2009–10 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

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Bolton Wanderers
2009–10 season
Chairman Phil Gartside
Manager Gary Megson
(until 30 December 2009)
Chris Evans and
Steve Wigley
(caretakers from 30 December to 8 January)
Owen Coyle
(from 8 January)
Stadium Reebok Stadium
Premier League 14th
League Cup 4th Round
FA Cup 5th Round
Top goalscorer League:
Matthew Taylor
Ivan Klasnić (8)
All:
Kevin Davies (9)
Highest home attendance 25,370 v Manchester United, 27 March 2010
Lowest home attendance 08,050 v West Ham United, 22 September 2009
Average home league attendance 20,125
Home colours
Away colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Bolton Wanderers 11th season in the Premier League, and their ninth consecutive season in the top division of English football and covers the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010. Bolton Wanderers failed to win the Premier League 2009–10 title, making it the 71st time that they have competed at the top level without winning the title, the most of any club.

The team kit for the 2009–10 season was produced by Reebok who were replaced as shirt sponsor by 188BET after nineteen years. Reebok still held naming rights to the stadium. To reflect the change in sponsor the home kit was changed to an all-white body with black vertical lines nearer the bottom. The away kit was the same as the home but blue, whilst the 188bet logo was white.

Pre-season

Bolton confirmed that they would not be taking up the option of signing Ebi Smolarek, Sébastien Puygrenier or Ariza Makukula after the end of the previous season and they all returned to their parent clubs.[1]

Bolton announced on 6 May 2009 that long serving goalkeeper Jussi Jääskeläinen had been granted a testimonal against Hibs at the Reebok Stadium on 8 August.[2] This was later followed by an announcement that the club would play Hibs' neighbours Hearts at Tynecastle four days earlier.[3] On 12 June the club published its full set of pre-season fixtures which included a three-game tour of Germany and the Netherlands where the team met Borussia Mönchengladbach, Den Bosch and FC Eindhoven. Local fixtures were organised against Leigh Genesis, Altrincham, Fleetwood Town and Chorley.[4]

The first team finished pre-season unbeaten, drawing all their games with the exception of Den Bosch, which they won 2–1, with Sam Ricketts and Kevin Davies scoring. The younger players didn't do as well, the game against Leigh Genesis, where the new away kit was revealed, being their only victory.

Full season

Bolton's Premier League season did not get off to the best of starts, a 0–1 home defeat to Sunderland[5] being followed by a similar reverse away to Hull City[6] This immediately put pressure on manager Gary Megson with some fans chanting for his resignation during Bolton's 1–0 League Cup victory at Tranmere Rovers three days later.[7] Bolton went into the international break on the back of a 2–3 reverse to Liverpool, Sean Davis being sent off with Bolton leading 2–1.[8] This would prove to be Davis' last game of the season after an operation on his articular cartilage.[9]

The international break appeared to do the team some good as they went on a five-game unbeaten run, lasting until the next international break. A last minute Gary Cahill goal saw Portsmouth in a 3–2 victory at Fratton Park[10] and a week later another last minute goal, this time a penalty converted by Matt Taylor, salvaged a point at home to Stoke City.[11] Another late goal, this time from captain Kevin Davies took Bolton's third round League Cup tie against West Ham United into extra time, from which Bolton prevailed 3–1,[12] and yet another late goal, this time from Lee Chung-Yong gave Bolton a 2–1 victory at Birmingham City, pushing Bolton up to thirteenth place.[13] The team returned from the fortnight's break to suffer a narrow defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford, Matt Taylor scoring in a 2–1 defeat, which saw Zat Knight score an own goal,[14] but bounced back a week later to defeat Everton 3–2 at The Reebok, Ivan Klasnić scoring the winner, his first goal for the club, after having been knocked unconscious minutes earlier.[15] This, however, was Bolton's last win for seven games as they went on a run that included two successive 4–0 defeats to Chelsea, the first away in the League Cup,[16] the second at home three days later with Zat Knight scoring another own goal.[17] A 5–1 defeat at Aston Villa followed[18] before a 0–2 home defeat to local rivals Blackburn Rovers, who had not managed to collect an away point all season before the game and whose manager, the former Bolton manager Sam Allardyce, was incapacitated due to an impending heart operation.[19] This run off defeats was arrested by a 1–1 draw at Fulham[20] but a 2–1 loss to fellow strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers[21] led to renewed pressure on the manager and calls for him to be replaced.[22]

This, however, was the team's last defeat of the calendar year, a 3–3 draw at home against big spending Manchester City[23] being followed with a 3–1 home victory against West Ham United, which again lifted Bolton out of the relegation places.[24] A chance to move further away from the bottom three was curtailed by the postponement of the last game before Christmas at Wigan Athletic.[25] The Christmas programme started with a 1–1 draw at Lancashire rivals Burnley, managed by Bolton's former striker Owen Coyle,[26] before former Bolton player and assistant manager Phil Brown brought his Hull City team to the Reebok. The game ended in a 2–2 draw after Bolton had led 2–0, the home fans loudly booing the decision to replace goalscorer Ivan Klasnić with Gavin McCann while leading 2–1.[27] The following morning it was announced that manager Gary Megson had been relieved of his duties, with assistant manager Chris Evans and head coach Steve Wigley put in temporary charge.[28]

