2005–06 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

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Bolton Wanderers
2005–06 season
ChairmanPhil Gartside
ManagerSam Allardyce
StadiumReebok Stadium
FA Premier League8th
FA Cup5th round
League Cup5th round
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stelios Giannakopoulos
Kevin Nolan (9)

All:
Stelios Giannakopoulos (12)
Highest home attendance27,718 (vs. Manchester United, 1 April 2006)
Lowest home attendance10,927 (vs. West Ham United, 26 October 2005)
Average home league attendance25,265
Away colours

The 2005–06 season was the 128th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence and their fifth consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.

Having finished sixth the previous season, Bolton had qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.

Season summary[]

In June 2005, Allardyce's assistant Phil Brown, left Bolton to take up the challenge of managing Derby County[1] and he was replaced by coach Sammy Lee.

Off the field, with Bolton looking to get into Europe for the second successive season, Allardyce was being linked with the England manager's job.[2] He was interviewed for the England manager vacancy during the Spring, though the news broke that the FA wanted Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari. In the end it came down to Allardyce or Steve McClaren. Between the middle of March and the beginning of April with rumours surrounding Allardyce in terms of taking the England job, Bolton's form hit an unexpected slump with five successive defeats seeing the side slide to eighth.

Final league table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Blackburn Rovers 38 19 6 13 51 42 +9 63 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7 Newcastle United 38 17 7 14 47 42 +5 58 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Bolton Wanderers 38 15 11 12 49 41 +8 56
9 West Ham United 38 16 7 15 52 55 −3 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
10 Wigan Athletic 38 15 6 17 45 52 −7 51
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup berth as the FA Cup winners went to West Ham, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Oman OMA Ali Al Habsi
2 DF England ENG Nicky Hunt
4 MF England ENG Kevin Nolan (captain from November)
5 DF France FRA Bruno Ngotty
6 MF Wales WAL Gary Speed
7 MF Greece GRE Stelios Giannakopoulos
8 MF Spain ESP Iván Campo
9 FW Denmark DEN Henrik Pedersen
10 MF Nigeria NGA Jay-Jay Okocha (captain until November)
11 DF Jamaica JAM Ricardo Gardner
12 GK England ENG Ian Walker
14 FW England ENG Kevin Davies
15 DF Tunisia TUN Radhi Jaïdi
16 MF Japan JPN Hidetoshi Nakata
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW England ENG Matt Jansen
18 FW Mexico MEX Jared Borgetti
20 FW Portugal POR Ricardo Vaz Tê
21 FW Senegal SEN El Hadji Diouf
22 GK Finland FIN Jussi Jääskeläinen
24 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Joey O'Brien
25 DF Senegal SEN Abdoulaye Faye
26 DF Israel ISR Tal Ben Haim
32 DF Poland POL Jarosław Fojut
33 FW United States USA Johann Smith
39 MF Senegal SEN Khalilou Fadiga
42 MF England ENG Robert Sissons
43 GK England ENG Sam Ashton

Left club during season[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF France FRA Martin Djetou (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF France FRA Fabrice Fernandes (released)

Reserve squad[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW France FRA Bedi Buval
29 MF Spain ESP Óscar Pérez
30 GK England ENG Chris Howarth
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 MF England ENG James Sinclair
35 MF Australia AUS Scott Jamieson

Matches[]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH
ResultDLWWDWWLLWWWLLWDWDLDDWDDDWLWWLLLLDWLDW
Position813755445777457655578888886877777898888
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

August[]

Kick off Competition Home team Score Away team Venue
2005-08-13 15:00 FA Premier League Aston Villa England 2–2 England Bolton Wanderers Villa Park
Phillips 4'
Davis 9'
Davies 6'
Campo 8'
Attendance: 33,263
Referee: Mike Riley
2005-08-21 13:30 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 0–1 England Everton Reebok Stadium
Bent 52' Attendance: 25,608
Referee: Alan Wiley
2005-08-24 20:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 2–0 England Newcastle United Reebok Stadium
Diouf 37'
Stelios 50'
Attendance: 25,904
Referee: Steve Tanner
2005-08-27 15:00 FA Premier League West Ham United England 1–2 England Bolton Wanderers Boleyn Ground
Sheringham 90' (pen.) Nolan 59'
Campo 85'
Attendance: 25,904
Referee: Phil Dowd

September[]

