| Club: | Bolton Wanderers |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Owner: | Football Ventures Ltd (92%), British Business Bank (8%) |
| Chairman: | Sharon Brittan |
| Manager: | Ian Evatt |
| Stadium: | Toughsheet Community Stadium |
| League: | League One |
| League Result: | 9th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Second round |
| Cup3: | EFL Trophy |
| Cup3 Result: | Group Stage |
| Highest Attendance: | 25,957 (vs. Wrexham, 18 August) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 4,131 (vs. Mansfield Town, 13 August) |
| Average Attendance: | 25,957 |
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| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
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 | Undisclosed | [1] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | Dubem Eze | Free | [2] | |||
| 1 July 2024 | Free | [3] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | Free | [4] | ||||
| 2 July 2024 | Ajay Weston | Free | [5] | |||
| 12 July 2024 | Free | [6] | ||||
| 2 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [7] | ||||
| 8 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [8] | ||||
| 9 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [9] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2024 | Luke Hutchinson | End of Season | [12] | |||
| 9 August 2024 | End of season | [13] | ||||
| 9 August 2024 | Ellis Litherland | Short Term | [14] | |||
| 16 August 2024 | Half Season | [15] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2024 | Jack Flint | 1 July 2024 | [16] | |||
| 30 June 2024 |  Eric Yoro | 4 July 2024 | [17] | |||
| 30 June 2024 | [18] | |||||
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On 4 June 2024, the club announced their first set of pre-season fixtures, welcoming Stoke City at home and facing Port Vale away.[19] A third friendly against Middlesbrough, to be played at Bishop Auckland, was added three days later.[20] The first pre-season friendly for the B-Team was announced on June 11, facing Stoke City U21s.[21] On 17 June, another fixture was announced against Chorley.[22] Another B-Team fixture was added on 19 June against Workington.[23] On 20 June, a home friendly against Italian side Fiorentina was added.[24] On 25 June, a behind-closed-doors friendly was added against West Bromwich Albion, to be played at St George's Park.[25] The same day, a fixture against Atherton Collieries was added for the B-Team.[26]
See main article: 2024–25 EFL League One.
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.[27]
See main article: 2024–25 FA Cup.
See main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup.
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Bolton being drawn at home against Mansfield Town.[28] In the second round, Bolton were drawn away to Shrewsbury Town.[29] [30]
See main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy.
In the group stage, Bolton were drawn into Northern Group D alongside Barrow, Fleetwood Town and Aston Villa U21.[31] [32]
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| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | CM | George Thomason | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 |  | CF | Victor Adeboyejo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | CF | Dion Charles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GK | Nathan Baxter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | RB | Jordi Osei-Tutu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 23 |  | LB | Szabolcs Schön | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 45 | CF | John McAtee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||