Various names were mentioned when it came to replacing Megson, who called his dismissal "galling",[29] with ex Bolton players Peter Reid and Gary Speed mentioned as manager and assistant to Alan Shearer respectively, as well as Darren Ferguson and Alan Curbishley. Two people who ruled themselves out of the running were Mark Hughes and Owen Coyle.[30] In the meantime, the club safely came through its FA Cup third round tie at home to Lincoln City, winning 4–0.[31] However, despite earlier seeming to rule himself out of the job, Coyle quickly became the favourite to take the job and within three days of the FA Cup game, Burnley confirmed that their manager wanted to leave and join his former club.[32] On 8 January 2010 it was announced that, after the clubs had agreed compensation, Owen Coyle had been appointed manager of Bolton Wanderers on a two and a half year deal.[33] With Bolton's weekend game at Sunderland being postponed due to the weather,[34] this meant that Coyle's first two games were due to be against Arsenal, home and away, losing the first 2–0[35] and the return 4–2.[36] On Coyle's appointment both Wigley and reserve team coach Alan Cork left the club on 10 January,[37] with Evans following them out of the club two days later.[38]

Coyle's first win in charge came in the FA Cup Fourth Round with a 2–0 defeat of Sheffield United[39] and his first win in the Premier League was a 1–0 defeat of his former club Burnley,[40] during which he was subjected to abuse from the away fans.[41] January finished with a 2–0 away defeat at Liverpool.[42] The January transfer window saw Bolton loan Vladimir Weiss from Manchester City[43] and Jack Wilshere from Arsenal[44] as well as bringing in USA international Stuart Holden[43] on a free transfer, all until the end of the season, while the club loaned out Nicky Hunt to Derby County,[45] Tope Obadeyi to Rochdale[46] and Mark Connolly to St Johnstone,[47] all again until the end of the season, whilst Ricardo Vaz Tê refused a loan deal to Hamilton Academical.[48]

February started with a 0–0 draw at home to Fulham[49] after which it was confirmed that Gary Cahill had suffered a blood clot in his arm and could be out for the rest of the season.[50] However, Cahill returned to the side in mid-March.[51] In Cahill's abscene the team did not win a game until the end of February, going down 2–0 at Manchester City[52] and 3–0 at Blackburn Rovers[53] while drawing 0–0 at Wigan Athletic.[54] They were also knocked out of the FA Cup by Tottenham Hotspur when, after a 1–1 draw at the Reebok,[55] Spurs won the replay 4–0.[56] Bolton recorded their first win in a month on 27 February with a 1–0 win over Wolves, Zat Knight scoring his first goal for the club.[57] March began with Bolton securing a second successive win for the first and only time in the season, winning at West Ham 2–1,[58] before the run immediately came to an end with a 4–0 reversal at Sunderland.[59] Bolton then beat Wigan by the same score[60] with Fabrice Muamba scoring his first goal for the club. Bolton then went on another poor run with four successive defeats to Everton,[61] Manchester United,[62] Aston Villa[63] and Chelsea,[64] failing to score in the process. This lasted until the 85th minute of the following game at Stoke City before Matty Taylor scored two quick goals in a 2–1 win.[65] A point from the next game against already relegated Portsmouth all but ensured Bolton's participation in the following season's top flight[66] and although they lost to Spurs the following week[67] results in other games made sure. Bolton finished the season with a 2–1 home win against Birmingham City.[68]

After the final game of the season, it was announced that Lee Chung-Yong has been awarded the clubs Player of the Year as well as the Player's Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.[69] The following day, when the club released the names of those that would be leaving the club, the two highest profile names were Ricardo Vaz Tê, who had been at the club since 2003 and Zoltán Harsányi who had been there for three years.[70]

Pre-season

Premier League

Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
12 Fulham 38 12 10 16 39 46 −7 46
13 Sunderland 38 11 11 16 48 56 −8 44
14 Bolton Wanderers 38 10 9 19 42 67 −25 39
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 9 11 18 32 56 −24 38
16 Wigan Athletic 38 9 9 20 37 79 −42 36