Kick off Competition Home team Score Away team Venue
2005-09-11 16:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 0–0 England Blackburn Rovers Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 24,405
Referee: Graham Poll
2005-09-15 20:10 UEFA Cup Bolton Wanderers England 2–1 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv Reebok Stadium
Diouf 72'
Borgetti 90'
Jančevski 28' Attendance: 19,723
Referee: Darko Ceferin
2005-09-18 16:00 FA Premier League Manchester City England 0–1 England Bolton Wanderers City of Manchester Stadium
Speed 90' (pen.) Attendance: 43,137
Referee: Andy D'Urso
2005-09-24 17:15 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 1–0 England Portsmouth Reebok Stadium
Nolan 25' Attendance: 23,134
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
2005-09-29 17:55 UEFA Cup Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria 1–2 England Bolton Wanderers Stadium Lokomotiv
Iliev 51' Tunchev 79' (o.g.)
Nolan 86'
Attendance: 14,000 (2,000 away)
Referee: Jouni Hyytia

October[]

Kick off Competition Home team Score Away team Venue
2005-10-02 13:00 FA Premier League Wigan Athletic England 2–1 England Bolton Wanderers JJB Stadium
Camara 48'
McCulloch 63'
Jaïdi 68' Attendance: 20,553
Referee: Alan Wiley
2005-10-15 15:00 FA Premier League Chelsea England 5–1 England Bolton Wanderers Stamford Bridge
Drogba 52', 61'
Lampard 55', 59'
Guðjohnsen 74'
Stelios 5' Attendance: 41,775
Referee: Rob Styles
2005-10-20 19:45 UEFA Cup Beşiktaş Turkey 1–1 England Bolton Wanderers Inonu Stadium
Aílton 7' Borgetti 29' Attendance: 17,027 (300 away)
Referee: Ruud Bossen
2005-10-23 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 2–0 England West Bromwich Albion Reebok Stadium
Nakata 81'
Nolan 90'
Attendance: 24,151
Referee: Rob Styles
2005-10-26 20:00 Carling Cup Bolton Wanderers England 1–0 England West Ham United Reebok Stadium
Borgetti 64' Attendance: 10,927
Referee: Andre Marriner
2005-10-29 15:00 FA Premier League Charlton Athletic England 0–1 England Bolton Wanderers The Valley
Nolan 72' Attendance: 26,175
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

November[]

Kick off Competition Home team Score Away team Venue
2005-11-03 20:00 UEFA Cup Bolton Wanderers England 1–0 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg Reebok Stadium
Nolan 24' Attendance: 15,905
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
2005-11-07 20:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 1–0 England Tottenham Hotspur Reebok Stadium
Nolan 32' Attendance: 26,634
Referee: Howard Webb
2005-11-24 20:00 UEFA Cup Guimarães Portugal 1–1 England Bolton Wanderers Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Saganowski 86' Vaz Tê 88' Attendance: 20,000 (3,000 away)
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
2005-11-27 14:00 FA Premier League Fulham England 2–1 England Bolton Wanderers Craven Cottage
McBride 4' 18' Legwinski 90+2' Attendance: 19,768
Referee: Graham Poll
2005-11-30 20:00 Carling Cup Bolton Wanderers England 2 – 1 (aet) England Leicester City Reebok Stadium
Borgetti 104'
Vaz Tê 106'
Williams 110' Attendance: 13,067
Referee: Steve Bennett

December[]

Kick off Competition Home team Score Away team Venue
2005-12-03 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 2–0 England Arsenal Reebok Stadium
Faye 20'
Stelios 32'
Attendance: 26,792
Referee: Howard Webb
2005-12-10 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 1–1 England Aston Villa Reebok Stadium
Diouf 82' Ángel 88' Attendance: 23,646
Referee: Phil Dowd
2005-12-14 19:45 UEFA Cup Bolton Wanderers England 1–1 Spain Sevilla Reebok Stadium
Ngotty 65' Adriano 74' Attendance: 15,623
Referee: Michael Weiner
2005-12-17 15:00 FA Premier League Everton England 0–4 England Bolton Wanderers Goodison Park
Davies 32'
Stelios 75', 80'
Speed 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Alan Wiley
2005-12-20 19:45 Carling Cup Wigan Athletic England 2–0 England Bolton Wanderers JJB Stadium
Roberts 40', 45+3' Attendance: 13,401
Referee: Mike Dean
2005-12-26 15:00 FA Premier League Sunderland England 0–0 England Bolton Wanderers Stadium of Light
Attendance: 32,232
Referee: Martin Atkinson
2005-12-31 15:00 FA Premier League Manchester United England 4–1 England Bolton Wanderers Old Trafford
Ngotty 8' (o.g.)
Saha 44'
Ronaldo 68', 90+1'
Speed 33' Attendance: 67,858
Referee: Steve Bennett

January[]

