Bolton to come away with a result, but an early goal from Ricardo Gardner and a late equaliser from Kevin Davies gave Bolton a valuable point in their attempt to qualify from the group stage.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7076603.stm Bayern Munich 2–2 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 8 November 2007 Seemingly buoyed by this result Bolton finished the month unbeaten, drawing 0–0 with Middlesbrough,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7076649.stm Bolton 0–0 Middlesbrough BBC Sport 13 August 2008 11 November 2007 beating Manchester United 1–0 (giving Megson his first win as manager and Bolton's first home win against their neighbours for thirty yearshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7099689.stm Bolton 1–0 Man Utd BBC Sport 13 August 2008 24 November 2007) and drawing with Aris in the UEFA Cup, Stelios Giannakopoulos scoring an injury-time equaliser against his countrymen.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7116146.stm Bolton 1–1 Aris Salonika BBC Sport 13 August 2008 29 November 2007 Bolton's busiest month of the campaign started with a 4–0 hammering at the hands of Liverpool at Anfield.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7110966.stm Liverpool 4–0 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 2 December 2007 but this was quickly followed by another famous European night as Red Star Belgrade were beaten 1–0 as Bolton qualified for the last thirty-two of the UEFA Cup,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7128973.stm Red Star Belgrade 0–1 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 6 December 2007 the occasion slightly marred when some fans were held in a hotel in the Serbian capital.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7131542.stm Bolton fans held in Serbian hotel BBC Sport 13 August 2008 6 December 2007 This was followed by a 4–1 derby win over Wigan Athletic,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7122804.stm Bolton 4–1 Wigan BBC Sport 13 August 2008 9 December 2007 in what turned out to be Gary Speed's last game for the club, and another defeat to Manchester City, 4–2.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7134139.stm Man City 4–2 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 15 December 2007 When the draw for the last 32 of the UEFA Cup was made, Bolton were given another tough draw, paired with Spaniards Atlético Madrid.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7154150.stm Bolton & Dons net tough Uefa ties BBC Sport 13 August 2008 21 December 2007 The day after the draw was made fellow strugglers Birmingham City were despatched 3–0,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7145742.stm Bolton 3–0 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 22 December 2007 but this was followed by two defeats over the Christmas period to Evertonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7157329.stm Everton 2–0 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 26 December 2007 and Sunderland.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7157418.stm Sunderland 3–1 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 29 December 2007 The new year started with an unconvincing last-minute win over Derby County, Stelios Giannakopoulos again coming up with a winner.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7163896.stm Bolton 1–0 Derby BBC Sport 13 August 2008 3 January 2008 The game proved to be Nicolas Anelka's last game for the club before he was sold to Chelsea for £15 million.http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1212598,00.html Anelka signs for Blues Premier League 13 August 2008 1 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081001010822/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1212598,00.html dead Other players to leave in the transfer window were Gary Speed,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/7158844.stm Blades complete Speed loan deal BBC Sport 13 August 2008 2 January 2008 Christian Wilhelmsson,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7219646.stm Winger Wilhelmsson leaves Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 31 January 2008 Gérald Cidhttp://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/1962043.cid_leaves_reebok Cid leaves Reebok 13 January 2008 Bolton Evening News 13 August 2008 and Ľubomír Michalík.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/7220461.stm Elding heads Leeds deadline buys BBC Sport 13 August 2008 31 January 2008 Megson used this opportunity to strengthen the defence with the purchases of Grétar Steinsson from AZhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7189240.stm Defender Steinsson joins Bolton 13 August 2008 16 January 2008 BBC Sport and Gary Cahill from Aston Villa.