Bolton Wanderers FC

Club: Bolton Wanderers
Formed: 1874
Nickname: Wanderers
Colours: White shirts, blue shorts
Stadium: Reebok Stadium (28,000)
Address: Burnden Way, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 6JW
Website: www.bwfc.co.uk

Bolton began life back in 1874 as a church side - the Christ Church Sunday School - but broke away three years later when the vicar started to get antsy about them using church premises. And when the Football League was formed in 1888 they were one of the founder members.

They have never won the English title but almost made the FA Cup their own in the Twenties with three triumphs. They returned to glory in 1958 - led by the marvellous Nat Lofthouse, who scored 255 League goals for the club in 15 years.

Bolton's history has not always been a successful one - with relegation to Division Four in 1987 counting as the low point in a poor spell that only ended about ten years ago. But they are finally finding their feet again and this will be their third consecutive season in the Premiership.

Fast Fact: Bolton, originally known as The Wanderers were one of the 12 founder members of the Football League.

Fast Fact: Bolton's all time leading goalscorer is Nat Lofthouse who scored 285 goals in 503 games.