Kick off Competition Home team Score Away team Venue
2006-01-02 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 2–2 England Liverpool Reebok Stadium
Jaïdi 10'
Diouf 71'
Gerrard 67' (pen.)
García 82'
Attendance: 27,604
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
2007-01-07 15:00 FA Cup Watford England 0–3 England Bolton Wanderers Vicarage Road
Borgetti 10'
Stelios 34'
Vaz Tê 73'
Attendance: 13,239
Referee: Uriah Rennie
2006-01-14 17:45 FA Premier League Blackburn Rovers England 0–0 England Bolton Wanderers Ewood Park
Attendance: 18,180
Referee: Mike Riley
2006-01-21 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 2–0 England Manchester City Reebok Stadium
Borgetti 37'
Nolan 41'
Attendance: 26,466
Referee: Rob Styles
2006-01-28 17:40 FA Cup Bolton Wanderers England 1–0 England Arsenal Reebok Stadium
Stelios 84' Attendance: 13,326
Referee: Mike Dean

February[]

Kick off Competition Home team Score Away team Venue
2006-02-01 19:45 FA Premier League Portsmouth England 1–1 England Bolton Wanderers Fratton Park
Karadas 86' Fadiga 69' Attendance: 19,128
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
2006-02-04 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 1–1 England Wigan Athletic Reebok Stadium
Stelios 63' Johansson 77' Attendance: 25,854
Referee: Steve Bennett
2006-02-11 15:00 FA Premier League Arsenal England 1–1 England Bolton Wanderers Highbury Stadium
Gilberto 90+3' Nolan 12' Attendance: 38,193
Referee: Howard Webb
2006-02-15 19:45 UEFA Cup Bolton Wanderers England 0–0 France Marseille Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 19,288
Referee: Olegário Benquerença
2006-02-18 15:00 FA Cup Bolton Wanderers England 0–0 England West Ham United Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 17,120
Referee: Chris Foy
2006-02-23 19:45 UEFA Cup Marseille France 2–1 England Bolton Wanderers Stade Vélodrome
Ribéry 45+2'
Ben Haim 68' (o.g.)
Stelios 25' Referee: Massimo Busacca
2005-02-26 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 2–1 England Fulham Reebok Stadium
Helguson 45+1' (o.g.)
Nolan 68'
Helguson 22' Attendance: 23,104
Referee: Phil Dowd

March[]

Kick off Competition Home team Score Away team Venue
2006-03-04 15:00 FA Premier League Newcastle United England 3–1 England Bolton Wanderers St James' Park
Solano 34'
Shearer 45'
Ameobi 70'
Davies 72' Attendance: 52,012
Referee: Alan Wiley
2006-03-11 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 4–1 England West Ham United Reebok Stadium
Stelios 12', 33'
Speed 45+2'
Pedersen 81'
Sheringham 79' Attendance: 24,461
Referee: Mike Dean
2006-03-15 20:05 FA Cup West Ham United England 2 – 1 (aet) England Bolton Wanderers Boleyn Ground
Jääskeläinen 10' (og)
Harewood 96'
Davies 31' Attendance: 24,685 (400 away)
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
2006-03-18 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 2–0 England Sunderland Reebok Stadium
Davies 47'
Nolan 85'
Attendance: 23,568
Referee: Phil Dowd
2006-03-26 13:30 FA Premier League Middlesbrough England 4–3 England Bolton Wanderers Riverside Stadium
Hasselbaink 8' (pen.), 47'
Viduka 30'
Parnaby 90+2'
Stelios 3'
Okocha 58'
Jaïdi 81'
Attendance: 25,971
Referee: Howard Webb

April[]

Kick off Competition Home team Score Away team Venue
2006-04-01 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 1–2 England Manchester United Reebok Stadium
Davies 26' Saha 33'
Van Nistelrooy 79'
Attendance: 27,718
Referee: Alan Wiley
2006-04-04 19:45 FA Premier League Birmingham City England 1–0 England Bolton Wanderers St Andrew's
Jarošík 37' Attendance: 26,493
Referee: Chris Foy
2006-03-09 14:00 FA Premier League Liverpool England 1–0 England Bolton Wanderers Anfield
Fowler 45+2' Attendance: 44,194
Referee: Rob Styles
2006-04-15 12:45 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 0–2 England Chelsea Reebok Stadium
Terry 44'
Lampard 59'
Attendance: 27,266
Referee: Phil Dowd
2006-04-17 20:00 FA Premier League West Bromwich Albion England 0–0 England Bolton Wanderers The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,181
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
2006-04-22 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 4–1 England Charlton Athletic Reebok Stadium
Vaz Tê 14'
Davies 21', 89'
Borgetti 89'
Bent 76' (pen) Attendance: 24,713
Referee: Uriah Rennie
2006-04-30 16:00 FA Premier League Tottenham Hotspur England 1–0 England Bolton Wanderers White Hart Lane
Lennon 60' Attendance: 36,179
Referee: Alan Wiley

May[]

Kick off Competition Home team Score Away team Venue
2006-05-03 20:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 1–1 England Middlesbrough Reebok Stadium
Vaz Tê 51' Johnson 47' Attendance: 22,733
Referee: Howard Webb
2006-05-07 15:00 FA Premier League Bolton Wanderers England 1–0 England Birmingham City Reebok Stadium
Vaz Tê 65' Attendance: 26,275
Referee: Steve Bennett

Statistics[]

Appearances[]

Bolton used a total of 26 players during the season.