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7213650.stm Bolton complete £5m Cahill switch BBC Sport 13 August 2008 30 January 2008 Matt Taylor, who had scored against Bolton earlier in the season for his previous club Portsmouth, was also brought in,SKY SPORTS: Taylor makes Bolton move http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3055235,00.html Sky Sports 16 January 2008 13 August 2008 as was Tamir Cohen from Maccabi Netanya.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7159212.stm Bolton to sign midfielder Cohen BBC Sport 13 August 2008 31 December 2007 Surprisingly, the only like-for-like replacement for Anelka brought in was Grzegorz Rasiak on loan from Championship side Southampton.http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=9671 Rasiak goes on loan 13 August 2008 31 January 2008 www.saintsfc.co.ukMay 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes An early FA Cup defeat to Sheffield United could be put down to Megson putting out a largely reserve side.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/7163940.stm Bolton 0–1 Sheff Utd. BBC Sport 13 August 2008 5 January 2008 This was followed by another derby defeat this time at home to Blackburn Rovershttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7172842.stm Bolton 1–2 Blackburn. BBC Sport 13 August 2008 13 January 2008 before two successive 0–0 draws, away to Newcastle United, by now managed by Kevin Keegan,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7184822.stm Newcastle 0–0 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 19 January 2008 and then home to Fulham.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7210575.stm Bolton 0–0 Fulham BBC Sport 13 August 2008 29 January 2008 A 2–0 victory over Reading gave Bolton a much-needed three points over relegation rivals and gave them their first double over a team for the seasonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7210608.stm Reading 0–2 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 2 February 2008 but this proved to be Bolton's last win in the league until mid-April as they embarked on a run that put them back into the bottom three. A game that they dominated against Portsmouth ended up as a 1–0 defeat.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7223964.stm Bolton 0–1 Portsmouth BBC Sport 13 August 2008 9 February 2008 The next two games were the UEFA Cup home-and-away legs against Atlético Madrid. A 1–0 victory at home, courtesy of an El Hadji Diouf goal,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7236400.stm Bolton 1–0 Atletico Madrid BBC Sport 14 August 2008 14 February 2008 was followed by a 0–0 draw away,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7254655.stm Atletico Madrid 0–0 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 21 February 2008 meaning that Bolton would go further in Europe this season than in their previous UEFA Cup attempt two seasons previously. However, there was trouble again for some Bolton fans, with 17 being injured in what was seen as "heavy handed tactics" by Spanish police.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7258162.stm Bolton complain over Spain police BBC Sport 13 August 2008 22 February 2008 Both Bolton and Atlético were subject to a UEFA investigation.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7258162.stm Bolton & Atletico face Uefa probe BBC Sport 13 August 2008 29 February 2008 Bolton were drawn against Sporting CP in the last 16 of the competition.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7258038.stm Bolton win earns Sporting contest BBC Sport 13 August 2008 21 February 2008 On their return home, Bolton were beaten again by Blackburn Rovers, 4–1.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7248379.stm Blackburn 4–1 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 24 February 2008 Bolton's season reached its nadir in the month of March, with only one point being gained in the league. A 3–1 defeat to Liverpool was epitomised by a bizarre own goal scored by Jussi Jääskeläinen.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7260401.stm Bolton 1–3 Liverpool BBC Sport 13 August 2008 2 March 2008 Bolton then met Sporting Lisbon home and away in the UEFA Cup. A 1–1 draw at homehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7272668.stm Bolton 1–1 Sporting BBC Sport 13 August 2008 6 March 2008 was followed by a 1–0 defeat away.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7285151.stm Sporting 1–0 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 13 March 2008 Megson suffered criticism as again he had put a weakened side out in a cup competition, but he vindicated his choice by stating that Premiership survival was more important. Fans who had travelled to Lisbon for the game were not happy with this excuse and they were made to feel worse when a virtually wholly changed side lost to Wigan Athletic in the following league game, despite being up against ten men for the majority of the game.