# 2017–18 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Bolton Wanderers's first season back in the second tier of English football following their immediate return from EFL League One. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Pre-season

On 9 May 2017 the club announced that they would host Stoke City on 29 July, a week before their league campaign commences. Two days later, Reece Wabara, Liam Trotter, Lewis Buxton, Tom Walker and Will Jääskeläinen were all confirmed to be leaving the club at the end of their contracts on 30 June, with Conor Wilkinson being allowed to speak to other clubs. The next week five of the club's young players, including Alex Samizadeh and Jack Earing who had previously played for the first team, were offered third year scholarships. On 19 May, a second pre season friendly was announced against National League North side Stockport County on 25 July. Later the same day they confirmed that Lawrie Wilson, Dean Moxey and Mark Davies would also be leaving the club at the end of their contracts. On 24 May, the club confirmed that Jem Karacan had signed a one-year deal, with an option for a further year, keeping him at the club until at least June 2018. A day later Andrew Taylor, who had spent the previous season on loan at the club, joined on a permanent basis on a free transfer from Wigan Athletic on a two-year deal.
26 May saw the club announce more pre-season fixtures. They would travel to Chorley on 8 July and then Fleetwood Town on 22 July. Meanwhile, a Bolton XI would play West Didsbury & Chorlton, Atherton Collieries, F.C. United of Manchester and Marine. The game against West Didsbury & Chorlton was later postponed to a later date. Four days later a fifth match, this one at AFC Fylde, was added to the pre-season diary. Early the next morning the club confirmed that Gary Madine had signed a new two-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2019.
On the first day of June the club announced that David Wheater had signed a new one-year contract with the option of an extension. Five days later, Adam Le Fondre was also signed up, this time on a two-year contract with the option of an extension. Dorian Dervite was the next to sign a new contract, agreeing a new one-year deal, with the option of an extension, on 9 June. A two-year shirt sponsorship deal with the bookmaker Betfred was announced on 12 June. The EFL retained and released list from 13 June confirmed that further players, including George Newell, had been released. Mark Little became the first new player to join the club when it was announced that he was joining from Bristol City on 16 June. On 20 June, Filipe Morais signed a one-year extension to his contract, keeping him at the club until June 2018. A further friendly, this time at Scottish League One side Arbroath on 11 July, was confirmed on 21 June. Max Clayton became the first player to join a new club when it was confirmed on 22 June that he would be joining Blackpool at the expiration of his current contract. On 27 June, the same day that the squad returned to training, a second friendly in Scotland was announced, this time at Dundee on 14 July. 29 June saw forward Conor Wilkinson join Gillingham on a free transfer.
On 3 July, the same day that the club confirmed that Jake Turner, Conor Hall and Jeff King had signed new contracts, Jamie Proctor left the club for Rotherham United for an undisclosed fee. Former Bradford City player Stephen Darby joined his former manager on 7 July on a free transfer. A day later the club confirmed that former captain Jay Spearing had left the club after failing to agree a new contract.
Pre-season kicked off on 8 July with Bolton meeting Chorley for the Howard Taylor Memorial Trophy. With two separate teams starting both halves, the first half team fell behind to two quick goals but the second half team rallied, with two goals from Harry Brockbank and a Ryan White effort sealing the win. Three days later the club commenced their two-game Scottish tour with a 2–1 win at Arbroath, Adam Le Fondre and Connor Hall scoring either side of an Arbroath penalty. They followed this with the same result at Dundee, Gary Madine and Josh Vela giving them a two-goal cushion in the first half. This was on the same day that Sammy Ameobi signed for the club on a permanent basis following his loan the previous season after his release by Newcastle United and Alex Samizadeh leaving to join Kilmarnock. Bolton secured their first loan signing of the season on 17 July when Adam Armstrong joined from Newcastle United until January.

## Competitions
### EFL Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 46 | |
| 20 | Reading | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 70 | −22 | 44 | |
| 21 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 74 | −35 | 43 | |
| 22 | Barnsley (R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 41 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 23 | Burton Albion (R) | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 81 | −43 | 41 | Relegation to EFL League One |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 May 2018. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 21 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2017 the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced. Bolton started the season at home to Leeds United on 6 August and will finish at home to Nottingham Forest on 6 May 2018.

### FA Cup

Bolton will enter the competition at the third round stage alongside all other EFL Championship and Premier League sides. They were drawn at home to Premier League side Huddersfield Town in the third round.

