List of Bolton Wanderers F.C. seasons
The Season Record
Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 74 Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 33 Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 12 Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 1

List of Bolton Wanderers F.C. seasons

Section Title: The Season Record
Table Section Text: Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 74 Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 33 Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 12 Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 1

Season	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe / Other	Top goalscorer(s)

Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Name	Goals

1881–82	R2	Bob Struthers	2

1882–83	R3	Bob Struthers	7

1883–84	R4	R. Steel	6

1884–85	DNE	Unknown

1885–86	R3	L. Fallon	2

1886–87	R3	Kenny Davenport Hewitson Bob Struthers	3

1887–88	R2	James Brogan Bob Roberts	2

1888–89	FL	22	10	2	10	63	59	22	5th	DNE	James Brogan	13

1889–90	22	9	1	12	54	65	19	9th	SF	Davie Weir	21

1890–91	22	12	1	9	47	34	25	5th	R1	John McNee James Cassidy	9

1891–92	26	17	2	7	51	37	36	3rd	R1	James Cassidy	18

1892–93	Div 1	30	13	6	11	57	55	32	5th	R1	James Cassidy James Dickenson	9

1893–94	30	10	4	16	38	52	24	13th	R/U	James Cassidy	15

1894–95	30	9	7	14	61	62	25	10th	R3	C. Henderson	14

1895–96	30	16	5	9	49	37	37	4th	SF	Willie Joyce	12

1896–97	30	12	6	12	40	43	30	8th	R2	Bob Jack	11

1897–98	30	11	4	15	28	41	26	11th	R3	James Cassidy	8

1898–99	34	9	7	18	37	51	25	17th	R1	Albert Gilligan Hughie Morgan	6

1899–00	Div 2	34	22	8	4	79	25	52	2nd	R1	Laurie Bell	23

1900–01	Div 1	34	13	7	14	39	55	33	10th	R2	Laurie Bell	9

1901–02	34	12	8	14	51	56	32	12th	R2	Tom Barlow	10

1902–03	34	8	3	23	37	73	19	18th	R1	Sam Marsh	9

1903–04	Div 2	34	12	10	12	59	41	34	7th	R/U	Sam Marsh	21

1904–05	34	27	2	5	87	32	56	2nd	R3	Sam Marsh	27

1905–06	Div 1	38	17	7	14	81	67	41	6th	R1	Albert Shepherd	26

1906–07	38	18	8	12	59	47	44	6th	R3	Albert Shepherd	19

1907–08	38	14	5	19	52	58	33	19th	R3	Albert Shepherd	25

1908–09	Div 2	38	24	4	10	59	28	52	1st	R1	Billy Hughes	16

1909–10	Div 1	38	9	6	23	44	71	24	20th	R1	Billy Hughes	12

1910–11	Div 2	38	21	9	8	69	40	51	2nd	R1	Billy Hughes	21

1911–12	Div 1	38	20	3	15	54	43	43	4th	R3	Joe Smith	24

1912–13	38	16	10	12	62	63	42	8th	R1	Joe Smith	22

1913–14	38	16	10	12	65	52	42	6th	R3	George Lillycrop	25

1914–15	38	11	8	19	68	84	30	17th	SF	Joe Smith	36

No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I

1919–20	Div 1	42	19	9	14	72	65	47	6th	R1	Frank Roberts	26

1920–21	42	19	14	9	77	53	52	3rd	R1	Joe Smith	38

1921–22	42	20	7	15	68	59	47	6th	R2	David Jack	24

1922–23	42	14	12	16	50	58	40	13th	W	Joe Smith	19

1923–24	42	18	14	10	68	34	50	4th	R2	David Jack	27

1924–25	42	22	11	9	76	34	55	3rd	R2	David Jack	27

1925–26	42	17	10	15	78	76	44	8th	W	Joe Smith	21

1926–27	42	19	10	13	84	62	48	4th	R5	David Jack John Smith	17

1927–28	42	16	11	15	81	66	43	7th	R4	David Jack	24