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
1 GK Hungary Ádám Bogdán 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF England Nicky Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Trinidad and Tobago Jlloyd Samuel 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 4 1
4 DF England Paul Robinson 25 0 2 0 0 0 27 0 7 0
5 DF England Gary Cahill 29 5 2 1 3 1 34 7 3 0
6 MF England Fabrice Muamba 36 1 4 0 3 0 43 1 11 0
7 MF England Matthew Taylor 37 8 3 0 3 0 43 8 3 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland Joey O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Sweden Johan Elmander 25 3 4 1 3 1 32 5 2 0
10 MF Netherlands Riga Mustapha 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
11 MF Jamaica Ricardo Gardner 20 2 3 0 1 0 24 2 1 0
12 DF England Zat Knight 35 1 3 0 3 0 41 1 2 0
14 FW England Kevin Davies 37 7 3 1 2 1 42 9 10 0
15 DF Iceland Grétar Steinsson 27 0 3 1 1 0 31 1 4 1
16 MF England Mark Davies 17 0 2 1 2 1 21 2 0 0
17 FW Croatia Ivan Klasnić 27 8 3 0 2 0 32 8 4 0
18 DF Wales Sam Ricketts 27 0 3 0 3 0 33 0 3 0
19 MF England Gavin McCann 11 0 0 0 2 0 13 0 4 0
20 FW Portugal Ricardo Vaz Tê 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Israel Tamir Cohen 27 3 4 0 1 0 32 3 7 0
22 GK Finland Jussi Jääskeläinen 38 0 3 0 2 0 43 0 3 0
23 MF England Sean Davis 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 3 0
24 DF Nigeria Danny Shittu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF United States Stuart Holden 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
26 GK Oman Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
27 MF South Korea Lee Chung-Yong 34 4 4 1 2 0 40 5 4 0
29 FW Slovakia Zoltán Harsányi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF England Chris Basham 8 0 1 0 1 0 10 0 0 0
31 DF Republic of Ireland Andy O'Brien 6 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
32 MF England Jack Wilshere 14 1 0 0 0 0 14 1 3 0
33 FW England Danny Ward 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
35 FW England Tope Obadeyi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0
– – Own goals – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1

Statistics accurate as of match played 9 May 2010

Technical staff

Name Role
England Gary Megson Team manager (until 30 December)
Scotland Owen Coyle Team manager (from 8 January)
Wales Chris Evans Assistant manager / Performance Director (until 12 January)
Joint caretaker manager (30 December – 8 January)
Scotland Sandy Stewart Assistant manager (from 15 January)
England Steve Wigley First team coach (until 10 January)
Joint caretaker manager (30 December – 8 January)
England Steve Davis First team coach (from 15 January)
England Alan Cork Reserve team coach (until 10 January)
England Fred Barber Goalkeeping coach
Name Role
Northern Ireland Phil Hughes Goalkeeping coach (from 15 January)
Wales Neil Edwards Assistant Goalkeeping coach
England Jimmy Phillips Academy Director
England Adie Stovell Fitness coach
England Nick Worth Head physiotherapist (until 17 May)
England Steve Foster Physiotherapist
England Paul Lake Physiotherapist
England Colin Harvey Chief scout
England Clive Richards Scout

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
1 July 2009 MF England Sean Davis England Portsmouth Free[71]
25 July 2009 DF England Zat Knight England Aston Villa Undisclosed[72]
25 July 2009 MF Wales Sam Ricketts England Hull City Undisclosed[72]
14 August 2009 MF South Korea Lee Chung-Yong South Korea FC Seoul £2.2million[73]
26 January 2010 FW United States Stuart Holden United States Houston Dynamo Free[74]
29 January 2010 DF England Paul Robinson England West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed[75]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
1 July 2009 MF Switzerland Blerim Džemaili Italy Torino Undisclosed[76]
1 July 2009 FW England Nathan Woolfe Released Free[77]
1 July 2009 MF England Robert Sissons Released Free[77]
1 July 2009 FW England James Sinclair England Gateshead Free[77]

Loan in

Date from Date to Pos. Name From
12 July 2009 29 January 2010 DF England Paul Robinson England West Bromwich Albion
1 September 2009 30 June 2010 FW Croatia Ivan Klasnić France Nantes
25 January 2010 30 June 2010 MF Slovakia Vladimír Weiss England Manchester City
29 January 2010 30 June 2010 MF England Jack Wilshere England Arsenal

Loan out

Date from Date to Pos. Name To
14 August 2009 17 November 2009 FW England Tope Obadeyi England Swindon Town
28 September 2009 28 October 2009 GK Hungary Ádám Bogdán England Crewe Alexandra
26 November 2009 30 June 2010 FW England Danny Ward England Swindon Town
7 January 2010 30 June 2010 DF England Nicky Hunt England Derby County
30 January 2010 30 June 2010 FW England Tope Obadeyi England Rochdale
1 February 2010 30 June 2010 DF Republic of Ireland Mark Connolly Scotland St Johnstone

References

  1. ↑ Man City 1–0 Bolton BBC Sport, 24 May 2009, Retrieved on 29 May 2009
  2. ↑ Jussi Granted Testimonial www.bwfc.com, 6 May 2009, Retrieved on 29 May 2009
  3. ↑ Wanderers Confirm Hearts Friendly www.bwfc.com, 1 June 2009, Retrieved on 2 June 2009
  4. ↑ Wanderers Pre-Season Dates Confirmed www.bwfc.com, June 12, 2009, Retrieved on 14 June 2009
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