2016–17 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

Bolton Wanderers
2016–17 season
Chairman	Ken Anderson
Manager	Phil Parkinson
Stadium	Macron Stadium
League One	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
League Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: 4 players (9); All: Josh Vela, Gary Madine (10)
Highest home attendance	23,376 v Chesterfield; 01 April 2017
Lowest home attendance	1,540 v Everton U-23s; 30 August 2016
Average home league attendance	15194
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Bolton Wanderers's first season in the third tier of English football since 1993 following their relegation from the Football League Championship. Along with Football League One, the club competed in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Pre-season

On 20 May 2016, Bolton Wanderers announced their English pre-season schedule in full for both the entire squad and an XI squad. They also announced that there would be a training camp and further games abroad.^[1] These games were confirmed on 3 June as being against Danish teams HB Køge and FC Helsingør.^[2] On 17 June the away game at Ashton United was cancelled as the home side's pitch would not be ready.^[3] On 27 June the game at HB Køge was cancelled as it was felt that the date was too early in the pre-season.^[4] The Bolton XI game against Chester on 20 July was also cancelled as it was felt there was not enough first-team players to make up Bolton's team travelling to Tranmere Rovers a day earlier. Due to this, some of the Bolton XI traveled with the first-team for the game and both games were mixtures of first team players and the reserve players.^[5]

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly	FC Helsingør	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Helsingør
18:00 BST	Riel 24' (pen)	Report	Madine 5' Proctor 90'	Stadium: Helsingør Stadion Attendance: 357

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Mansfield Town	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Rose 11' Pearce 23'	Report	Clough 53'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 1,481

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Prenton
19:45 BST	Jennings 5'	Report	Dervite 71' Clough 90'	Stadium: Prenton Park

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	York City	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	York
19:30 BST		Report	Davies 5' Proctor 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Bootham Crescent

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Burnley	Bolton
20:00 BST	Spearing 49'	Report	Gray 15' (pen.) Ginnelly 90'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 3,766

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Preston North End	Bolton
15:00 BST				Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 3,669

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield United (C, P)	46	30	10	6	92	47	+45	100	Promotion to the EFL Championship
2	Bolton Wanderers (P)	46	25	11	10	68	36	+32	86	Promotion to the EFL Championship
3	Scunthorpe United	46	24	10	12	80	54	+26	82	Qualification for the League One play-offs^[a]
4	Fleetwood Town	46	23	13	10	64	43	+21	82
5	Bradford City	46	20	19	7	62	43	+19	79

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W
Position	7	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	7	8	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2017. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced. Bolton will start the season at home to Sheffield United on 6 August and finish at home to Peterborough United on April 30, 2017.^[6]

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 1	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Sheffield United	Bolton
15:00 BST	Spearing 37'	Report		Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 17,050 Referee: Ross Joyce

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 2	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST	Barcham 16'	Report	Madine 34' Trotter 70'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,619 Referee: Gavin Ward

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 3	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Bristol
19:45 BST	Harrison 57'	Report	Vela 6' Spearing 26'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,169 Referee: Ollie Yates

20 August 2016 4	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Bolton
15:00 BST	Madine 51' Vela 84'	Report	Ball 34'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,524 Referee: Darren England

27 August 2016 5	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	London
15:00 BST	Lookman 90'	Report	53' Madine	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 10,926 Referee: Dean Whitestone

3 September 2016 6	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Southend United	Bolton
15:00 BST	Anderson 48'	Report	Kyprianou 3'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,519 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

10 September 2016 7	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Bolton
15:00 BST	Beevers 3'	Report	Colclough 54'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 12,727 Referee: Peter Bankes

17 September 2016 8	Walsall	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Walsall
15:00 BST	Edwards 16' McCarthy 25' Etheridge 76'	Report	Taylor 60' Anderson 65' 90+4' Beevers 86' Moxey 89'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 5,962 Referee: Trevor Kettle

