The 2005–06 season was the 128th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence and their fifth consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.
Having finished sixth the previous season, Bolton had qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.
Season summary In June 2005, Allardyce's assistant Phil Brown left Bolton to take up the challenge of managing Derby County and he was replaced by coach Sammy Lee.
Off the field, with Bolton looking to get into Europe for the second successive season, Allardyce was being linked with the England manager's job. He was interviewed for the England manager vacancy during the Spring, though the news broke that the FA wanted Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari. In the end it came down to Allardyce or Steve McClaren. Between the middle of March and the beginning of April with rumours surrounding Allardyce in terms of taking the England job, Bolton's form hit an unexpected slump with five successive defeats seeing the side slide to eighth.
First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Competitions Premier League Final league table
Results by matchday
Matches
FA Cup
Football League Cup
UEFA Cup First round
Group stage Table
Matches
Knockout stage
Statistics
Appearances Bolton used a total of 26 players during the season.
PPlayerPositionPLFACLCUCTotal1 Jussi JääskeläinenGoalkeeper38 (0)3 (0)2 (0)5 (1)48 (0)2 Tal Ben HaimDefender33 (3)4 (0)3 (0)7 (0)47 (3)3 Kevin DaviesForward37 (0)3 (0)2 (0)4 (1)46 (1)4 Kevin NolanMidfielder36 (1)3 (0)2 (0)4 (3)45 (4)5 Stelios GiannakopoulosMidfielder29 (6)4 (0)2 (0)6 (0)41 (6)6 Ricardo GardnerDefender/Midfielder28 (3)4 (0)3 (0)6 (1)41 (4)7 Gary SpeedMidfielder30 (2)2 (0)2 (0)2 (3)36 (5)8 Bruno NgottyDefender28 (2)2 (0)0 (1)6 (1)36 (4)9 Abdoulaye FayeDefender/Midfielder23 (4)1 (0)2 (0)7 (0)33 (4)10 Joey O'BrienDefender/Midfielder22 (1)3 (0)2 (0)6 (0)33 (1)11 Jay-Jay OkochaMidfielder19 (9)3 (0)1 (1)6 (1)29 (11)12 Hidetoshi NakataMidfielder15 (7)3 (0)2 (0)5 (1)20 (2)13 Radhi JaïdiDefender16 (1)2 (1)3 (0)3 (0)19 (2)14 El Hadji DioufForward17 (4)0 (0)0 (1)4 (2)19 (0)15 Henrik PedersenForward16 (6)0 (1)0 (1)2 (1)18 (9)16 Nicky HuntDefender12 (8)1 (1)1 (0)2 (0)16 (9)17 Jared BorgettiForward5 (15)2 (2)1 (1)4 (3)12 (21)18 Khalilou FadigaMidfield5 (3)1 (0)1 (1)2 (0)10 (4)19 Iván CampoDefender/Midfielder7 (7)1 (0)0 (1)1 (0)9 (8)20 Ricardo Vaz TêForward6 (16)1 (3)1 (1)0 (4)8 (24)21 Ian WalkerGoalkeeper0 (0)1 (0)1 (0)3 (0)5 (0)22 Matt JansenForward3 (3)0 (1)0 (0)0 (0)3 (4)23 Fabrice FernandesMidfielder0 (1)0 (0)1 (0)2 (1)3 (2)24 Martin DjetouDefender1 (2)0 (0)1 (1)0 (0)2 (3)25 Jarosław FojutDefender0 (1)0 (1)0 (0)0 (0)0 (2)26 Sam AshtonGoalkeeper0 (0)0 (1)0 (0)0 (0)0 (1)
Top scorers
PPlayerPositionPLFACLCUCTotal1 Stelios GiannakopoulosMidfielder9201122 Kevin NolanMidfielder9002113 Kevin DaviesStriker710084 Jared BorgettiStriker212275 Ricardo Vaz TêStriker31116
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