Charlotte Bolland

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**Charlotte Bolland** is a footballer who played for **Hashtag United** (women).

## Career

### Pre-HTU

Vale Reds (youth)
At around the age of 13, Bolland became interested in football when her father, Marc, took her to a Liverpool (the team she went on to support) match. She eventually took up the position of goalkeeper having struggled as an outfielder, with her father - also her coach at the time - deciding to put her in goal out of the blue one day due to the absence of their first-choice 'keeper for a match; which they went on to win 5–0. She started her career with Vale Reds, a team that would later merge with Aylesbury United, and remained for three years.

West Ham United (youth)
At around under-16 level, Bolland joined West Ham United. During her time there, the team went two years undefeated as they won the U16 Essex Cup; the side was managed by Jason Stephens, who would bring the goalkeeper to HTU a few years later.

Barking Abbey (youth)
On 21 March 2018, Bolland was part of the Barking Abbey team that won the inaugural U18 Essex Girls Cup.

Watford
On 15 July 2018, Bolland joined National League - Southern Division side Watford. Despite being signed for the under-23s, the goalkeeper would appear on the first-team bench 10 times across the 2018–19 season, including for the first time on 26 August 2018 in a 3–1 loss at home to Loughborough Foxes. In that campaign, Bolland featured 9 times for the U23s.

AFC Basildon
Towards the end of 2018–19, Bolland joined C&K Basildon - a team that would later merge with HTU. She debuted in a 3–1 league loss away to ex-club Watford on 28 April 2019, in the team's penultimate match before relegation down to the National League - Division One South East. In 2019–20, with the team renamed AFC Basildon, Bolland featured in 18 of the club's 22 fixtures in all competitions before the COVID-19 pandemic-enforced curtailment.

Arsenal
During her time with AFC Basildon, Bolland had a short stint with Women's Super League club Arsenal. She played once for their U21s, participating in an 8–2 league victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on 22 January 2020.

### HTU

2020–21
After AFC Basildon merged with HTU, Bolland was one of many players to make the switch. She played in their first-ever game, as they suffered a 3–2 pre-season friendly defeat to Crawley Wasps on 9 August 2020. Another appearance arrived 7 days later as *The Tags* beat Sporting Khalsa in a friendly 6–2 away from home. On 17 September, it was confirmed that Bolland had departed HTU after accepting a place at the University of Liverpool.

### Post-HTU

Bolton
After gaining entry into the University of Liverpool, Bolland signed with Bolton. Her bow for the club came on 27 September as she started a 7–2 defeat on the road against Barnsley.

Stoke City
Around Christmas Day 2020, Bolland signed up with Stoke City. However, she did not make a competitive appearance for them due to the National League - Southern Division's suspension and later curtailment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Connah's Quay Nomads
Bolland headed to Welsh football at some point in 2021 with second tier Adran North side Connah's Quay Nomads. She won the NEWFA Womens Cup in her first season with the club, featuring in the final versus Llandudno on 15 May 2022, as she got at least six clean sheets in all competitions that campaign. The club announced her retention for 2022–23 on 1 July, though the goalkeeper ended up departing soon after to return to England.

Stockport County
Stockport County of the National League - Division One North became Bolland's next club for the second part of 2022. She debuted in a two-goal loss at Kingston Park to Newcastle United. After featuring in a 4–0 loss away to Leeds United and in a 3–2 home defeat to Bradford City, as well as one showing for the reserves, the goalkeeper left Stockport.

Tranmere Rovers
On 10 October 2022, Bolland completed a move to Tranmere Rovers of the North West Regional League. She had made her bow a day prior in a loss away to Curzon Ashton.

Wrexham
Bolland moved to Wrexham on 29 August 2023, eventually debuting soon after as a substitute in their opening day Adran Premier win over Swansea City.

## HTU Statistics

Breakdown

'*Other Cups' includes competitions like the FA Trophy, the FA Vase and friendly tournaments. See also: HTUwiki:DataIssues.*

Appearances (2)
Crawley Wasps  v  Hashtag United

Sporting Khalsa  v  Hashtag United

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Female Football Focus 2022 - Charlie Bolland (Connah's Quay Nomads) - Grassroots North Wales" , 19 January 2022.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "West Ham girls lift Essex Cup" , 13 March 2017.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Team News" , 21 March 2018.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "A big welcome to #watfordfc family, joining our Under-23s" , 15 July 2018.
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 "Charlotte Bolland player stats" .
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "We are incredibly proud of Oaklands College and @OaklandsAWFC student Charlie Bolland, who made her debut for the Arsenal U21's yesterday, in a convincing 8-2 win against Brighton!" , 23 January 2020.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Jan 10, Hull City v Stoke City" .
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Not an easy result to take yesterday, Football aside just hoping our @the\_nomads GK @CharBolland37 recovers well over the Christmas period after a horrendous collision in yesterdays game" , 20 December 2021.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "We are pleased to welcome goalkeeper, Charlotte Bolland, to our squad" , 10 October 2022.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 "ROSFM SPORT CHARLOTTES GOALKEEPER STORY HOSTED BY AIDAN RAFTERY WITH CHARLOTTE BOLLAND" , 21 January 2021.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "SQUAD UPDATE" , 17 September 2020.
12. ↑ "Nomads win NEWFA Womens Cup after sublime first half" , 15 May 2022.
13. ↑ "Thought we were done!?" , 1 July 2022.
14. ↑ "Your line up for today!" , 9 October 2022.
15. ↑ "Louisha Doran and Charlotte Bolland join Wrexham AFC Women ahead of 2023/24 season" , 29 August 2023.
16. ↑ "Charlotte Bolland" .