24 September 2016 9	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Bradford City	Bolton
15:00 BST	Spearing 24' Vela 37' Proctor 60' Henry 72'	Report	Marshall 85'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 17,486 Referee: Mark Heywood

27 September 2016 10	Rochdale	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Lund 32' Davies 52'	Report	Taylor 61'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,011 Referee: David Coote

1 October 2016 11	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Oxford United	Bolton
15:00 BST	Beevers 35' Trotter 59' Vela 79'	Report	Lundstram 56' Thomas 81' Maguire 90'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 14,207 Referee: Mark Haywood

8 October 2016 12	Swindon Town	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Swindon
13:00 BST	Delfouneso 43' Goddard 70' Raphael Branco 90+2'	Report	Madine 21' Wheater 79' Ormonde-Ottewill 86' (o.g.) Beevers 90+4' Vela 90+4'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,023 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

15 October 2016 13	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Bolton
15:00 BST	Clough 10', 77'	Report	Burgess 82'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 14,891 Referee: Carl Boyeson

18 October 2016 14	Millwall	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	Bermondsey, London
19:45 BST		Report	Ameobi 3' Wheater 86'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 7,818 Referee: Darren Deadman

24 October 2016 15	Bury	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	Bury
19:45 BST	Soares 54'	Report	Clough 13' (pen.), 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 8,007 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

29 October 2016 16	Bolton Wanderers	3–1	Port Vale	Bolton
15:00 BST	Clough 7' Vela 11' 19' Wilson 16' Sammy Ameobi 77'	Report	Taylor 18' Cicilia 31' Hart 75'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,937 Referee: Nigel Miller

13 November 2016 17	Peterborough United	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Peterborough
12:15 GMT	Coulthirst 10' Smith 27'	Report	Trotter 28'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 4,780 Referee: Mark Heywood

19 November 2016 18	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Millwall	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Trotter 7' Vela 17' Thorpe 57'	Report	Williams 34'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,110 Referee: Paul Tierney

22 November 2016 19	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Coventry City	Bolton
20:00 GMT	Clough 11' Beevers 56'	Report	Sterry 60' Sordell 67'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 12,290 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

26 November 2016 20	Northampton Town	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	O'Toole 71'	Report	Clough 25'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,018 Referee: Darren Deadman

12 December 2016 21	Bolton Wanderers	4–0	Gillingham	Bolton
20:00 GMT	Madine 15', 65' Vela 28' Ameobi 80'	Report	Wright 64'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,861 Referee: Scott Duncan

17 December 2016 22	Chesterfield	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	O'Neil 26' Evans 90+3'	Report	Taylor 40' Wheater 84' Vela 88'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,924 Referee: Mark Haywood

26 December 2016 23	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Wheater 24', 28'	Report	Brown 84' Ogogo 89'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 16,238 Referee: David Webb

31 December 2016 24	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Vela 17' Spearing 61' Beevers 69' Taylor 78' Henry 90+4'	Report	Dawson 45' Bishop 62' Clarke 80' Mantom 90' van Veen 90+7'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 17,062 Referee: Andy Madley

2 January 2017 25	Coventry City	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Tudgay 37' Haynes 66' Beavon 69'	Report	Clough 67' (pen.) Clayton 90+1'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,397 Referee: Carl Boyeson

14 January 2017 26	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Swindon Town	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Wheater 48' 72' Beevers 79'	Report	Branco 37' Kasim 47' 89' Gladwin 65'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,955 Referee: Mark Heywood

28 January 2017 27	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Clough 13' Beevers 35' Vela 85'	Report	Page 11' Bauer 23' Forster-Caskey 43' Byrne 45+2' Watt 52'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38700845 Referee: Robert Jones

4 February 2017 28	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT	Aneke 39' Agard 59' O'Keefe 82'	Report	Wilson 15' Beevers 34' Spearing 45+3' Moxey 85'	Stadium: stadium:mk Attendance: David Coote Referee: 21,545