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7284982.stm Wigan 1–0 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 16 March 2008 In the following game, Cristiano Ronaldo put two early goals into Bolton's net to continue Manchester United's push for the title.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7298123.stm Man Utd 2–0 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 19 March 2008 Despite picking up a point a week later at home to United's city rivals with a goalless draw,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7298194.stm Bolton 0–0 Man City BBC Sport 13 August 2008 22 March 2008 a week later Bolton managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by throwing away a two-goal lead against ten-man Arsenal to lose 2–3.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7309362.stm Bolton 2–3 Arsenal BBC Sport 13 August 2008 29 March 2008 Bolton entered April knowing that they would probably have to go undefeated through to the end of the season to avoid relegation, but got off to the worst possible start with a 4–0 defeat to Aston Villa.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7320179.stm Aston Villa 4–0 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 5 April 2008 However, two successive victories at home to West Hamhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7332037.stm Bolton 1–0 West Ham BBC Sport 13 August 2008 12 April 2008 and away to Middlesbroughhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7344102.stm Middlesbrough 0–1 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 19 April 2008 took them out of the bottom three and left them in control of their own destiny, even after being outplayed but still drawing at Tottenham.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7356060.stm Tottenham 1–1 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 26 April 2008 Bolton's penultimate game of the season, at home to Sunderland, kicked off at 5:15pm with Bolton having the knowledge that, as Birmingham City and Reading had lost earlier that day, a win would virtually secure their Premiership status. And win they did,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7368642.stm Bolton 2–0 Sunderland BBC Sport 13 August 2008 3 May 2008 with goalscorer El Hadji Diouf doing a personal lap of honour at the end of the game after stating that he would be leaving the club, even though he was not out of contract.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7382486.stm Diouf wants another English move BBC Sport 13 August 2008 3 May 2008 The final game, away to title-chasing Chelsea, finished 1–1, with Matt Taylor scoring Bolton's final goal of the season and ensuring that they did not avoid relegation on goal difference.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7381780.stm Chelsea 1–1 Bolton BBC Sport 13 August 2008 11 May 2008 Matches Results by matchday table b Matchday Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A Result L/L/L/W/L/L/D/D/L/L/D/D/D/W/L/W/L/W/L/L/W/L/D/D/W/L/L/L/L/L/D/L/L/W/W/D/W/D Position 19/19/20/18/19/20/19/19/19/20/19/19/18/15/17/14/16/14/15/16/14/15/15/15/14/15/16/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/16/16/16/16 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss gold silver bronze green1 blue1 red1 Statto.com complete 13 June 2019 11 August 2007 15:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 1–3 Report Newcastle United Anelka 50 N'Zogbia 11Martins 21 27 Reebok Stadium 25,414 Chris Foy L 15 August 2007 19:45 BST Fulham 2–1 Report Bolton Wanderers Healy 23Cid 26 o.g. Helguson 12 Craven Cottage 21,102 Lee Probert L 18 August 2007 12:45 BST Portsmouth 3–1 Report Bolton Wanderers Kanu 16 Utaka 30Taylor 88 pen. Anelka 12 Fratton Park 17,108 Steve Tanner L 25 August 2007 15:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 3–0 Report Reading Speed 32Anelka 55Braaten 91 Reebok Stadium 20,023 Mark Clattenburg W 1 September 2007 15:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Report Everton Anelka 55 Yakubu 11Lescott 90 Reebok Stadium 22,064 Peter Walton L 15 September 2007 15:00 BST Birmingham City 1–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Kapo 37Ridgewell 55 Nolan 34Speed 57O'Brien 75 St Andrew's Stadium 28,124 Phil Dowd L 23 September 2007 15:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Report Tottenham Hotspur Campo 39 Keane 34 Reebok Stadium 20,308 Andre Marriner D 29 September 2007 15:00 BST Derby County 1–1 Report Bolton Wanderers Miller 19 Anelka 32 Pride Park Stadium 31,503 Rob Styles D 7 October 2007 15:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Report Chelsea Kalou 41 Reebok Stadium 20,059 Alan Wiley L 20 October 2007 15:00 BST Arsenal 2–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Touré 68Rosický 80 Emirates Stadium 59,442 Mike Riley L 28 October 2007 15:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Report Aston Villa Anelka 22 Moore 57 