| 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: | 7th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First round |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Third round |
| Cup3: | EFL Trophy |
| Cup3 Result: | Round of 32 |
| League Topscorer: | Dion Charles (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Dion Charles (8) |
| Highest Attendance: | 25,957 (vs. Wrexham, 18 August) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,607 (vs. Fleetwood Town, 12 November) |
| Average Attendance: | 21,362 |
| Largest Win: | 5–2 (vs. Reading, 21 September) 1–4 (vs. Stevenage, 29 October) |
| Largest Loss: | 0–5 (vs. Stockport County, 9 November) |
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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.
See main article: Bolton Wanderers F.C. Reserves and Academy.
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2024 | Undisclosed | [3] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | Dubem Eze | Free | [4] | |||
| 1 July 2024 | Free | [5] | ||||
| 1 July 2024 | Free | [6] | ||||
| 2 July 2024 | Ajay Weston | Free | [7] | |||
| 12 July 2024 | Free | [8] | ||||
| 2 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [9] | ||||
| 8 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [10] | ||||
| 9 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [11] | ||||
| 2 September 2024 |  Mark Isong | Undisclosed | [12] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2024 | Wes Frimpong | Training Fee | [13] | |||
| 30 August 2024 | Undisclosed | [14] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2024 | Luke Hutchinson | 4 October 2024 | [16] [17] | |||
| 5 August 2024 | Charlie Hayes-Green | 26 November 2024 | [18] [19] [20] | |||
| 9 August 2024 | End of Season | [21] | ||||
| 9 August 2024 | Ellis Litherland | 12 October 2024 | [22] | |||
| 16 August 2024 | Half Season | [23] | ||||
| 23 August 2024 | End of Season | [24] | ||||
| 23 August 2024 | Yestin Shakespear | 3 months | [25] | |||
| 30 August 2024 | End of Season | [26] | ||||
| 7 September 2024 |  Trevon Bryan | November | [27] [28] | |||
| 13 September 2024 | Ben Andreucci | 1 January 2025 | [29] | |||
| 20 September 2024 | Joseph O'Toole | 9 November 2024 | [30] [31] | |||
| 11 October 2024 | Dubem Eze | January 2025 | [32] [33] | |||
| 26 October 2024 | Noah Halford | 1 month | [34] | |||
| 16 November 2024 | Sean Hogan | Short Term | [35] | |||
| 28 November 2024 | Noah Halford | 6 January 2025 | [36] | |||
| 28 November 2024 | Charlie Hayes-Green | 6 January 2025 |
| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2024 | Jack Flint | 1 July 2024 | [37] | |||
| 30 June 2024 | Eric Yoro | 4 July 2024 | [38] | |||
| 30 June 2024 | 1 August 2024 | [39] | ||||
| 30 June 2024 | 8 August 2024 | [40] | ||||
| 30 June 2024 | Gio Loureiro | 20 August 2024 | [41] | |||
| 30 June 2024 | 25 October 2024 | [42] [43] | ||||
| 30 June 2024 | 12 November 2024 | [44] | ||||
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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.[45] A third friendly against Middlesbrough, to be played at Bishop Auckland, was added three days later.[46] The first pre-season friendly for the B-Team was announced on June 11, facing Stoke City U21s.[47] On 17 June, another fixture was announced against Chorley.[48] Another B-Team fixture was added on 19 June against Workington.[49] On 20 June, a home friendly against Italian side Fiorentina was added.[50] On 25 June, a behind-closed-doors friendly was added against West Bromwich Albion, to be played at St George's Park.[51] The same day, a fixture against Atherton Collieries was added for the B-Team.[52]
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.[53]
See main article: 2024–25 FA Cup. On 14 October, the draw for the first round was made, with Bolton being drawn away to Walsall.[54]
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.[55] In the second round, Bolton were drawn away to Shrewsbury Town.[56] [57] In the third round, Bolton were again drawn away to Premier League side Arsenal.[58] [59]
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.[60] [61] In the Round of 32, Bolton were drawn at home to Huddersfield Town.[62] [63]
|-|colspan="14"|Players who featured but departed on loan during the season:|-|colspan="14"|Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:|}
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | CF | Dion Charles | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 19 | CF | Aaron Collins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 45 | CF | John McAtee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4= | 9 |  | CF | Victor Adeboyejo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 22 | CM | Kyle Dempsey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 6 | 4 | CM | George Thomason | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 8 | CM | Josh Sheehan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8= | 5 | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 14 | RB | Jordi Osei-Tutu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 17 | AM | Klaidi Lolos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 18 | CB | Eoin Toal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 23 |  | LB | Szabolcs Schön | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 27 | LB | Randell Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 39 | |||||
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | | LB | Szabolcs Schön | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 6 | CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3= | 4 | CM | George Thomason | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | CM | Jay Matete | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 5 | CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6= | 1 | GK | Nathan Baxter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | CM | Josh Sheehan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | CF | Aaron Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 27 | LB | Randell Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10= | 9 | | CF | Victor Adeboyejo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | RB | Josh Dacres-Cogley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | RB | Jordi Osei-Tutu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | CM | Kyle Dempsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 45 | CF | John McAtee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15= | 2 |  | CB | Gethin Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | CB | Will Forrester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | AM | Klaidi Lolos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | CB | Eoin Toal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | GK | Luke Southwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 37 |  | AM | Scott Arfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | |||||