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History Summary

A potted history of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, from the beginning to the present day.

	14.07.2009 History Summary A potted history of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, from the beginning to the present day.
	22.06.2004 In the Beginning - 1800s IN THE beginning, 1874, Thomas Ogden, the schoolmaster at Christ Church, called a meeting of teachers and other young men, and addressed the idea of furthering the game of football within the area, which received plenty of support.
	22.07.2003 1900 - 1919 THE WANDERERS home game against Newcastle in the 1901/1902 saw Harold Williams, who had signed from Bury, score twice on his home debut.
	25.06.2004 1920 - 1939 THE RULES were once again amended for the 1920/1921 season with no offside to be awarded from throw-ins. The Wanderers went into the transfer market and broke their record by paying Luton Town £2,500 for full back John Elvey.
	29.06.2004 1940 - 1959 PRIOR TO the 1939/1940 season many professional footballers joined the Territorial Army, or other National Service organisations, spending their leisure time preparing for what seemed to be the inevitable.
	29.06.2004 1960 - 1979 IRISH INTERNATIONAL Bill McAdams joined Wanderers from Manchester City in 1960/1961. He made his debut in the first win of that season scoring twice in a 4-1 defeat of Chelsea.
	29.06.2004 1980 - 1999 THE MAJOR signing prior to the 1980/81 season was that of Brian Kidd who joined for a £150,000 fee from Everton, Three days later he became the villan when he missed a penalty in a League Cup defeat at Crystal Palace.
	29.06.2004 2000 - 2005 THE WANDERERS added Anthony Barness, Simon Charlton, Ian Marshall and Michael Ricketts to the squad in an attempt to make it third time lucky at getting back into the Premiership.
	15.02.2010 2005/06 The start of the 2005/6 season was significant for Wanderers for it marked the club's first taste of European football.
	15.02.2010 2006/07 Four defeats in five pre-season games hardly gave a hint of what was to follow — Bolton's best start to a Premier League campaign ever.

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