Adam Bolder

Adam Bolder

Bolder in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Adam Peter Bolder
Date of birth	(1980-10-25) 25 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Hull, England
Height	5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	North Ferriby
Youth career
	Hull City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Hull City	20	(0)
2000–2007	Derby County	166	(11)
2007–2009	Queens Park Rangers	40	(2)
2008	→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	13	(2)
2008–2009	→ Millwall (loan)	8	(0)
2009–2010	Millwall	31	(0)
2010	→ Bradford City (loan)	14	(1)
2010–2012	Burton Albion	81	(4)
2012–2014	Harrogate Town	60	(4)
2014–2016	North Ferriby United	59	(5)
2016	Scarborough Athletic
2017–2019	North Ferriby United	8	(1)
2021–	North Ferriby
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:15, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Adam Peter Bolder (born 25 October 1980) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for North Ferriby.

He played in the Football League for Hull City, Derby County, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Millwall, Bradford City and Burton Albion before finishing his career in Non-league football with Harrogate Town, Scarborough Athletic and North Ferriby United.

Career

Hull City

Bolder began his career in Hull City where he signed his first professional contract in August 1998. His first league game for Hull was against Hartlepool United in January 1999 and that was his only league game for the Tigers in the 1998–99 season. After playing 19 league games for Hull in the first part of the 1999–2000 season he left the club.

Derby County

Bolder signed for Derby County in March 2000. His first match for Derby was against Manchester United in May 2001 and his second league game this season came against Ipswich Town two weeks later. The following season, he made 11 league appearances for the Rams before he established himself as a first team player with 45 league games and six league goals in the 2002–03 season. His first league goal came in August 2002 against Grimsby Town. Derby won that game 2–1 and Bolder scored both goals for Derby. Bolder then played in 24 league games and scored one league goal in the 2003–04 season, 36 league games and two league goals in the 2004–05 season and 35 league games and two league goals in the 2005–06 season. After playing 13 league games in the first part of the 2006–07 season for Derby, Bolder went out of the first team in early November 2006 and his final appearance for the club from Derbyshire came in a league game against West Bromwich Albion in December 2006.

Queens Park Rangers

In January 2007 Bolder signed a two-and-a-half-year-long contract for Queens Park Rangers, where he was reunited with his former boss, John Gregory. QPR were struggling at the time, and there was a lack of grit and determination within the team. Bolder came in, and added steel to the midfield, with some good tackling performances and an excellent range of passing. Combined with the signings of Danny Cullip and Lee Camp (on loan), Bolder helped QPR to avoid relegation, quite comfortably in the end and was named as club captain. On 27 October 2007, Bolder scored his first goal for Queens Park Rangers in a 1–0 win over Charlton Athletic at The Valley which lifted QPR off the bottom of the table. On 8 February 2008, it was announced that Bolder would be joining fellow Championship side Sheffield Wednesday on a month's loan, which was later extended to the end of the 2007–08 season. ^[1] On 8 April 2008 Bolder scored his first goals in an Owls shirt, netting twice in the Steel City Derby against Sheffield United in a 2–2 draw.

Millwall

He joined Millwall initially on loan on 6 November 2008, ^[2] before joining them permanently on 29 January 2009, in a deal that will keep him at the club until 2011. ^[3]

On 5 March 2010 Bolder joined League Two side Bradford City on a one-month loan deal. ^[4] During his spell at Bradford he scored once against Morecambe. ^[5]

Burton Albion

Bolder signed for Football League Two side Burton Albion on 22 July 2010. ^[6]

Bolder was released by the club at the end of the 2011–12 season. ^[7] He signed for Harrogate Town for the start of the 2012–13 season. ^[8]

Non-League

For the start of the 2014–15 season he signed for North Ferriby United. ^[9]

He signed for Scarborough Athletic at the start of the 2016–17 season.

On 26 November 2017 Bolder signed for North Ferriby United with his brother Chris being appointed as manager 2 days later. ^[10]

In 2021, he came out of retirement to join phoenix club North Ferriby, managed by his brother Chris. ^[11]

Personal life

Bolder is the older brother of fellow footballer Chris Bolder. The two brothers featured in one same game against each other. A 3–1 win for his brother's Grimsby Town over Derby County on Boxing Day 2002. However they were not on the field at the same time with Adam being replaced by Georgi Kinkladze in the 46th minute, meanwhile Chris came on to replace Iain Ward in the 72nd minute.

