2024–25 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

Bolton Wanderers

2024–25 season
Owner	Football Ventures Ltd (92%), British Business Bank (8%)
Chairman	Sharon Brittan
Manager	Ian Evatt
Stadium	Toughsheet Community Stadium
Home colours
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The 2024–25 season is the 136th season in the history of Bolton Wanderers Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League One, having lost the previous season's play off final. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref
28 June 2024	AM	Klaidi Lolos	Crawley Town	Undisclosed	[1]
1 July 2024	AM	Dubem Eze[a]	Norwich City	Free	[2]
1 July 2024[b]	CB	Chris Forino-Joseph	Wycombe Wanderers	Free	[3]
1 July 2024[c]	GK	Luke Southwood	Cheltenham Town	Free	[4]
2 July 2024	LWB	Ajay Weston[a]	Hull City	Free	[5]
12 July 2024	CM	Scott Arfield	Charlotte FC	Free	[6]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref
12 July 2024	GK	Luke Hutchinson	Marine	End of Season	[7]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	GK	Jack Flint	Flint Town United	1 July 2024[a]	[8][9]
30 June 2024	CB	Eric Yoro	Longford Town	4 July 2024	[8][10]
30 June 2024	CF	Jón Daði Böðvarsson			[8]
30 June 2024	CF	Cameron Jerome			[8]
30 June 2024	LB	Declan John			[8]
30 June 2024	LW	Finlay Lockett			[8]
30 June 2024	CF	Gerald Sithole			[8]
30 June 2024	CB	Lamine Toure			[8]
30 June 2024	CM	Matthew Tweedley			[8]

On 4 June 2024, the club announced their first set of pre-season fixtures, welcoming Stoke City at home and facing Port Vale away.^[11] A third friendly against Middlesbrough, to be played at Bishop Auckland, was added three days later.^[12] The first pre-season friendly for the B-Team was announced on June 11, facing Stoke City U21s.^[13] On 17 June, another fixture was announced against Chorley.^[14] Another B-Team fixture was added on 19 June against Workington.^[15] On 20 June, a home friendly against Italian side Fiorentina was added.^[16] On 25 June, a behind-closed-doors friendly was added against West Bromwich Albion, to be played at St George's Park.^[17] The same day, a fixture against Atherton Collieries was added for the B-Team.^[18]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

West Bromwich Albion v Bolton Wanderers

13 July 2024 Friendly	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Burton upon Trent
14:00 BST	Thomas-Asante	Report	Dempsey Collins	Stadium: St George's Park

Middlesbrough v Bolton Wanderers

20 July 2024 Friendly	Middlesbrough	3–0	Bolton Wanderers	Bishop Auckland
14:00 BST	Latte Lath 65' Finch 75' Burgzorg 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Heritage Park Attendance: 1,560 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Chorley v Bolton Wanderers

23 July 2024 Friendly	Chorley	0–4	Bolton Wanderers	Chorley
19:30 BST		Report	Morley 3' (pen.) Sampson 47' (o.g.) Khumbeni 49' Adeboyejo 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Victory Park Attendance: 2,455 Referee: Mike Crushma

Runcorn Linnets v Bolton Wanderers B

23 July 2024 Friendly	Runcorn Linnets	3–2	Bolton Wanderers B	Runcorn
19:30 BST	Welsh 16' Trialist 61' Moseley 85'	Report	Wylie 35' (o.g.) Eze 54'	Stadium: APEC Taxis Stadium

Bolton Wanderers v Fiorentina

26 July 2024 Friendly	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Fiorentina	Bolton
19:30 BST	Adeboyejo 66'	Report	Brekalo 18'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 6,862 Referee: Bobby Madley

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced. It sees Bolton open their campaign on 10 August away at Leyton Orient, with the regular season concluding on 3 May, at home against Stevenage.^[20]

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Bolton being drawn at home against Mansfield Town.^[22]

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In the group stage, Bolton were drawn into Northern Group D alongside Barrow, Fleetwood Town and Aston Villa U21.^[23][24]

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As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	ENG	Nathan Baxter	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Joel Coleman	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	NIR	Luke Southwood	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
	DF	ENG	Josh Dacres-Cogley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	LCA	Chris Forino-Joseph	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Will Forrester	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	AUS	Jack Iredale	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	George Johnston	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	AUS	Gethin Jones	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Luke Matheson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	POR	Ricardo Santos	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	NIR	Eoin Toal	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Randell Williams	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
	MF	CAN	Scott Arfield	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Kyle Dempsey	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	MWI	Nelson Khumbeni	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	GRE	Klaidi Lolos	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Aaron Morley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	WAL	Josh Sheehan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	George Thomason	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
	FW	NGA	Victor Adeboyejo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	IRL	Conor Carty	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	NIR	Dion Charles	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	WAL	Aaron Collins	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	GNB	Carlos Mendes Gomes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Dan Nlundulu	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Out on Loan
	GK	ENG	Luke Hutchinson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0