# 2015–16 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Bolton Wanderers's fourth consecutive season in the Football League Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in 2012. Along with the Championship, the club will also compete in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Pre-season

On 19 May 2015, Bolton Wanderers announced their pre-season schedule in full for both the entire squad and an XI squad. On 2 June 2015, the club confirmed their home pre-season friendly against ChievoVerona. On 26 June 2015, Bolton Wanderers announced the club will face two friendlies during their Austria tour. Bolton were set to play against Italian team A.C. ChievoVerona, however Chievo cancelled friendlies against both Bolton and Charlton Athletic, who also were set to play against them, which lead to the two teams playing against each other instead.

### Mid-season friendlies
## Competitions
### Football League Championship
#### Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Fulham | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 66 | 79 | −13 | 51 | |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 49 | |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 80 | −40 | 40 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons (R) | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 39 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 24 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 46 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 81 | −40 | 30 | Relegation to EFL League One |

### Mid-season friendlies
## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | ENG | Ben Amos | Manchester United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | ENG | Gary Madine | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2015 | CB | ESP | Derik Osede | Real Madrid | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2015 | CM | ESP | Jon Ceberio | Real Sociedad | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2015 | CM | ENG | Jordan Lussey | Liverpool | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2015 | SS | SCO | Stephen Dobbie | Crystal Palace | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2015 | RB | ENG | Lawrie Wilson | Charlton Athletic | Free transfer |
| 20 August 2015 | RB | ITA | Francesco Pisano | Cagliari | Free transfer |
| 27 August 2015 | LB | ESP | José Manuel Casado | Almería | Free transfer |
| 5 September 2015 | GK | ENG | Paul Rachubka | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |
| 23 October 2015 | CF | Nigeria | Shola Ameobi | Crystal Palace | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | IRL | Keith Andrews | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | ENG | James Ball | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | JAM | Jermaine Beckford | Preston North End | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | HUN | Ádám Bogdán | Liverpool | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | WAL | Craig Davies | Wigan Athletic | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | BUL | Georg Iliev | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | ENG | Carl Kennedy | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | RM | NIR | Chris Lester | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | ENG | Andy Lonergan | Fulham | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | ENG | Glenn Matthews | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | ENG | Matt Mills | Nottingham Forest | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | ENG | Kieran Nolan | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | ENG | Ryan Sellers | Wycombe Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | PHI | Luke Woodland | Free agent | Released |
| 3 July 2015 | CF | ISL | Eiður Guðjohnsen | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2015 | RB | ENG | Alex Baptiste | Middlesbrough | £75,000 |
| 6 July 2015 | LW | ENG | Sanmi Odelusi | Wigan Athletic | £50,000 |
| 20 August 2015 | CB | USA | Tim Ream | Fulham | £1,400,000 |
| 1 September 2015 | LB | ENG | Andy Kellett | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2016 | CF | NGA | Shola Ameobi | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |
| 29 January 2016 | LB | ESP | José Manuel Casado | Free agent | Released |
* ↑ Following Beckford's release he joined Preston North End.
* ↑ Following Davies' release he joined Wigan Athletic.
* ↑ Following Lonergan's release he joined Fulham.
* ↑ Following Mills' release he joined Nottingham Forest.
* ↑ Following Sellers' release he joined Wycombe Wanderers.
* ↑ Following Ameobi's release he joined Fleetwood Town.
Total income: £1,525,000

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until |
| 7 August 2015 | CB | FRA | Prince-Désir Gouano | Atalanta | 31 January 2016 |
| 20 August 2015 | FW | BRA | Wellington Silva | Arsenal | End of season |
| 26 October 2015 | MF | AUS | Luke Brattan | Manchester City | 21 December 2015 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until |
| 10 July 2015 | CF | IRL | Conor Wilkinson | Barnsley | 4 January 2016 |
| 28 July 2015 | CF | ENG | Robert Hall | Milton Keynes Dons | End of season |
| 27 August 2015 | CB | ENG | Oscar Threlkeld | Plymouth Argyle | 2 January 2016 |
| 19 October 2015 | DF | ENG | Hayden White | Blackpool | 2 January 2016 |
| 24 October 2015 | MF | ENG | Liam Trotter | Nottingham Forest | 12 December 2015 |
| 26 November 2015 | MF | ENG | Jordan Lussey | York City | 26 December 2015 |
| 2 January 2016 | DF | ENG | Lawrie Wilson | Peterborough United | 31 January 2016 |
| 21 January 2016 | FW | IRL | Conor Wilkinson | Newport County | 19 March 2016 |
| 31 January 2016 | DF | ITA | Francesco Pisano | Avellino | End of season |
| 15 March 2016 | DF | ENG | Quade Taylor | Dagenham & Redbridge | End of season |
| 17 March 2016 | MF | ENG | Liam Feeney | Ipswich Town | End of season |
| 23 March 2016 | FW | IRL | Conor Wilkinson | Portsmouth | End of season |

