 After a successful trial Heskey signed for Championship club Bolton Wanderers on a short-term contract on 24 December 2014. He made his debut two days later as a half-time substitute for Robert Hall with Bolton 1 – 0 down at home to Blackburn, but after scoring the equalising goal in the 59th minute Bolton went on to win the match 2 – 1. His goal was set up by another 36-year-old forward who the club had re-signed that month, Eiður Guðjohnsen who had played for them 14 years earlier. Heskey was released by Bolton when his contract expired at the end of the 2015 – 16 season.