1928–29	42	14	12	16	73	80	40	14th	W	Harold Blackmore	37

1929–30	42	15	9	18	74	74	39	15th	R3	Harold Blackmore	30

1930–31	42	15	9	18	68	81	39	14th	R4	Harold Blackmore	30

1931–32	42	17	4	21	72	80	38	17th	R3	Jack Milsom	19

1932–33	42	12	9	21	78	92	33	21st	R5	Jack Milsom	27

1933–34	Div 2	42	21	9	12	79	55	51	3rd	QF	Jack Milsom	27

1934–35	42	26	4	12	96	48	56	2nd	SF	Jack Milson	35

1935–36	Div 1	42	14	13	15	67	78	41	13th	R3	Jack Milson	20

1936–37	42	10	14	18	43	66	34	20th	R5	Jack Milson	14

1937–38	42	15	15	12	64	60	45	7th	R3	Ray Westwood	23

1938–39	42	15	15	12	67	58	45	8th	R3	George Hunt	23

1939–40	3	2	0	1	6	5	4	5th	N/A	N/A

No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II

1945–46	N/A	SF	Ray Westwood	8

1946–47	Div 1	42	13	8	21	57	69	34	18th	R4	Nat Lofthouse	21

1947–48	42	16	5	21	46	58	37	17th	R3	Nat Lofthouse	18

1948–49	42	14	10	18	59	68	38	14th	R3	Willie Moir	25

1949–50	42	10	14	18	45	59	34	16th	R4	Nat Lofthouse	13

1950–51	42	19	7	16	64	61	45	8th	R4	Nat Lofthouse	22

1951–52	42	19	10	13	65	61	48	5th	R3	Nat Lofthouse	18

1952–53	42	15	9	18	61	69	39	14th	R/U	Nat Lofthouse	30

1953–54	42	18	12	12	75	60	48	5th	QF	Willie Moir	25

1954–55	42	13	13	16	62	69	39	18th	R4	Nat Lofthouse	15

1955–56	42	18	7	17	71	58	43	8th	R4	Nat Lofthouse	33

1956–57	42	16	12	14	65	65	44	9th	R3	Nat Lofthouse	28

1957–58	42	14	10	18	65	87	38	15th	W	Nat Lofthouse	20

1958–59	42	20	10	12	79	66	50	4th	QF	FA Charity Shield	W	Nat Lofthouse	35

1959–60	42	20	8	14	59	51	48	6th	R4	Dennis Stevens Ray Parry	15

1960–61	42	12	11	19	58	73	35	18th	R4	R4	Billy McAdams	21

1961–62	42	16	10	16	62	66	42	11th	R3	R1	Fred Hill	14

1962–63	42	15	5	17	55	75	35	18th	R3	R2	Francis Lee	13

1963–64	42	10	8	24	48	80	28	21st	R4	R3	Francis Lee	16

1964–65	Div 2	42	20	10	12	80	58	50	3rd	R5	R2	Wyn Davies	25

1965–66	42	16	9	17	62	59	41	9th	R4	R3	Francis Lee	18

1966–67	42	14	14	14	64	58	42	9th	R4	R2	Francis Lee	24

1967–68	42	13	13	16	60	63	39	12th	R3	R3	Gordon Taylor	12

1968–69	42	12	14	16	55	52	38	17th	R4	R2	Roy Greaves	12

1969–70	42	12	12	18	54	61	36	16th	R3	R2	John Byrom	25

1970–71	42	7	10	25	35	74	24	22nd	R3	R3	Roger Hunt	8

1971–72	Div 3	46	17	16	13	51	41	50	7th	R4	R4	John Byrom Roy Greaves	13

1972–73	46	25	11	10	73	39	61	1st	R5	R2	John Byrom	22

1973–74	Div 2	42	15	12	15	44	40	42	11th	R4	R3	John Byrom	24

1974–75	42	15	12	15	45	41	42	10th	R3	R2	Hugh Curran	11

1975–76	42	20	12	10	64	38	52	4th	R5	R2	Garry Jones Neil Whatmore	13

1976–77	42	20	11	11	75	54	51	4th	R3	SF	Neil Whatmore	31

1977–78	42	24	10	8	63	33	58	1st	R3	R3	Neil Whatmore	21

1978–79	Div 1	42	12	11	19	54	75	35	17th	R3	R3	Frank Worthington	26

1979–80	42	5	15	22	38	73	25	22nd	R5	R2	Neil Whatmore	31

1980–81	Div 2	42	14	10	18	61	66	38	18th	R3	R2	Neil Whatmore	21

1981–82	42	13	7	22	39	61	46	19th	R4	R1	Chris Thompson	14

1982–83	42	11	11	20	42	61	44	22nd	R3	R2	Tony Henry	11

1983–84	Div 3	46	18	10	18	56	60	64	10th	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	NR1	Tony Caldwell	23