11 February 2017 29	Bolton Wanderers	4–1	Walsall	Bolton
15:00 BST	Madine 15' O'Connor 26' (o.g.) Trotter 30' Taylor 57' Spearing 83' Long 87'	Report	Oztumer 4' Chambers 79' Cuvelier 81'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,610 Referee: Darren Drysdale

14 February 2017 30	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Rochdale	Bolton
20:00 BST	Beevers 82' Spearing 85'	Report	Kitching 49' Keane 58' Vincenti 90'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,313 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

18 February 2017 31	Bradford City	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Wyke 10', 16' Cullen 65'		Vela 44' Wheater 62' Madine 74' Wilkinson 88' Thorpe 90'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 21, 190 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

25 February 2017 32	Sheffield United	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Sharp 12', 70' (pen.) Fleck 33'	Report	Wilkinson 51' Wheater 69' Osede 79'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 27,165 Referee: Mike Dean

28 February 2017 33	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Bolton
20:00 GMT	Vela 7' 45+2' Long 65' 90' Osede 79'	Report	Bodin 75' Clarke 90+4'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,383 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

4 March 2017 34	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Madine 15'	Report	Elliott 39' Soares 66'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,599 Referee: Dean Whitestone

11 March 2017 35	Fleetwood Town	2–4	Bolton Wanderers	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Dempsey 22' Grant 87'	Report	Le Fondre 17', 78' Wheater 20' 75' Beevers 48'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 5,123 Referee: Paul Tierney

14 March 2017 36	Gillingham	0–4	Bolton Wanderers	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Muldoon 64' Byrne 78'	Report	Wheater 3' Le Fondre 15' Beevers 45+1' Vela 49' Madine 74'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,199 Referee: Tim Robinson

18 March 2017 37	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Northampton Town	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Le Fondre 75' (pen.) Morais 82'	Report	Richards 17' Buchanan 51' Smith 57'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 14,255 Referee: Richard Clark

21 March 2017 38	Oxford United	2–4	Bolton Wanderers	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Hemmings 42' Maguire 75' McAleny 77'	Report	Morais 4' Beevers 23' 89' Dunkley 60' (o.g.) Vela 90+4'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,146 Referee: Ross Joyce

25 March 2017 39	Shrewsbury	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	El-Abd 32' Deegan 45' Nsiala 56'	Report	Beevers 51' Le Fondre 66'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 7,532 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

1 April 2017 40	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Chesterfield	Bolton
15:00 GMT		Report	Dimaio 37' McGinn 50' Nolan 76' 90+5'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 23,376 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

4 April 2017 41	Southend United	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Ranger 45+6'	Report	Spearing 41' Pratley 63' Beevers 90+1'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,340 Referee: Charles Breakspear

8 April 2017 42	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Mirfin 11' Crooks 33' Bishop 64' Wallace 80'	Report	Vela 33'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 6,149 Referee: David Webb

15 April 2017 43	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Oldham
12:30 BST	Ngoo 54' 64' Erwin 76'	Report	Dervite 50'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 8,788 Referee: Peter Bankes

18 April 2017 44	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Bury	Bolton
19:45 BST	Spearing 30' Vela 62'	Report	Barnett 9'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 18,223 Referee: Simon Hooper

22 April 2017 45	Port Vale	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	Burslem
15:00 BST	Cicilia 25' 33' Bikey 66'	Report	Madine 46' 90' Spearing 50' Wheater 66'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 8,890 Referee: Carl Boyeson

30 April 2017 46	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	Peterborough United	Bolton
12:00 BST	Karacan 22' Wheater 53' Le Fondre 75'	Report		Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 22,590 Referee: Scott Duncan

FA Cup

Bolton entered the competition at the first round stage for the first time since 1993, alongside all other Football League One and Football League Two sides.

