With the 2025/26 League One season entering its final and most decisive phase, Bolton Wanderers Football Club is urging the Wanderers faithful to get behind the team as the club makes its push for promotion.
The atmosphere generated inside the Toughsheet Community Stadium this season has been a factor in results on the pitch. The players know it. The management know it. And that backing matters more than ever.
This is a club that has worked hard to get to this point and a fanbase that has matched that effort week after week. We want every one of those remaining home fixtures to feel like the occasion it deserves to be.
With that in mind, we must address a number of conduct issues that have arisen during recent matches. These involve a small minority of supporters and they are raised here because we will not allow them to undermine what the rest of us are building towards.
Pyrotechnics and smoke bombs
Devices of this kind have appeared in the stadium this season. Possession and use of a pyrotechnic device at a football match is a criminal offence and individuals found with one face arrest and prosecution. The physical risk in a packed stand is serious. Stewards and medical staff have to respond immediately when a device is lit, diverting attention away from the crowd at the worst possible moment.
The FA also imposes fines on clubs where pyrotechnics are used. Those fines are a direct cost to Bolton Wanderers, money that belongs the football club and nowhere else.
Throwing of objects
The same standards apply. A thrown object is uncontrolled the moment it leaves a hand and the person it strikes is a fellow supporter, a child or a member of staff. It will be treated with full seriousness under the club's Fan Sanction Policy.
Abuse of staff and colleagues
A number of incidents have involved verbal and physical abuse directed at club staff. These people are part of the Bolton Wanderers family in exactly the same way as the supporters in the seats. The club operates a zero-tolerance approach on this, without exception. Anyone found responsible faces sanctions in line with our policy and where incidents meet the threshold for criminal action, the club will work alongside Greater Manchester Police to pursue it.
Report it
If you witness pyro use, missile throwing or any abuse of staff or supporters, please report it.
TEXT: 07542850902 (please include block, row, and seat number where possible)
EMAIL: safeguarding@bwfc.co.uk
IN-STADIUM: Speak to your nearest steward. All reports are treated in strict confidence.
The club's full Fan Sanction Policy is available on the official website.
Bolton Wanderers is a family club. Grandparents, parents and children together, willing Steven Schumacher’s men forward. That is what we are and that is what we protect.
Now it is time to make some noise. Back this squad. Back Steven Schumacher. The Toughsheet has been our twelfth man this season and these players need it louder than ever across these final fixtures.
Promotion is within reach. Let's go and get it together.
One Club, One Community, One Town