Career statistics

As of match played 16 December 2017

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hull City	1998–99 [12]	Third Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1999–2000 [13]		19	0	0	0	0	0	3 [a]	0	22	0
	Hull City total		20	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	23	0
Derby County	2000–01 [14]	Premier League	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2001–02 [15]		11	0	1	0	0	0	—		12	0
	2002–03 [16]	First Division	45	6	1	0	2	0	—		48	6
	2003–04 [17]		24	1	1	0	0	0	—		25	1
	2004–05 [18]	Championship	36	2	2	0	1	0	2 [b]	0	41	2
	2005–06 [19]		35	2	2	0	1	0	—		38	2
	2006–07 [20]		13	0	0	0	2	0	—		15	0
	Derby County total		166	11	7	0	6	0	2	0	181	11
Queens Park Rangers	2006–07 [20]	Championship	16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
	2007–08 [21]		24	2	0	0	1	0	—		25	2
	2008–09 [22]		0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	QPR total		40	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	42	2
Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	2007–08 [21]	Championship	13	2	0	0	—		—		13	2
Millwall (loan)	2008–09 [22]	League One	8	0	3	0	—		0	0	11	0
Millwall			20	0	0	0	—		3 [c]	0	23	0
	2009–10 [23]		11	0	1	0	1	0	1 [a]	0	14	0
	Millwall total		31	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	37	0
Bradford City (loan)	2009–10 [23]	League Two	14	1	—		—		0	0	14	1
Burton Albion	2010–11 [24]	League Two	37	1	4	0	1	0	1 [a]	0	43	1
	2011–12 [25]		44	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	46	3
	Burton total		81	4	5	0	2	0	1	0	89	4
Harrogate Town	2012–13 [26]	Conference North	33	2	5	0	—		1 [d]	0	39	2
	2013–14 [26]		27	2	0	0	—		0	0	27	2
	Harrogate total		60	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	66	4
North Ferriby United	2014–15 [26]	Conference North	29	3	1	0	—		7 [d]	0	37	3
	2015–16 [26]	National League North	30	2	2	0	—		0	0	32	2
	North Ferriby total		59	5	3	0	0	0	7	0	69	5
Scarborough Athletic	2016–17	NPL Division One North					—
North Ferriby United	2017–18 [26]	National League North	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0
Career total			494	29	24	0	11	0	18	0	547	29

1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in the Championship play-offs
3. Appearances in the League One play-offs
4. Appearances in the FA Trophy

Honours

North Ferriby United

• FA Trophy: 2014–15 ^[27]

References

1. "Wednesday extend Bolder loan stay". BBC Sport. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
2. "Millwall bring in Bolder on loan". BBC Sport. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
3. "Bolder set to sign Millwall deal". BBC Sport. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
4. "Bradford City sign Millwall midfielder Adam Bolder". BBC Sport. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
5. "Bradford 2–0 Morecambe". BBC Sport . 13 April 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
6. "Bolder seals Burton switch". Sky Sports . 22 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
7. "Burton Albion release quartet but Nathan Stanton agrees deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
8. "Adam Bolder joins Harrogate Town FC". Harrogate News. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
9. "North Ferriby United sign former Grimsby Town star Tom Corner". Hull Daily Mail. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
10. "Ex-Derby man Bolder back at North Ferriby". Non League Daily. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
11. "Report – North Ferriby Football Club". northferribyfc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
12. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
13. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
14. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
15. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
16. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
17. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
18. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
19. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
20. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
21. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
22. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
23. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
24. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
25. "Games played by Adam Bolder in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
26. Adam Bolder at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
27. "NORTH FERRIBY WIN FA TROPHY AFTER PENALTY SHOOTOUT DRAMA". FA. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2022.

External links

• Adam Bolder player profile at qpr.co.uk
• Rollin, Glenda & Rollin, Jack: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2006–07 (page 469), Headline Book Publishing, London. ISBN   0-7553-1526-X
• Adam Bolder at Premier League
• Adam Bolder at Soccerbase