### EFL Cup

Bolton entered the competition at the first round stage and were drawn to play away at Crewe Alexandra in the first round. Falling behind in the first half, both Adam Armstrong and Derik scored their first goals for the club in the second half to send Bolton through to the second round where they were drawn at home against Sheffield Wednesday. Bolton raced to a 3–0 lead over their visitors with goals from Jem Karacan, Dorian Dervite and an Adam Armstrong penalty. Despite Jordan Rhodes scoring late twice for the visitors, and both managers being sent to the stands late in the game, Bolton progressed to the third round for the first time in three years, where they were drawn away at Premier League West Ham United.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | End |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 13 | Ben Alnwick | GK | Prudhoe | 31 | 67 | 0 | Peterborough United | 31 August 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| 33 | Mark Howard | GK | Southwark | 31 | 39 | 0 | Sheffield United | 13 July 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | Mark Little | RB | Worcester | 29 | 31 | 1 | Bristol City | 1 July 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 3 | Andrew Taylor | LB | Hartlepool | 31 | 61 | 0 | Wigan Athletic | 1 July 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 4 | Dorian Dervite | CB | Lille | 29 | 99 | 2 | Charlton Athletic | 27 May 2014 | Free | 2018 |
| 5 | Mark Beevers | CB | Barnsley | 28 | 98 | 8 | Millwall | 3 July 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| 14 | Jon Flanagan | RB/LB | Liverpool | 25 | 9 | 0 | Liverpool | 31 January 2018 | Loan | 2018 |
| 15 | Antonee Robinson | LB | Milton Keynes | 20 | 34 | 0 | Everton | 6 August 2017 | Loan | 2018 |
| 17 | Derik Osede | CB/CM | Madrid | 25 | 72 | 2 | Real Madrid | 6 July 2015 | Free | 2018 |
| 23 | Stephen Darby | RB | Liverpool | 29 | 5 | 0 | Bradford City | 7 July 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 31 | David Wheater | CB | Redcar | 31 | 202 | 16 | Middlesbrough | 20 January 2011 | Undisclosed | 2018 |
| 32 | Reece Burke | CB | Newham | 21 | 26 | 1 | West Ham United | 1 August 2017 | Loan | 2018 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | Josh Vela | CM | Salford | 24 | 170 | 13 | Academy | 20 March 2011 | Trainee | 2019 |
| 7 | Chris Taylor | LW | Oldham | 31 | 23 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 July 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| 8 | Jem Karacan | CM | Catford | 29 | 23 | 2 | Free agent | 11 March 2017 | Free | 2018 |
| 10 | Sammy Ameobi | RW | Newcastle | 26 | 60 | 8 | Newcastle United | 14 July 2017 | Free | 2018 |
| 11 | Will Buckley | LW | Oldham | 28 | 25 | 2 | Sunderland | 1 July 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 12 | Craig Noone | RW | Kirkby | 30 | 27 | 1 | Cardiff City | 31 August 2017 | Undisclosed | 2019 |
| 20 | Harry Charsley | CM | Birkenhead | 21 | 1 | 0 | Everton | 12 January 2018 | Loan | 2018 |
| 21 | Darren Pratley | CM | Barking | 33 | 203 | 17 | Swansea City | 1 July 2011 | Free | 2018 |
| 22 | Filipe Morais | LW/RW | Benavente | 32 | 56 | 3 | Bradford City | 2 February 2017 | Free | 2018 |
| 24 | Karl Henry | CM | Wolverhampton | 35 | 33 | 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 September 2017 | Free | 2018 |
| 27 | Jan Kirchhoff | CM/CB | Frankfurt | 27 | 4 | 0 | Free agent | 22 February 2018 | Free | 2018 |
| 34 | Jeff King | CM | Liverpool | 22 | 3 | 0 | Droylsden | 3 July 2017 | Free | 2018 |
| 38 | Jack Earing | CM | Bury | 19 | 2 | 0 | Academy | 9 August 2017 | Trainee | 2018 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | Adam Le Fondre | CF | Stockport | 31 | 74 | 21 | Cardiff City | 1 July 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 18 | Aaron Wilbraham | CF | Knutsford | 38 | 28 | 2 | Bristol City | 3 August 2017 | Undisclosed | 2018 |
| 19 | Tyler Walker | CF | Nottingham | 21 | 5 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 31 January 2018 | Loan | 2018 |
| 25 | Chinedu Obasi | CF | Enugu | 32 | 0 | 0 | Free agent | 3 March 2018 | Free | 2018 |
| 35 | Connor Hall | CF | Slough | 20 | 1 | 0 | Sheffield United | 3 July 2017 | Free | 2018 |
| 40 | Zach Clough | CF | Denton | 23 | 67 | 22 | Nottingham Forest | 31 January 2018 | Loan | 2018 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ben Amos | GK | Macclesfield | 28 | 45 | 0 | Manchester United | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2019 |