P Player Position PL FAC LC UC Total
1 Finland Jussi Jääskeläinen Goalkeeper 38 0(0) 03 0(0) 02 0(0) 05 0(1) 48 0(0)
2 Israel Tal Ben Haim Defender 33 0(3) 04 0(0) 03 0(0) 07 0(0) 47 0(3)
3 England Kevin Davies Forward 37 0(0) 03 0(0) 02 0(0) 04 0(1) 46 0(1)
4 England Kevin Nolan Midfielder 36 0(1) 03 0(0) 02 0(0) 04 0(3) 45 0(4)
5 Greece Stelios Giannakopoulos Midfielder 29 0(6) 04 0(0) 02 0(0) 06 0(0) 41 0(6)
6 Jamaica Ricardo Gardner Defender/Midfielder 28 0(3) 04 0(0) 03 0(0) 06 0(1) 41 0(4)
7 Wales Gary Speed Midfielder 30 0(2) 02 0(0) 02 0(0) 02 0(3) 36 0(5)
8 France Bruno Ngotty Defender 28 0(2) 02 0(0) 00 0(1) 06 0(1) 36 0(4)
9 Senegal Abdoulaye Faye Defender/Midfielder 23 0(4) 01 0(0) 02 0(0) 07 0(0) 33 0(4)
10 Republic of Ireland Joey O'Brien Defender/Midfielder 22 0(1) 03 0(0) 02 0(0) 06 0(0) 33 0(1)
11 Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha Midfielder 19 0(9) 03 0(0) 01 0(1) 06 0(1) 29 (11)
12 Japan Hidetoshi Nakata Midfielder 15 0(7) 03 0(0) 02 0(0) 05 0(1) 20 0(2)
13 Tunisia Radhi Jaïdi Defender 16 0(1) 02 0(1) 03 0(0) 03 0(0) 19 0(2)
14 Senegal El Hadji Diouf Forward 17 0(4) 00 0(0) 00 0(1) 04 0(2) 19 0(0)
15 Denmark Henrik Pedersen Forward 16 0(6) 00 0(1) 00 0(1) 02 0(1) 18 0(9)
16 England Nicky Hunt Defender 12 0(8) 01 0(1) 01 0(0) 02 0(0) 16 0(9)
17 Mexico Jared Borgetti Forward 05 (15) 02 0(2) 01 0(1) 04 0(3) 12 (21)
18 Senegal Khalilou Fadiga Midfield 05 0(3) 01 0(0) 01 0(1) 02 0(0) 10 0(4)
19 Spain Iván Campo Defender/Midfielder 07 0(7) 01 0(0) 00 0(1) 01 0(0) 09 0(8)
20 Portugal Ricardo Vaz Tê Forward 06 (16) 01 0(3) 01 0(1) 00 0(4) 08 (24)
21 England Ian Walker Goalkeeper 00 0(0) 01 0(0) 01 0(0) 03 0(0) 05 0(0)
22 England Matt Jansen Forward 03 0(3) 00 0(1) 00 0(0) 00 0(0) 03 0(4)
23 France Fabrice Fernandes Midfielder 00 0(1) 00 0(0) 01 0(0) 02 0(1) 03 0(2)
24 France Martin Djetou Defender 01 0(2) 00 0(0) 01 0(1) 00 0(0) 02 0(3)
25 Poland Jarosław Fojut Defender 00 0(1) 00 0(1) 00 0(0) 00 0(0) 00 0(2)
26 England Sam Ashton Goalkeeper 00 0(0) 00 0(1) 00 0(0) 00 0(0) 00 0(1)

Top scorers[]

P Player Position PL FAC LC UC Total
1 Greece Stelios Giannakopoulos Midlfielder 9 2 0 1 12
2 England Kevin Nolan Midfielder 9 0 0 2 11
3 England Kevin Davies Striker 7 1 0 0 8
4 Mexico Jared Borgetti Striker 2 1 2 2 7
5 Portugal Ricardo Vaz Tê Striker 3 1 1 1 6

References[]

  1. ^ "Brown named as new Derby manager". BBC Sport. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Allardyce 'in frame for England'". BBC Sport. 25 April 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Bolton Wanderers - 2005/06".
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