1984–85	46	16	6	24	69	75	54	17th	R1	R3	Football League Trophy	NSF	Tony Caldwell	22

1985–86	46	15	8	23	54	68	53	18th	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	R/U	Tony Caldwell	16

1986–87	46	10	15	21	46	58	45	21st	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	NQF	Tony Caldwell	17

1987–88	Div 4	46	22	12	12	66	42	78	3rd	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	NR1	John Thomas	28

1988–89	Div 3	46	16	16	14	58	54	64	10th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	W	Trevor Morgan Steve Thompson	11

1989–90	46	18	15	13	59	48	69	6th	R1	R3	Football League Trophy	NSF	Tony Philliskirk	25

1990–91	46	24	11	11	64	50	83	4th	R4	R2	Football League Trophy	NGS	Tony Philliskirk	28

1991–92	46	14	17	15	57	56	59	13th	R5	R2	Football League Trophy	NR1	Tony Philliskirk	19

1992–93	Div 2	46	27	9	10	80	41	90	2nd	R5	R2	Football League Trophy	NQF	Andy Walker	33

1993–94	Div 1	46	15	14	17	63	64	59	14th	QF	R2	John McGinlay	33

1994–95	46	21	14	11	67	45	77	3rd	R3	R/U	John McGinlay	22

1995–96	Prem	38	8	5	25	39	71	29	20th	R4	R4	John McGinlay	9

1996–97	Div 1	46	28	14	4	100	53	98	1st	R4	QF	John McGinlay	30

1997–98	Prem	38	9	13	16	41	61	40	18th	R3	R4	Nathan Blake	14

1998–99	Div 1	46	20	16	10	78	59	76	6th	R3	R4	Bob Taylor	18

1999–00	46	21	13	12	69	50	76	6th	SF	SF	Eiður Guðjohnsen	22

2000–01	46	24	15	7	76	45	87	3rd	R5	R1	Michael Ricketts	24

2001–02	Prem	38	9	13	16	44	62	40	16th	R4	QF	Michael Ricketts	15

2002–03	38	10	14	14	41	51	44	17th	R3	R2	Youri Djorkaeff Jay-Jay Okocha Henrik Pedersen Michael Ricketts	7

2003–04	38	14	11	13	48	56	53	8th	R3	R/U	Kevin Nolan	12

2004–05	38	16	10	12	49	44	58	6th	QF	R3	Kevin Davies El Hadji Diouf	9

2005–06	38	15	11	12	49	41	56	8th	R5	QF	UEFA Cup	R32	Stelios Giannakopoulos	12

2006–07	38	16	8	14	47	52	56	7th	R4	R3	Nicolas Anelka	12

2007–08	38	9	10	19	36	54	37	16th	R3	R4	UEFA Cup	R16	Nicolas Anelka	11

2008–09	38	11	8	19	41	53	41	13th	R3	R2	Kevin Davies	12

2009–10	38	10	9	19	40	66	39	14th	R5	R4	Kevin Davies	9

2010–11	38	12	10	16	52	56	46	14th	SF	R3	Johan Elmander	12

2011–12	38	10	6	22	46	77	36	18th	QF	R4	Ivan Klasnić	9

2012–13	Champ	46	18	14	14	69	61	68	7th	R4	R2	Chris Eagles	12

2013–14	46	14	17	15	59	60	59	14th	R4	R2	Jermaine Beckford	9

2014–15	46	13	12	21	54	67	51	18th	R4	R3	Adam le Fondre	8

2015–16	46	5	15	26	41	81	30	24th	R4	R1	Zach Clough	7

2016–17	EFL One	46	25	11	10	68	36	86	2nd	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	GRP	Josh Vela	10

2017–18	Champ	46	10	13	23	39	74	43	21st	R3	R3	Gary Madine	10

2018–19	R4	R1

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Bob Jack was Bolton's leading scorer in the 1896–97 season, with 11 goals.

final_sentence: Bob Jack was Bolton's leading scorer in the 1896–97 season, with 11 goals.