5 November 2016 First round	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Grimsby Town	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Trotter 20' Proctor 55' Taylor 83'	Report	Andrew 22' Gowling 80' Bogle 81'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 6,649 Referee: Trevor Kettle

4 December 2016 Second round	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Sheffield United	Bolton
14:00 GMT	Madine 44' Sammy Ameobi 46' Vela 84'	Report	Clarke 57' Lavery 58' Coutts 64' O'Connell 86'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 7,027 Referee: Lee Probert

7 January 2017 Third round	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Crystal Palace	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Beevers 52' Spearing 60'	Report		Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 11,683 Referee: Roger East

17 January 2017 (2017-01-17) Third round replay	Crystal Palace	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Selhurst, London
20:00 GMT	Ledley 31' Benteke 68', 77'	Report	Thorpe 37' Henry 48' Wilson 54'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 7,149 Referee: Stuart Attwell

League Cup

Bolton entered the competition at the first round stage and were drawn to play away at Blackpool in the first round.^[7]

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) First round	Blackpool	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Bolton Wanderers	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Mellor 74' Potts 78' McAlister 109' Herron 115'	Report	45+2' Proctor 90+5' Woolery	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,633 Referee: Darren Bond

EFL Trophy

Bolton entered the competition at the first round group stage and were drawn against Everton U-23, Blackpool and Cheltenham Town in Northern Group A.^[8]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Cheltenham Town	3	2	0	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Blackpool	3	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	5	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Everton U21	3	1	0	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	L1	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	0	2	1	3	−2	3

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30) Group stage game 1	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Everton U-23	Bolton
19:00 BST		Report	Dyson 22' McAleny 79'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 1540 Referee: David Webb

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04) Group stage game 2	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Blackpool	Bolton
19:00 BST	Sammy Ameobi 4' Vela 63'	Report		Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 1,589

8 November 2016 Group stage game 3	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Pell 65' Morgan-Smith 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Alnwick 90+1'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 1,038 Referee: Kevin Friend

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	End
Goalkeepers
13	Ben Alnwick	GK	Prudhoe	30	26	0	Peterborough United	31 August 2016	Free	2018
33	Mark Howard	GK	Southwark	30	29	0	Sheffield United	13 July 2016	Free	2018
Defenders
2	Lewis Buxton	RB	Newport	33	11	0	Rotherham United	5 August 2016	Free	2017
3	Dean Moxey	LB	Exeter	31	82	2	Crystal Palace	2 July 2014	Free	2017
4	Dorian Dervite	CB	Lille	28	83	1	Charlton Athletic	27 May 2014	Free	2017
5	Mark Beevers	CB	Barnsley	27	51	7	Millwall	3 July 2016	Free	2018
15	Derik Osede	CB	Madrid	24	51	0	Real Madrid	6 July 2015	Free	2018
20	Andrew Taylor	LB	Hartlepool	30	40	0	Wigan Athletic	10 August 2016	Loan	2017
23	Lawrie Wilson	RB	Collier Row	29	39	2	Charlton Athletic	5 August 2015	Free	2017
25	Reece Wabara	RB	Bromsgrove	25	1	0	Free Agent	15 February 2017	Free	2017
31	David Wheater	CB	Redcar	30	167	15	Middlesbrough	20 January 2011	Undisclosed	2017
Midfielders
6	Josh Vela	CM	Salford	23	132	12	Academy	20 March 2011	Trainee	2019
8	Jay Spearing	DM	Wallasey	28	173	10	Liverpool	9 August 2013	Undisclosed	2017
10	Jem Karacan	CM	Catford	28	5	1	Free Agent	11 March 2017	Free	2017
11	Viv Solomon-Otabor	LW	London	21	4	0	Birmingham City	31 January 2017	Loan	2017
16	Mark Davies	CM	Willenhall	29	208	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26 January 2009	Undisclosed	2017
17	Liam Trotter	CM	Ipswich	28	74	6	Millwall	1 July 2014	Free	2017
21	Darren Pratley	CM	Barking	32	168	15	Swansea City	1 July 2011	Free	2018
22	Filipe Morais	RW	Benavente	31	19	2	Bradford City	2 February 2017	Free	2017
24	James Henry	RW	Reading	27	35	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31 August 2016	Loan	2017
32	Tom Thorpe	CM	Manchester	24	25	1	Rotherham United	31 August 2016	Loan	2017
Forwards
12	Chris Long	CF	Huyton	22	10	1	Burnley	31 January 2017	Loan	2017
14	Gary Madine	CF	Gateshead	26	78	16	Sheffield Wednesday	8 June 2015	Free	2017
19	Max Clayton	CF	Crewe	22	30	2	Crewe Alexandra	18 September 2014	£300,000	2017
35	Conor Wilkinson	CF	Croydon	22	16	0	Millwall	2 July 2013	Undisclosed	2018
45	Adam Le Fondre	CF	Stockport	30	36	14	Cardiff City	31 January 2017	Loan	2017
Out on Loan
1	Ben Amos	GK	Macclesfield	27	45	0	Manchester United	1 July 2015	Free	2019
7	Chris Taylor	LM	Oldham	30	23	0	Blackburn Rovers	2 July 2016	Free	2018
9	Jamie Proctor	CF	Preston	25	29	1	Bradford City	1 July 2016	Free	2018
28	Tom Walker	MF	Salford	21	21	1	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee	2017

