# 2006–07 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

2006–07 was Bolton Wanderers Football Club's eighth season in the Premier League, and their sixth consecutive season in the top division of English football and covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. Their failure to win the Premier League title made it the 68th time that they have competed at the top level of English football without winning the title, the most of any club.

## Premier League

Bolton overcame the previous season's disappointment of failing to qualify for Europe and finished in seventh, enough for UEFA Cup football. Bolton had spent much of the season challenging for a Champions League and had peaked as high as third, but for a club of Bolton's size and resources to be challenging at the top end of the table was something for Bolton supporters to be proud of.
Three games before the end of the season, manager Sam Allardyce announced his resignation as Bolton manager and was replaced by Sammy Lee for the final three games of the season.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 January 2019. Source: 11v11

### Results per 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 |

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 58 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 56 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Reading | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 55 | |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 54 | |
* ↑ Since both finalists of the FA Cup (Manchester United and Chelsea) and the League Cup winners (Chelsea) were qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup spots were given to the 6th- and 7th-placed Premier League teams.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | OMA | Ali Al Habsi |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Nicky Hunt |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Kevin Nolan (captain) |
| 5 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Méïté |
| 6 | MF | WAL | Gary Speed |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Iván Campo |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Henrik Pedersen |
| 11 | MF | JAM | Ricardo Gardner |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Ian Walker |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Kevin Davies |
| 15 | MF | ENG | David Thompson |
| 16 | MF | IRN | Andranik Teymourian |
| 17 | MF | RSA | Quinton Fortune |
| 20 | FW | POR | Ricardo Vaz Tê |
| 21 | FW | SEN | El Hadji Diouf |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | FIN | Jussi Jääskeläinen |
| 23 | MF | ISR | Idan Tal |
| 24 | MF | IRL | Joey O'Brien |
| 25 | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Faye |
| 26 | DF | ISR | Tal Ben Haim |
| 27 | DF | ESP | César |
| 28 | DF | SVK | Ľubomír Michalík |
| 29 | FW | SVK | Zoltán Harsányi |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Chris Howarth |
| 37 | MF | ENG | James Sinclair |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka |
| 41 | DF | POL | Jarosław Fojut |
| 42 | FW | USA | Johann Smith |
| 44 | DF | POL | Błażej Augustyn |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Robert Sissons |
| 46 | MF | AUS | Scott Jamieson |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | MEX | Jared Borgetti (to Al-Ittihad) |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Ali Al-Habsi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Nicky Hunt | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Kevin Nolan | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Abdoulaye Méïté | 35 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Gary Speed | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Stelios Giannakopoulos | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Iván Campo | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Henrik Pedersen | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ricardo Gardner | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Ian Walker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Kevin Davies | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | David Thompson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Andranik Teymourian | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Quinton Fortune | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Ricardo Vaz Tê | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | El Hadji Diouf | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | Jussi Jääskeläinen | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Idan Tal | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Joey O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Abdoulaye Faye | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Tal Ben Haim | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | César Martín | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Ľubomír Michalík | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Zoltán Harsányi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Chris Howarth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | James Sinclair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Nicolas Anelka | 35 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | Jarosław Fojut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | Johann Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Błażej Augustyn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Robert Sissons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | Scott Jamieson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | – | Own goals | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 13 May 2007