2005–06 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

Bolton Wanderers
2005–06 season
Chairman	Phil Gartside
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Stadium	Reebok Stadium
FA Premier League	8th
FA Cup	5th round
League Cup	5th round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Stelios Giannakopoulos; Kevin Nolan (9); All: ; Stelios Giannakopoulos (12)
Highest home attendance	27,718 (vs. Manchester United, 1 April 2006)
Lowest home attendance	10,927 (vs. West Ham United, 26 October 2005)
Average home league attendance	25,265
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

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 v t e	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:

^ 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	OMA	Ali Al Habsi
2	DF	ENG	Nicky Hunt
4	MF	ENG	Kevin Nolan (captain from November)
5	DF	FRA	Bruno Ngotty
6	MF	WAL	Gary Speed
7	MF	GRE	Stelios Giannakopoulos
8	MF	ESP	Iván Campo
9	FW	DEN	Henrik Pedersen
10	MF	NGA	Jay-Jay Okocha (captain until November)
11	DF	JAM	Ricardo Gardner
12	GK	ENG	Ian Walker
14	FW	ENG	Kevin Davies
15	DF	TUN	Radhi Jaïdi
16	MF	JPN	Hidetoshi Nakata


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	ENG	Matt Jansen
18	FW	MEX	Jared Borgetti
20	FW	POR	Ricardo Vaz Tê
21	FW	SEN	El Hadji Diouf
22	GK	FIN	Jussi Jääskeläinen
24	MF	IRL	Joey O'Brien
25	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Faye
26	DF	ISR	Tal Ben Haim
32	DF	POL	Jarosław Fojut
33	FW	USA	Johann Smith
39	MF	SEN	Khalilou Fadiga
42	MF	ENG	Robert Sissons
43	GK	ENG	Sam Ashton

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	FRA	Martin Djetou (released)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	FRA	Fabrice Fernandes (released)

Reserve squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	FRA	Bedi Buval
29	MF	ESP	Óscar Pérez
30	GK	ENG	Chris Howarth


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	MF	ENG	James Sinclair
35	MF	AUS	Scott Jamieson

Matches

Results by matchday

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W
Position	8	13	7	5	5	4	4	5	7	7	7	4	5	7	6	5	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	8

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	2–2	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	0–1	Everton	Reebok Stadium
			Bent 52'	Attendance: 25,608 Referee: Alan Wiley

2005-08-24 20:00 FA Premier League	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	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	1–2	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	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	Reebok Stadium
				Attendance: 24,405 Referee: Graham Poll

2005-09-15 20:10 UEFA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	2-1	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	0–1	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	1–0	Portsmouth	Reebok Stadium
	Nolan 25'			Attendance: 23,134 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

2005-09-29 17:55 UEFA Cup	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1-2	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	2–1	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	5-1	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	1-1	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	2-0	West Bromwich Albion	Reebok Stadium
	Nakata 81' Nolan 90'			Attendance: 24,151 Referee: Rob Styles

2005-10-26 20:00 Carling Cup	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	West Ham United	Reebok Stadium
	Borgetti 64'			Attendance: 10,927 Referee: Andre Marriner

2005-10-29 15:00 FA Premier League	Charlton Athletic	0-1	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	1-0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Reebok Stadium
	Nolan 24'			Attendance: 15,905 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

2005-11-07 20:00 FA Premier League	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Reebok Stadium
	Nolan 32'			Attendance: 26,634 Referee: Howard Webb

2005-11-24 20:00 UEFA Cup	Guimarães	1-1	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	2-1	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	2 – 1 (aet)	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	2-0	Arsenal	Reebok Stadium
	Faye 20' Stelios 32'			Attendance: 26,792 Referee: Howard Webb

2005-12-10 15:00 FA Premier League	Bolton Wanderers	1-1	Aston Villa	Reebok Stadium
	Diouf 82'		Ángel 88'	Attendance: 23,646 Referee: Phil Dowd

2005-12-14 19:45 UEFA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	1-1	Sevilla	Reebok Stadium
	Ngotty 65'		Adriano 74'	Attendance: 15,623 Referee: Michael Weiner

2005-12-17 15:00 FA Premier League	Everton	0-4	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	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	JJB Stadium
	Roberts 40', 45+3'			Attendance: 13,401 Referee: Mike Dean

2005-12-26 15:00 FA Premier League	Sunderland	0-0	Bolton Wanderers	Stadium of Light
				Attendance: 32,232 Referee: Martin Atkinson

2005-12-31 15:00 FA Premier League	Manchester United	4-1	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	2–2	Liverpool	Reebok Stadium
	Jaïdi 10' Diouf 71'		Gerrard 67' (pen.) García 82'	Attendance: 27,604 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

2006-01-07 15:00 FA Cup	Watford	0–3	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	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	Ewood Park
				Attendance: 18,180 Referee: Mike Riley

2006-01-21 15:00 FA Premier League	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Manchester City	Reebok Stadium
	Borgetti 37' Nolan 41'			Attendance: 26,466 Referee: Rob Styles