Statistics

As of 1 May 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Lewis Buxton	11	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Dean Moxey	22	0	16+3	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	FRA	Dorian Dervite	14	0	13+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Mark Beevers	51	7	45+0	7	4+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	ENG	Josh Vela	53	10	45+1	9	3+0	1	0+1	0	3+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Jay Spearing	42	3	36+1	3	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
10	MF	TUR	Jem Karacan	5	1	2+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Viv Solomon-Otabor	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	FW	ENG	Chris Long	10	1	3+7	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Ben Alnwick	26	0	20+1	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Gary Madine	42	10	36+0	9	3+0	1	0+1	0	0+2	0
15	DF	ESP	Derik	28	0	19+6	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Mark Davies	6	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Liam Trotter	23	3	17+3	2	1+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Max Clayton	13	1	0+10	1	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
20	DF	ENG	Andrew Taylor	40	0	31+3	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Darren Pratley	12	0	11+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	POR	Filipe Morais	19	2	19+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Lawrie Wilson	26	1	18+0	1	4+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
24	MF	ENG	James Henry	35	2	12+18	1	2+1	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
25	DF	ENG	Reece Wabara	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF	ENG	David Wheater	49	9	43+0	9	4+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
32	MF	ENG	Tom Thorpe	25	1	16+5	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
33	GK	ENG	Mark Howard	29	0	26+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
35	FW	ENG	Conor Wilkinson	9	0	2+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
37	MF	ENG	Alex Perry	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
38	MF	ENG	Jack Earing	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
43	FW	IRN	Alex Samizadeh	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
45	FW	ENG	Adam Le Fondre	19	6	17+2	6	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Out on Loan:
1	GK	ENG	Ben Amos	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Chris Taylor	23	0	3+13	0	1+3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Jamie Proctor	29	1	7+14	0	1+3	0	1+0	1	3+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Tom Walker	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
Player who left the club during the course of the season:
10	FW	ENG	Zach Clough	29	9	17+6	9	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
11	FW	ENG	Keshi Anderson	10	1	3+5	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	MF	ENG	Sammy Ameobi	24	4	15+5	2	2+0	1	0+0	0	1+1	1
30	FW	ENG	Kaiyne Woolery	3	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	1	1+0	0
36	DF	ENG	Alex Finney	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 1 May 2017

