Bolton Wanderers
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- Bolton Wanderers Football Club
- 1874 (age: 139)
- Phil Gartside
- Owen Coyle
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"The Trotters" redirects here. For the family in British comedy Only Fools and Horses, see Only Fools and Horses#Main cast. Bolton Wanderers Badge of Bolton WanderersFull name Bolton Wanderers Football ClubNickname(s) The Trotters, The Wanderers, The Whites, The White MenFounded 1874 (as Christ Church FC)Ground Reebok Stadium,Horwich, Greater ManchesterOwner Eddie DaviesChairman Phil GartsideManager Owen CoyleLeague The Championship2011–12 Premier League, 18th(relegated)Website [http://www. bwfc. co. uk Club home page] File:Kit left arm. svg File:Kit body. svg File:Kit right arm. svg File:Kit shorts. svg File:Kit socks long. svg Home colours File:Kit left arm. svg File:Kit body. svg File:Kit right arm. svg File:Kit shorts. svg File:Kit socks long. svg Away colours Team colours File:Kit body. svg File:Kit right arm. svg File:Kit shorts. svg File:Kit socks long. svg Third colours 33px Current season Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Greater Manchester. Founder members of the Football League, Bolton were a successful cup side in the 1920s, winning the FA Cup three times. The club won the cup a fourth time in 1958. A leaner spell followed, reaching a nadir in 1987 when the club spent a season in the Fourth Division. The club regained top-flight status in 1995 after a 15-year absence. In 2005–06 they participated in European competition for the first time, reaching the last 32 of the UEFA Cup. Bolton qualified for the 2007–08 tournament by finishing 7th in the 2006–07 Premier League season and reached the last 16 of the competition. Bolton Wanderers moved to the Reebok Stadium in 1997. Their former home was Burnden Park, where they played for 102 years. Bolton have spent the highest number of seasons in the top flight without winning the title (the 2011–12 season is their 73rd, non-consecutive year in the top flight). The highest position they have achieved in the top flight is third in the Football League First Division on three occasions (1891–92, 1920–21 and 1924–25). Their latest spell in the Premier League began in 2001 and ended when they were relegated to the Football League Championship on 13 May 2012.