## Statistics

    As of 6 May 2018
| 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 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Mark Little | 31 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Andrew Taylor | 21 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Dorian Dervite | 16 | 1 | 13+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Mark Beevers | 47 | 1 | 44+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Josh Vela | 31 | 1 | 26+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | TUR | Jem Karacan | 18 | 1 | 13+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Adam Le Fondre | 38 | 7 | 15+20 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Sammy Ameobi | 36 | 4 | 33+2 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Will Buckley | 25 | 2 | 14+9 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Craig Noone | 27 | 1 | 6+19 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Ben Alnwick | 41 | 0 | 39+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Jon Flanagan | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Antonee Robinson | 34 | 0 | 26+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Derik | 20 | 2 | 13+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Aaron Wilbraham | 28 | 2 | 3+21 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Tyler Walker | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | IRL | Harry Charsley | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Darren Pratley | 35 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | POR | Filipe Morais | 36 | 1 | 17+15 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Stephen Darby | 6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Karl Henry | 33 | 1 | 33+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Jan Kirchhoff | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | David Wheater | 34 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Reece Burke | 26 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ENG | Mark Howard | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Jeff King | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Connor Hall | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Jack Earing | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | ENG | Zach Clough | 9 | 1 | 2+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who left the club: ||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | ENG | Gary Madine | 29 | 9 | 28+0 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Josh Cullen | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Adam Armstrong | 22 | 3 | 14+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |

### Goals record

    As of 6 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | — | | CF | Gary Madine | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 | | CF | Adam Le Fondre | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 | | RW | Sammy Ameobi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | — | | CF | Adam Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | | LW | Will Buckley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 17 | | CB | Derik Osede | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 18 | | CF | Aaron Wilbraham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 21 | | CM | Darren Pratley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | | RB | Mark Little | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | | CB | Dorian Dervite | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | | CB | Mark Beevers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | | CM | Josh Vela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | | CM | Jem Karacan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 12 | | RW | Craig Noone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 22 | | RW | Filipe Morais | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 24 | | CM | Karl Henry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 31 | | CB | David Wheater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 32 | | CB | Reece Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 40 | | CF | Zach Clough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 1 | 5 | 43 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 6 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 24 | | CM | Karl Henry | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | | CB | Mark Beevers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 21 | | CM | Darren Pratley | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | | RW | Sammy Ameobi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 31 | | CB | David Wheater | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 22 | | RW | Filipe Morais | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | — | | CF | Gary Madine | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | | CM | Jem Karacan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | | LB | Antonee Robinson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2 | | RB | Mark Little | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | | CM | Josh Vela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 3 | | LB | Andrew Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 14 | | RB | Jon Flanagan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | | CF | Aaron Wilbraham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 32 | | CB | Reece Burke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 4 | | CB | Dorian Dervite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 9 | | CF | Adam Le Fondre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 11 | | LW | Will Buckley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 13 | | GK | Ben Alnwick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 17 | | CB | Derik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 12 | | RW | Craig Noone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 16 | | CM | Josh Cullen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 98 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 1 | 1 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | LW | Will Buckley | Sunderland | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Adam Le Fondre | Cardiff City | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | Mark Little | Bristol City | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Andrew Taylor | Wigan Athletic | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | RB | Stephen Darby | Bradford City | Free |
| 14 July 2017 | RW | Sammy Ameobi | Newcastle United | Free |
| 3 August 2017 | CF | Aaron Wilbraham | Bristol City | Free |
| 31 August 2017 | RW | Craig Noone | Cardiff City | Free |
| 25 September 2017 | DM | Karl Henry | Queens Park Rangers | Free |
| 22 February 2018 | DM | Jan Kirchhoff | Unattached | Free |
| 3 March 2018 | CF | Chinedu Obasi | Unattached | Free |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 29 June 2017 | FW | Conor Wilkinson | Gillingham | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | Lewis Buxton | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Max Clayton | Blackpool | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Mark Davies | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Will Jääskeläinen | Leek Town | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Dean Moxey | Exeter City | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | George Newell | Motherwell | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Liam Trotter | AFC Wimbledon | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | Reece Wabara | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | LM | Tom Walker | Stockport County | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | Lawrie Wilson | Port Vale | Released |
| 3 July 2017 | CF | Jamie Proctor | Rotherham United | £75,000 |
| 8 July 2017 | CM | Jay Spearing | Blackpool | Released |
| 14 July 2017 | FW | Alex Samizadeh | Kilmarnock | Free |
| 1 August 2017 | CB | Sam Lavelle | Morecambe | Free |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Gary Madine | Cardiff City | Undisclosed (£6-8 million) |
* ↑ Will Jääskeläinen joined Leek Town following his release.
* ↑ Dean Moxey joined Exeter City after being released.
* ↑ Liam Trotter joined AFC Wimbledon following his release.
* ↑ Jay Spearing joined Blackpool following his release.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Until |
| 17 July 2017 | CF | Adam Armstrong | Newcastle United | 1 January 2018 |
| 1 August 2017 | CM | Josh Cullen | West Ham United | 1 January 2018 |
| 1 August 2017 | CB | Reece Burke | West Ham United | 30 June 2018 |
| 4 August 2017 | LB | Antonee Robinson | Everton | 30 June 2018 |
| 12 January 2018 | CM | Harry Charsley | Everton | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | CF | Tyler Walker | Nottingham Forest | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | RB | Jon Flanagan | Liverpool | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | CF | Zach Clough | Nottingham Forest | 30 June 2018 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Until | Ref. |
| 29 July 2017 | GK | | Ben Amos | Charlton Athletic | 30 June 2018 | |