2006-01-28 17:40 FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	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	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Fratton Park
	Karadas 86'		Fadiga 69'	Attendance: 19,128 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

2006-02-04 15:00 FA Premier League	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Reebok Stadium
	Stelios 63'		Johansson 77'	Attendance: 25,854 Referee: Steve Bennett

2006-02-11 15:00 FA Premier League	Arsenal	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Highbury Stadium
	Gilberto 90+3'		Nolan 12'	Attendance: 38,193 Referee: Howard Webb

2006-02-15 19:45 UEFA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Marseille	Reebok Stadium
				Attendance: 19,288 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

2006-02-18 15:00 FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	West Ham United	Reebok Stadium
				Attendance: 17,120 Referee: Chris Foy

2006-02-23 19:45 UEFA Cup	Marseille	2–1	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	2–1	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	3–1	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	4–1	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	2 – 1 (aet)	Bolton Wanderers	Boleyn Ground
	Jääskeläinen 10' (o.g.) Harewood 96'		Davies 31'	Attendance: 24,685 (400 away) Referee: Mark Clattenburg

2006-03-18 15:00 FA Premier League	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Sunderland	Reebok Stadium
	Davies 47' Nolan 85'			Attendance: 23,568 Referee: Phil Dowd

2006-03-26 13:30 FA Premier League	Middlesbrough	4–3	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	1–2	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	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	St Andrew's
	Jarošík 37'			Attendance: 26,493 Referee: Chris Foy

2006-03-09 14:00 FA Premier League	Liverpool	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Anfield
	Fowler 45+2'			Attendance: 44,194 Referee: Rob Styles

2006-04-15 12:45 FA Premier League	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Chelsea	Reebok Stadium
			Terry 44' Lampard 59'	Attendance: 27,266 Referee: Phil Dowd

2006-04-17 20:00 FA Premier League	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	The Hawthorns
				Attendance: 23,181 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

2006-04-22 15:00 FA Premier League	Bolton Wanderers	4–1	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	1–0	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	1–1	Middlesbrough	Reebok Stadium
	Vaz Tê 51'		Johnson 47'	Attendance: 22,733 Referee: Howard Webb

2006-05-07 15:00 FA Premier League	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	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	Jussi Jääskeläinen	Goalkeeper	38 (0)	3 (0)	2 (0)	5 (1)	48 (0)
2	Tal Ben Haim	Defender	33 (3)	4 (0)	3 (0)	7 (0)	47 (3)
3	Kevin Davies	Forward	37 (0)	3 (0)	2 (0)	4 (1)	46 (1)
4	Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	36 (1)	3 (0)	2 (0)	4 (3)	45 (4)
5	Stelios Giannakopoulos	Midfielder	29 (6)	4 (0)	2 (0)	6 (0)	41 (6)
6	Ricardo Gardner	Defender/Midfielder	28 (3)	4 (0)	3 (0)	6 (1)	41 (4)
7	Gary Speed	Midfielder	30 (2)	2 (0)	2 (0)	2 (3)	36 (5)
8	Bruno Ngotty	Defender	28 (2)	2 (0)	0 (1)	6 (1)	36 (4)
9	Abdoulaye Faye	Defender/Midfielder	23 (4)	1 (0)	2 (0)	7 (0)	33 (4)
10	Joey O'Brien	Defender/Midfielder	22 (1)	3 (0)	2 (0)	6 (0)	33 (1)
11	Jay-Jay Okocha	Midfielder	19 (9)	3 (0)	1 (1)	6 (1)	29 (11)
12	Hidetoshi Nakata	Midfielder	15 (7)	3 (0)	2 (0)	5 (1)	20 (2)
13	Radhi Jaïdi	Defender	16 (1)	2 (1)	3 (0)	3 (0)	19 (2)
14	El Hadji Diouf	Forward	17 (4)	0 (0)	0 (1)	4 (2)	19 (0)
15	Henrik Pedersen	Forward	16 (6)	0 (1)	0 (1)	2 (1)	18 (9)
16	Nicky Hunt	Defender	12 (8)	1 (1)	1 (0)	2 (0)	16 (9)
17	Jared Borgetti	Forward	5 (15)	2 (2)	1 (1)	4 (3)	12 (21)
18	Khalilou Fadiga	Midfield	5 (3)	1 (0)	1 (1)	2 (0)	10 (4)
19	Iván Campo	Defender/Midfielder	7 (7)	1 (0)	0 (1)	1 (0)	9 (8)
20	Ricardo Vaz Tê	Forward	6 (16)	1 (3)	1 (1)	0 (4)	8 (24)
21	Ian Walker	Goalkeeper	0 (0)	1 (0)	1 (0)	3 (0)	5 (0)
22	Matt Jansen	Forward	3 (3)	0 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	3 (4)
23	Fabrice Fernandes	Midfielder	0 (1)	0 (0)	1 (0)	2 (1)	3 (2)
24	Martin Djetou	Defender	1 (2)	0 (0)	1 (1)	0 (0)	2 (3)
25	Jarosław Fojut	Defender	0 (1)	0 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (2)
26	Sam Ashton	Goalkeeper	0 (0)	0 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (1)