Reebok Stadium 18,413 Martin Atkinson D 4 November 2007 15:00 GMT West Ham United 1–1 Report Bolton Wanderers George McCartney 20 Kevin Nolan 93 Boleyn Ground 33,867 (89 away) Peter Walton D 11 November 2007 15:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Report Middlesbrough Reebok Stadium 17,624 Lee Probert D 24 November 2007 15:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Report Manchester United Anelka 11 Reebok Stadium 25,028 Mark Clattenburg W 2 December 2007 15:00 GMT Liverpool 4–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Hyypiä 17Torres 45Gerrard 46Babel 66 Anfield 43,270 Steve Bennett L 9 December 2007 15:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 4–1 Report Wigan Athletic Scharner 3 o.g.Nolan 37Davies 70Anelka 89 Landzaat 14 Reebok Stadium 20,309 Martin Atkinson W 15 December 2007 15:00 GMT Manchester City 4–2 Report Bolton Wanderers Bianchi 7Michalík 48 o.g.Vassell 77Etuhu 90+4 Diouf 31Nolan 40 City of Manchester Stadium 40,506 Peter Walton L 22 December 2007 15:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 3–0 Report Birmingham City Diouf 72Anelka 78 93 Reebok Stadium 19,111 Chris Foy W 26 December 2007 15:00 GMT Everton 2–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Neville 51Cahill 70 Goodison Park 38,918 Rob Styles L 29 December 2007 15:00 GMT Sunderland 3–1 Report Bolton Wanderers Richardson 13Jones 32Murphy 91 Diouf 41 Stadium of Light 42,058 Phil Dowd L 2 January 2008 20:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Report Derby County Giannakopoulos 90+1 Reebok Stadium 17,014 Howard Webb W 13 January 2008 16:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Report Blackburn Rovers Nolan 43 Samba 53Roberts 90 Reebok Stadium 18,315 Mike Dean L 19 January 2008 15:00 GMT Newcastle United 0–0 Report Bolton Wanderers St. James' Park 52,250 Alan Wiley D 29 January 2008 20:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Report Fulham Reebok Stadium 17,732 Mark Clattenburg D 2 February 2008 15:00 GMT Reading 0–2 Report Bolton Wanderers Nolan 33Helguson 58 Madjeski Stadium 21,893 Rob Styles W 9 February 2008 15:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Report Portsmouth Diarra 81 Reebok Stadium 18,544 Peter Walton L 24 February 2008 15:00 GMT Blackburn Rovers 4–1 Report Bolton Wanderers McCarthy 25 pen 67 penBentley 71Pederson 94 Davies 50 Ewood Park 23,995 Mark Clattenburg L 2 March 2008 13:30 GMT Bolton Wanderers 1–3 Report Liverpool Cohen 79 Jääskeläinen 10 o.g.Babel 60Aurélio 75 Reebok Stadium 24,004 Phil Dowd L 16 March 2008 15:00 GMT Wigan Athletic 1–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Heskey 33 JJB Stadium 17,055 Steve Tanner L 19 March 2008 20:00 GMT Manchester United 2–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Ronaldo 9 19 Old Trafford 75,476 Alan Wiley L 22 March 2008 15:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Report Manchester City Reebok Stadium 22,633 Andre Marriner D 29 March 2008 15:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 2–3 Report Arsenal Taylor 14 43 Gallas 62Van Persie 68 penSamuel 91 og Reebok Stadium 22,431 Chris Foy L 5 April 2008 15:00 BST Aston Villa 4–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Gareth Barry 54 60Agbonlahor 56Harewood 85 Villa Park 37,773 Martin Atkinson L 12 April 2008 15:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Report West Ham United Davies 47 Reebok Stadium 23,043 Peter Walton W 19 April 2008 15:00 BST Middlesbrough 0–1 Report Bolton Wanderers McCann 61 Riverside Stadium 25,037 Alan Wiley W 26 April 2008 15:00 BST Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Report Bolton Wanderers Malbranque 52 Giannakopoulos 46 White Hart Lane 36,176 Mark Clattenburg D 3 May 2008 17:15 BST Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Report Sunderland Diouf 42Murphy 83 o.g. Reebok Stadium 25,053 Martin Atkinson W 11 May 2008 15:00 BST Chelsea 1–1 Report Bolton Wanderers Shevchenko 62 Taylor 90+3 Stamford Bridge 41,755 Chris Foy D Final league table 2007–08 Premier League BOL FA Cup R3 5 January 2008 15:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Report Sheffield United Carney 42 Reebok Stadium 15,286 Peter Walton L League Cup R3 26 September 2007 20:00 BST Fulham 1–2 y Report Bolton Wanderers Healy 78 Guthrie 57Giannakopoulos 112 Craven Cottage 10,500 Steve Bennett W R4 31 October 2007 20:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Report Manchester City Elano 86 pen. Reebok Stadium 15,510 Peter Walton L UEFA Cup First round 1st Leg 20 September 2007 19:00 BST Rabotnički 1–1 Report Bolton Wanderers Milisavlević 53 Méïté 84 Skopje City Stadium 8,500 Zsolt Szabó D 2nd Leg 4 October 2007 20:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Report Rabotnički Anelka 68 Reebok Stadium 18,932 (80 away) Tommy Skjerven W Group stage 2007–08 UEFA Cup group stage#Group F Match 1 25 October 2007 20:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Report