Bolton Wanderers F.C. Player of the Year explained

The Bolton Wanderers F.C. Player of the Year is an award presented to the Bolton Wanderers fans' player of the season.

The first winner of the award was Simon Charlton in 2002. Since then, fourteen more players have won the award with one player, Kevin Davies, winning the award three times and another, Tim Ream, winning it twice. Davies was the only player to retain the trophy, winning it in 2008 and 2009 until Ream retained it himself in 2014 and 2015.

Voting takes place towards the end of each season, usually in April, and is open to anyone. Fans can click on a link on the Bolton Wanderers website.

Winners

Players in bold are still playing for Bolton Wanderers.

Season	Name	Nationality	Position	Notes	Ref(s)
2001–02					^[1]
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05				First winner from mainland Europe
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08				First player to win the award twice
2008–09				First player to retain the award
2009–10
2010–11				First winner from North America
2011–12
2012–13				First on loan player to win award
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16				First player to come through the youth team to win award	^[2]
2016–17					^[3]
2017–18					^[4]
2018–19					^[5]
2019–20	N/A	N/A	N/A
2020–21	Ricardo Santos				^[6]
2021–22	Oladapo Afolayan				^[7] |-!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2022–23|Conor Bradley|||| || ||^[8] |-!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2023–24|Josh Sheehan|||| || ||^[9] |-|} Wins by player Winner Total wins Year(s) Kevin Davies 3 2004, 2008, 2009 Tim Ream 2 2014, 2015 Simon Charlton 1 2002 Jay-Jay Okocha 1 2003 Bruno Ngotty 1 2005 Ricardo Gardner 1 2006 Jussi Jääskeläinen 1 2007 Lee Chung-yong 1 2010 Stuart Holden 1 2011 Ádám Bogdán 1 2012 Jay Spearing 1 2013 Rob Holding 1 2016 David Wheater 1 2017 Ben Alnwick 1 2018 Gary O'Neil 1 2019 Ricardo Santos 1 2021 Oladapo Afolayan 1 2022 Conor Bradley 1 2023 Josh Sheehan 1 2024 Wins by playing position Position Number of wins Goalkeeper 3 Defender 8 Midfielder 8 Forward 3 Wins by nationality Nationality Number of winners 10 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 References

Notes and References

1. News: Official . BWFC . Voting now open for Player of the Year award . bwfc.co.uk . Bolton Wanderers . 21 April 2016 . 15 May 2016 .
2. News: Official . BWFC . Rob Holding wins Player of the Year for 2015/16 . bwfc.co.uk . Bolton Wanderers . 29 April 2016 . 15 May 2016 . 20 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075449/http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/rob-holding-wins-player-of-the-year-for-201516-3084799.aspx . dead .
3. Web site: End of Season Awards Dinner - The Winners.
4. Web site: Ben Alnwick named Bolton Wanderers' 2017/18 Player of the Year . Bolton Wanderers F.C. . 24 September 2019 . 4 May 2018.
5. Web site: Gary O'Neil named as Wanderers' 2018/19 Player of the Year. 3 May 2019. 3 May 2019. Bolton Wanderers FC.
6. https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2021/may/ricardo-almeida-santos-named-as-bolton-wanderers-202021-player-of-the-year/ Bolton Wanderers: "Ricardo Almeida Santos Named As Bolton Wanderers’ 2020/21 Player Of The Year"
7. https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2022/may/afolayan-named-player-of-the-year/ BWFC: "Afolayan Named Player of the Year"
8. https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2023/april/bradley-is-season-star/BWFC: "Bradley is season star"
9. https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/double-delight-sheehan/,BWFC: "Double Delight For Sheehan"