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	6	CM	Josh Vela	9	1	0	0	10
1	14	CF	Gary Madine	9	1	0	0	10
3	10	SS	Zach Clough	9	0	0	0	9
3	31	CB	David Wheater	9	0	0	0	9
5	5	CB	Mark Beevers	7	0	0	0	7
6	45	CF	Adam Le Fondre	6	0	0	0	6
7	22	RW	Sammy Ameobi	2	1	0	1	4
8	8	DM	Jay Spearing	3	0	0	0	3
8	17	CM	Liam Trotter	2	1	0	0	3
10	22	RW	Filipe Morais	2	0	0	0	2
10	24	RW	James Henry	1	1	0	0	2
12	9	CF	Jamie Proctor	0	0	1	0	1
	10	CM	Jem Karacan	1	0	0	0	1
	11	CF	Keshi Anderson	1	0	0	0	1
	12	SS	Chris Long	1	0	0	0	1
	19	LW	Max Clayton	1	0	0	0	1
	23	RB	Lawrie Wilson	1	0	0	0	1
	30	CF	Kaiyne Woolery	0	0	1	0	1
	32	CM	Tom Thorpe	1	0	0	0	1
Total				66	4	2	1	73

Disciplinary record

As of 1 May 2017

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			EFL Cup			EFL Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	8		DM	Jay Spearing	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0
2	6		CM	Josh Vela	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0
3	5		CB	Mark Beevers	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
4	17		CM	Liam Trotter	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	31		CB	David Wheater	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
6	20		LB	Andrew Taylor	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	14		CF	Gary Madine	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	3		LB	Dean Moxey	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	16		CM	Mark Davies	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	35		CF	Conor Wilkinson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	4		CB	Dorian Dervite	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	7		LM	Chris Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	9		CF	Jamie Proctor	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	10		SS	Zach Clough	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	15		CB	Derik Osede	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23		RB	Lawrie Wilson	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	32		CM	Tom Thorpe	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	2		RB	Lewis Buxton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11		CF	Keshi Anderson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	12		CF	Chris Long	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	13		GK	Ben Alnwick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	21		CM	Darren Pratley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22		RW	Sammy Ameobi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24		RW	James Henry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30		CF	Kaiyne Woolery	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					72	2	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	82	2	0

Transfers

At the completion of the previous season the club announced that twenty players would not be offered new contracts once their present ones concluded. These players included senior squad members Neil Danns, Stephen Dobbie, Tom Eaves, Liam Feeney, Robert Hall, Emile Heskey, Paul Rachubka, Oscar Threlkeld, David Wheater and Hayden White.^[9] These players were followed out of the club by young defender Tyler Garratt who signed for Doncaster Rovers on 28 June for an undisclosed fee.^[10]

On 1 July, it was reported that the transfer embargo that the club had been under since the previous season was to be at least partially lifted by the Football League^[11] and the day after former Blackburn Rovers midfielder Chris Taylor signed on a free transfer,^[12] followed the following day by Millwall defender Mark Beevers, also on a free transfer.^[13] They were followed on 5 July by Bradford City forward Jamie Proctor, also signed on a free transfer.^[14] Former Sheffield United goalkeeper Mark Howard then signed for the club. David Wheater re-signed on a one-year deal after initially being released at the end of the previous season. He was shortly followed to the club by defender Lewis Buxton after his release from Rotherham United.