Braga Diouf 66 Jaílson 87 Reebok Stadium 10,848 (31 away) Darko Ceferin D Match 2 8 November 2007 19:00 GMT Bayern Munich 2–2 Report Bolton Wanderers Podolski 30 49 Gardner 8Davies 82 Allianz Arena 66,000 (4,000 away) Jaroslav Jara D Match 3 29 November 2007 20:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Report Aris Giannakopoulos 90+3 Toni 44 Reebok Stadium 10,229 (2,300 away) Eduardo Iturralde González D Match 4 6 December 2007 17:45 GMT Red Star Belgrade 0–1 Report Bolton Wanderers McCann 45 Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda 45,000 (400 away) Paul Allaerts W Group F BOL Round of 32 1st Leg 14 February 2008 20:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Report Atlético Madrid Diouf 74 Reebok Stadium 26,163 Peter Rasmussen W 2nd Leg 21 February 2008 19:45 GMT Atlético Madrid 0–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Vicente Calderón Stadium 30,000 (3,000 away) Jacek Granat D Round of 16 1st Leg 6 March 2008 20:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Report Sporting CP McCann 25 Vukčević 69 Reebok Stadium 25,664 Alon Yefet D 2nd Leg 13 March 2008 20:00 GMT Sporting CP 1–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Pereirinha 85 Estádio José Alvalade 22,031 Bertrand Layec L Squad statistics Appearances No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupUEFA CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals13px13px2DFENG Nicky Hunt140101080240803DFENG Jlloyd Samuel200001040250104MFENG Kevin Nolan335001050395105DFCIV Abdoulaye Méïté210102061301306MFWAL Gary Speed141000030170307MFGRE Stelios Giannakopoulos152102181263008MFESP Iván Campo271001030310809FWISL Heiðar Helguson62000020821010MFSWE Christian Wilhelmsson800010301200011MFJAM Ricardo Gardner2600000413012012GKENG Ian Walker00000000000014FWENG Kevin Davies32300108141413015DFFRA Gérald Cid701010501404015DFISL Grétar Steinsson1600000001602016MFIran Andranik Teymourian30001050901017MFENG Danny Guthrie2501021703515018MFESP Mikel Alonso700020301200019MFENG Gavin McCann3110020824138020FWPOR Ricardo Vaz Tê10000010200021MFSEN El Hadji Diouf34410106242616022GKFIN Jussi Jääskeläinen2800010603502023MFSUI Blerim Džemaili00100000100024DFIRL Joey O'Brien1901010502603025DFSEN Abdoulaye Faye10100000100025MFISR Tamir Cohen1011000001112026GKOMA Ali Al-Habsi1001010401600027MFNOR Daniel Braaten611020501411028DFSVK Ľubomír Michalík701020301301029FWSVK Zoltán Harsányi00000000000031DFIRL Andy O'Brien3201010804207032MFENG Matthew Taylor1630000301931033DFENG Gary Cahill1300000401700037FWENG James Sinclair00000010100039FWFRA Nicolas Anelka181000004122111041DFPOL Jarosław Fojut00000000000042FWUSA Johann Smith00000000000043FWENG Nathan Woolfe00000010100046DFAUS Scott Jamieson00000000000047FWPOL Grzegorz Rasiak700000007010––Own goals–2–0–0–0-2 Statistics accurate as of match played 11 May 2008 Transfers In Date Pos. Name From Fee 1 July 2007 DF FRA Gérald Cid FRA Bordeaux Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6347607.stm London BBC Sport Bolton swoop for Dzemaili and Cid 9 February 2007 1 July 2007 MF SUI Blerim Džemaili SUI Zürich Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6347607.stm London BBC Sport Bolton swoop for Dzemaili and Cid 9 February 2007 1 July 2007 MF ENG Gavin McCann ENG Aston Villa £1,000,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6734241.stm London BBC Sport McCann poised to sign for Bolton 8 June 2007 1 July 2007 DF TRI Jlloyd Samuel ENG Aston VillaFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6611023.stm Samuel departs Villa for Bolton BBC Sport 25 May 2007 23 July 2007 FW ISL Heiðar Helguson ENG Fulham £2,451,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6907745.stm London BBC Sport Helguson set to make Bolton move 20 July 2007 1 August 2007 MF NOR Daniel Braaten NOR Rosenborg £645,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6929297.stm London BBC Sport Bolton boss Lee lands new winger 3 August 2007 13 August 2007 DF IRL Andy O'Brien ENG Portsmouth Undisclosedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6944306.stm London BBC Sport Bolton sign O'Brien from Pompey 13 August 2007 1 January 2008 MF ISR Tamir Cohen ISR Maccabi Netanya £650,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7159212.stm London BBC Sport Bolton to sign midfielder Cohen 31 December 2007 16 January 2008 DF ISL Grétar Steinsson NED AZ £3,500,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7189240.stm London BBC Sport Defender Steinsson joins Bolton 16 January 2008 17 January 2008 MF ENG Matthew Taylor ENG Portsmouth £4,042,019https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7194191.stm London BBC Sport Bolton capture midfielder Taylor 17 January 2008 30 January 2008 DF ENG Gary Cahill ENG Aston Villa £5,000,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7213650.stm London BBC Sport Bolton complete £5m Cahill switch 30 January 2008 Out