## Squad

| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | End |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ben Amos | GK | Macclesfield | 26 | 25 | 0 | Manchester United | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2019 |
| 13 | Paul Rachubka | GK | San Luis Obispo | 35 | 0 | 0 | Crewe Alexandra | 5 September 2015 | Free | 2016 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | Dean Moxey | LB | Exeter | 30 | 41 | 1 | Crystal Palace | 2 July 2014 | Free | 2017 |
| 4 | Dorian Dervite | CB | Lille | 27 | 59 | 1 | Charlton Athletic | 27 May 2014 | Free | 2017 |
| 15 | Derik Osede | CB | Madrid | 23 | 8 | 0 | Real Madrid | 6 July 2015 | Free | 2018 |
| 24 | Francesco Pisano | RB | Cagliari | 30 | 3 | 0 | Cagliari | 20 August 2015 | Free | 2017 |
| 25 | Lawrie Wilson | RB | Collier Row | 28 | 9 | 0 | Charlton Athletic | 5 August 2015 | Free | 2017 |
| 31 | David Wheater | CB | Redcar | 29 | 106 | 4 | Middlesbrough | 20 January 2011 | £2,300,000 | 2016 |
| 45 | Rob Holding | CB | Tameside | 20 | 7 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2015 | Trainee | Undisclosed |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | Josh Vela | CM/RB | Salford | 22 | 58 | 1 | Academy | 20 March 2011 | Trainee | Undisclosed |
| 7 | Liam Feeney | RM | Hammersmith | 29 | 77 | 7 | Millwall | 1 July 2014 | Free | 2016 |
| 8 | Jay Spearing | DM | Wallasey | 27 | 120 | 5 | Liverpool | 9 August 2013 | Undisclosed | 2017 |
| 16 | Mark Davies | CM | Willenhall | 28 | 183 | 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 January 2009 | Undisclosed | 2017 |
| 18 | Neil Danns | AM | Liverpool | 33 | 105 | 9 | Leicester City | 1 July 2014 | Free | 2016 |
| 21 | Darren Pratley | CM | Barking | 31 | 133 | 11 | Swansea City | 1 July 2011 | Free | 2018 |
| 27 | Filip Twardzik | CM | Třinec | 23 | 5 | 1 | Celtic | 2 February 2015 | Undisclosed | 2016 |
| 42 | Tom Walker | MF | Salford | 20 | 17 | 1 | Academy | 1 July 2014 | Trainee | Undisclosed |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 10 | Zach Clough | CF | Denton | 21 | 22 | 9 | Academy | 1 July 2013 | Trainee | 2017 |
| 12 | Max Clayton | CF | Crewe | 21 | 17 | 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 September 2014 | £300,000 | 2017 |
| 14 | Gary Madine | CF | Gateshead | 25 | 23 | 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 June 2015 | Free | 2017 |
| 19 | Emile Heskey | CF | Leicester | 38 | 50 | 2 | Newcastle Jets | 24 December 2014 | Free | 2016 |
| 22 | Wellington Silva | WG/SS | Rio de Janeiro | 23 | 10 | 1 | Arsenal | 18 September 2015 | Loan | 2016 |
| 23 | Stephen Dobbie | SS/WG | Glasgow | 33 | 14 | 1 | Crystal Palace | 5 August 2015 | Free | 2016 |
| 30 | Kaiyne Woolery | MF | Hackney | 21 | 3 | 0 | Tamworth | 14 August 2014 | £10,000 | 2016 |

### Statistics

    As of 29 December 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ben Amos | 43 | 0 | 40+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Dean Moxey | 37 | 1 | 33+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Dorian Dervite | 26 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Josh Vela | 35 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jay Spearing | 23 | 2 | 18+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Zach Clough | 28 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Max Clayton | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | USA | Paul Rachubka | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Gary Madine | 36 | 6 | 22+10 | 5 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Derik Osede | 21 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Mark Davies | 37 | 0 | 32+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Liam Trotter | 16 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GUY | Neil Danns | 30 | 2 | 19+9 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Emile Heskey | 28 | 2 | 12+15 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Darren Pratley | 37 | 4 | 34+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Wellington Silva (on loan from Arsenal) | 25 | 2 | 14+8 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Stephen Dobbie | 23 | 3 | 3+19 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Lawrie Wilson | 11 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | CZE | Filip Twardzik | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Kaiyne Woolery | 18 | 2 | 5+10 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | David Wheater | 27 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Alex Finney | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ENG | Oscar Threlkeld | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Tom Walker | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | IRN | Alex Samizadeh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Tyler Garratt | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Rob Holding | 29 | 1 | 25+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | ENG | Niall Maher | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG | Liam Feeney | 40 | 5 | 35+1 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Francesco Pisano | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Prince-Désir Gouano (on loan from Atalanta) | 19 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | José Manuel Casado | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Shola Ameobi | 10 | 2 | 6+2 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of 28 April 2016
| Rank | No. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | Zach Clough | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 14 | FW | Gary Madine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | Liam Feeney | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 21 | MF | Darren Pratley | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 23 | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | Josh Vela | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | Jay Spearing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | Neil Danns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | FW | Emile Heskey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 22 | FW | Wellington Silva | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 26 | FW | Shola Ameobi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 30 | FW | Kaiyne Woolery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 3 | DF | Dean Moxey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 4 | DF | Dorian Dervite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 17 | MF | Liam Trotter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 25 | DF | Lawrie Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 31 | DF | David Wheater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 45 | DF | Rob Holding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 5 | 0 | 43 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 28 April 2016
| No. | Po. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ben Amos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Prince-Désir Gouano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Dean Moxey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Dorian Dervite | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Josh Vela | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Liam Feeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jay Spearing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Zach Clough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Gary Madine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Derik Osede | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Mark Davies | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Liam Trotter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Neil Danns | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | José Manuel Casado | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Darren Pratley | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Wellington Silva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Lawrie Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Kaiyne Woolery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | David Wheater | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Rob Holding | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 48 | DF | Niall Maher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 61 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 8 |