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
2 July 2016	LM	Chris Taylor	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	^[12]
3 July 2016	CB	Mark Beevers	Millwall	Free transfer	^[13]
5 July 2016	CF	Jamie Proctor	Bradford City	Free transfer	^[14]
13 July 2016	GK	Mark Howard	Sheffield United	Free transfer	^[15]
5 August 2016	RB	Lewis Buxton	Rotherham United	Free transfer	^[16]
31 August 2016	GK	Ben Alnwick	Peterborough United	Free transfer	^[17]
2 February 2017	RW	Filipe Morais	Bradford City	Free transfer	^[18]
15 February 2017	RB	Reece Wabara	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	^[19]
11 March 2017	CM	Jem Karacan	Unattached	Free transfer	^[20]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
28 June 2016	LB	Tyler Garratt	Doncaster Rovers	Undisclosed	^[10]
1 July 2016	GK	Harry Campbell	Burton Albion ^[a]	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	DM	Channing Campbell-Young	Free agent	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CM	Jon Ceberio	Real Sociedad C	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CM	Chris Cvetko	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CM	Neil Danns	Bury ^[b]	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	SS	Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CF	Tom Eaves	Yeovil Town ^[c]	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	RW	Liam Feeney	Blackburn Rovers ^[d]	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	GK	Ross Fitzsimons	Braintree Town ^[e]	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	LW	Robert Hall	Oxford United ^[f]	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CF	Emile Heskey	Free agent	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CM	Jordan Lussey	Southport	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	RB	Niall Maher	Bury ^[g]	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	GK	Paul Rachubka	Bury ^[h]	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CB	Quade Taylor	Braintree Town	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CF	Jamie Thomas	Burnley ^[i]	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	DM	Oscar Threlkeld	Plymouth Argyle ^[j]	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	LB	Yvan Wassi	Free agent	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	RB	Hayden White	Peterborough United ^[k]	Released	^[9]
7 July 2016	RB	Francesco Pisano	Olbia Calcio 1905	Released	^[32]^[33]
22 July 2016	CB	Rob Holding	Arsenal	£2,500,000	^[34]
1 August 2016	DF	Nathaniel Phillips	Liverpool	Free transfer	^[35]
1 August 2016	DM	Filip Twardzik	Free Agent	Released	^[36]
8 August 2016	ST	Daniel McKenna	Witton Albion	Free transfer	^[37]
12 August 2016	CB	Alex Finney	Queens Park Rangers ^[l]	Released	^[39]
31 August 2016	CF	Kaiyne Woolery	Wigan Athletic	£207,000	^[40]
31 January 2017	SS	Zach Clough	Nottingham Forest	£2,610,000	^[41]

^ Following Campbell's release, he signed for Burton Albion.^[21]
^ Following Danns' release, he signed for Bury.^[22]
^ Following Eaves' release, he signed for Yeovil Town.^[23]
^ Following Feeney's release, he signed for Blackburn Rovers.^[24]
^ Following Fitzsimons release, he signed for Braintree Town.^[25]
^ Following Hall's release, he signed for Oxford United.^[26]
^ Following Maher's release, he signed for Bury.^[27]
^ Following Rachubka's release, he signed for Bury.^[28]
^ Following Thomas's release, he signed for Burnley.^[29]
^ Following Threlkeld's release, he signed for Plymouth Argyle.^[30]
^ Following White's release, he signed for Peterborough United.^[31]
^ Following Finney's release, he signed for Queens Park Rangers.^[38]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
10 August 2016	LB		Andrew Taylor	Wigan Athletic	End of Season	^{[42 2022 © WikiZero. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy \| Terms of Service}

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[23] Following Campbell's release, he signed for Burton Albion.^[21]

[25] Following Danns' release, he signed for Bury.^[22]

[27] Following Eaves' release, he signed for Yeovil Town.^[23]

[29] Following Feeney's release, he signed for Blackburn Rovers.^[24]

[31] Following Fitzsimons release, he signed for Braintree Town.^[25]

[33] Following Hall's release, he signed for Oxford United.^[26]

[35] Following Maher's release, he signed for Bury.^[27]

[37] Following Rachubka's release, he signed for Bury.^[28]

[39] Following Thomas's release, he signed for Burnley.^[29]

[41] Following Threlkeld's release, he signed for Plymouth Argyle.^[30]

[43] Following White's release, he signed for Peterborough United.^[31]

[51] Following Finney's release, he signed for Queens Park Rangers.^[38]

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