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Bolton Wanderers Football Club is a professional association football club based in the Horwich area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The club will compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English Football League, in the 2026–27 season following promotion from EFL League One via the play-offs in May 2026.
The club started as Christ Church FC in 1874 and became Bolton Wanderers three years later in 1877. It was among the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888.
League
Second Division / First Division (level 2)
Champions: 1908–09, 1977–78, 1996–97
2nd place promotion: 1899–1900, 1904–05, 1910–11, 1934–35
Play-off winners: 1995, 2001
Third Division / Football League Second Division / League One (level 3)
Champions: 1972–73
2nd place promotion: 1992–93, 2016–17
Play-off winners: 2026
Fourth Division / League Two (level 4)
3rd place promotion: 1987–88, 2020–21
Cup
FA Cup
Winners: 1922–23, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1957–58
Runners-up: 1893–94, 1903–04, 1952–53
Football League Cup
Runners-up: 1994–95, 2003–04
FA Charity Shield
Winners: 1958
Associate Members' Cup / EFL Trophy
Winners: 1988–89, 2022–23
Runners-up: 1985–86
Football League War Cup
Winners: 1945
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