Bolton Wanderers Trivia

1. Where did Bolton play their home games between 1895-1997?

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers Football Club

Answer: Burnden Park

They moved to the Reebok Stadium in 1997. Bury play at Gigg Lane, Rochdale play at Spotland and Preston North End play at Deepdale.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers FC History

Answer: 1874

The club were formed in 1874 under the name Christ Church, but shortly changed their name to Bolton Wanderers, and were founder members of the Football League.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers Football Club

Answer: Sir Nat Lofthouse

Sir Nat Lofthouse(1925-2011) was a Bolton legend. He played 660 games for the Wanderers, scoring 441 goals and made 33 appearances for England. His heroics when he scored two goals in England's 3-2 victory over Austria in 1952 saw him acclaimed the "Lion of Vienna"- a sobriquet he proudly answered to for the rest of his days.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers FC History

Answer: Pike's Lane

Bolton played at Pike's Lane between 1880-95 before moving to Burnden Park, which was their home for over 100 years until moving into the Reebok Stadium in 1997.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers Football Club

Answer: Lofty the Lion

Lofty is named for Nat Lofthouse "The Lion of Vienna". He wears the Number 9 shirt- just like Nat did!

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers FC History

Answer: 1923

The Wanderers beat West Ham United 2-0 in the 1923 final, and won the Cup three more times in the 20th century. In 1926 they beat Manchester City 1-0, 1929 when they defeated Portsmouth 2-0, and in 1958, beating Manchester United 2-0.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers Football Club

Answer: 4th

1923 : 2-0 Bolton v West Ham United 1926 : 1-0 Bolton v Manchester City 1929 : 2-0 Bolton v Portsmouth 1958 : 2-0 Bolton v Manchester United

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers Football Club

Answer: Manchester United

They beat Manchester United 2-0 at Wembley. This final was overshadowed by the Munich air disaster three months earlier which decimated the Manchester United team, claiming 20 lives of the 44 on board the plane.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers FC History

Answer: Bolton 13 Sheff Utd 0

The game took place on 1st February, 1890 in the FA Cup, second round, and set the record for their biggest victory in history.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers Football Club

Answer: The Matthews Final

The 1953 F.A Cup Final was contested between Blackpool and Bolton. Blackpool won 4-3 thanks to a Stan Mortensen hat trick. However, Stanley Matthews was the inspiration for Blackpool to come back from 3-1 down and win the Cup.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers FC History

Answer: 2

In season 1995-96, Bolton finished bottom of the Premiership with 29 points, and only 8 wins out of 38 games. The following season, they finished Division One champions, and were promoted again, only to go straight back down in 1997-98 in 18th place on goal difference, when they lost 2-0 away to Chelsea, and Everton drew 1-1 at home to Coventry City on the final day of the season.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers FC History

Answer: Nathan Blake

Blake scored 12 goals in the league and 2 in the league cup. Since signing from Sheffield United, between 1996-98, he scored 48 goals in 124 games for Bolton before being sold to Blackburn Rovers.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers Football Club

Answer: Charles Foweraker

He was the manager from 1919-1944, and won 3 F A Cups (1923, 1926 and 1929). Bill Ridding was manager from 1950 to 1968, Greaves from 1974 to 1980 and Allardyce from 1999 to 2007.

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Answer: 69,912

This game took place on 18th February, 1933 against Manchester City.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers Football Club

Answer: White shirts;navy blue shorts

From 2003-2007 they wore an all white strip but changed back to the original colors in 2008.

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers FC History

Answer: The Trotters

They were given this nickname because a former ground was near a pig farm, and stray balls would keep ending up in the pig pens!

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers Football Club

Answer: The Trotters

An explanation for the nickname is that one of the original grounds was next to a pig farm. If the ball went over the fence, then the players had to "trot" through the pig pens to retrieve it!

From Quiz Bolton Wanderers FC History

Answer: Torquay United

The Sherpa Van Trophy was a competition for teams in the third and fourth divisions, and the teams were split up into North and South draws, until two teams met in the final. Bolton won this trophy by beating Torquay 4-1.

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