Date Pos. Name To Fee 1 July 2007 DF ISR Tal Ben Haim ENG Chelsea Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6752693.stm London BBC Sport Chelsea secure deal for Ben Haim 14 July 2007 1 July 2007 MF ENG Michael Roddy ENG Lincoln City Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/6258896.stm London BBC Sport Transfers – July 2007 31 July 2007 1 July 2007 FW DEN Henrik Pedersen ENG Hull City Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/6944716.stm London BBC Sport Pedersen completes move to Hull 13 August 2007 5 July 2007 MF ISR Idan Tal ISR Beitar Jerusalem Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6273112.stm London BBC Sport Bolton set to sell midfielder Tal 5 July 2007 31 August 2007 DF SEN Abdoulaye Faye ENG Newcastle United £2,408,011https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/6970425.stm London BBC Sport Newcastle recruit Faye and Beye 31 August 2007 1 January 2008 MF WAL Gary Speed ENG Sheffield United £250,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/7158844.stm London BBC Sport Blades complete Speed loan deal 2 January 2008 10 January 2008 DF FRA Gérald Cid FRA Nice Freehttp://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/bolton_wanderers/s/1031865_nice_move_for_cid https://archive.today/20130420233221/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/bolton_wanderers/s/1031865_nice_move_for_cid dead 20 April 2013 Manchester MEN Media Nice move for Cid 14 January 2008 11 January 2008 FW FRA Nicolas Anelka ENG Chelsea £15,000,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7175749.stm London BBC Sport Chelsea complete £15m Anelka deal 11 January 2008 31 January 2008 GK POL Przemysław Kazimierczak ENG Darlington Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/7220412.stm London BBC Sport Quakers sign keeper from Bolton 31 January 2008 31 January 2008 DF SVK Ľubomír Michalík ENG Leeds United £500,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7218964.stm London BBC Sport Transfer deadline day as it happened 31 January 2008 Loan in Date from Date to Pos. Name From Reference 3 July 2007 30 June 2008 MF ENG Danny Guthrie ENG Liverpool https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6226258.stm London BBC Sport Guthrie seals loan move to Bolton 3 July 2007 10 July 2007 30 June 2008 MF ESP Mikel Alonso ESP Real Sociedad https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6290040.stm London BBC Sport Alonso joins Bolton from Sociedad 10 July 2007 27 July 2007 30 January 2008 MF SWE Christian Wilhelmsson FRA Nantes https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6917262.stm London BBC Sport Wilhelmsson completes Bolton move 27 July 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7219646.stm London BBC Sport Winger Wilhelmsson leaves Bolton 31 January 2008 31 January 2008 30 June 2008 FW POL Grzegorz Rasiak ENG Southampton https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/7220909.stm London BBC Sport Bolton complete Rasiak loan deal 31 January 2008 Loan out Date from Date to Pos. Name To Reference 31 August 2007 2 January 2008 DF ENG Jarosław Fojut ENG Luton Town https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/6973484.stm London BBC Sport Luton get Bolton defender on loan 31 August 2007 21 September 2007 27 April 2008 MF ENG Mark Ellis ENG Torquay United https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/7007023.stm London BBC Sport Torquay complete Ellis loan deal 21 September 2007 28 September 2007 28 October 2007 GK POL Przemysław Kazimierczak ENG Wycombe Wanderers https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/6980410.stm London BBC Sport Transfers – September 2007 29 September 2007 5 October 2007 5 November 2007 MF ENG Leslie Thompson ENG Stockport County https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/7022118.stm London BBC Sport Transfers – October 2007 31 October 2007 12 October 2007 12 November 2007 FW USA Johann Smith ENG Darlington https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/7042033.stm London BBC Sport Darlington swoop for Bolton man 12 October 2007 3 January 2008 24 January 2008 MF ENG Leslie Thompson ENG Torquay United https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/7169599.stm London BBC Sport Torquay get Bolton winger on loan 3 January 2008 7 February 2008 20 May 2008 MF ENG Chris Basham ENG Rochdale https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rochdale/7233428.stm London BBC Sport Rochdale bring in Bolton's Basham 7 February 2008 20 March 2008 20 April 2008 FW USA Johann Smith ENG Stockport County http://www.stockportcounty.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10419~1270142,00.html Stockport County F.C. stockportcounty.com Delighted to be here 20 March 2008April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Notes and references Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. seasons Bolton Wanderers