Bolton Wanderers F.C. Player of the Year

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The Bolton Wanderers F.C. Player of the Year is an award presented to the Bolton Wanderers fans' player of the season.

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The first winner of the award was Simon Charlton in 2002. Since then, fourteen more players have won the award with one player, Kevin Davies, winning the award three times and another, Tim Ream, winning it twice. Davies was the only player to retain the trophy, winning it in 2008 and 2009 until Ream retained it himself in 2014 and 2015.

Voting takes place towards the end of each season, usually in April, and is open to anyone. Fans can click on a link on the Bolton Wanderers website.

Winners

Kevin Davies is the only player to win the award three times Kevin Davies August 2011.jpg
Kevin Davies is the only player to win the award three times
Tim Ream is one of only two players to retain the award USMNT vs. Trinidad and Tobago (48124967367) (cropped).jpg
Tim Ream is one of only two players to retain the award

Players in bold are still playing for Bolton Wanderers.

SeasonNameNationalityPositionNotesRef(s)
2001–02 Simon Charlton Flag of England.svg  England Defender [1]
2002–03 Jay-Jay Okocha Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Midfielder First winner from outside England [1]
2003–04 Kevin Davies Flag of England.svg  England Forward [1]
2004–05 Bruno Ngotty Flag of France.svg  France Defender First winner from mainland Europe [1]
2005–06 Ricardo Gardner Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Midfielder First winner from CONCACAF [1]
2006–07 Jussi Jääskeläinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Goalkeeper [1]
2007–08 Kevin Davies Flag of England.svg  England Forward First player to win the award twice [1]
2008–09 Kevin Davies Flag of England.svg  England Forward First player to retain the award [1]
2009–10 Lee Chung-yong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Midfielder First winner from Asia [1]
2010–11 Stuart Holden Flag of the United States.svg  United States Midfielder First winner from North America [1]
2011–12 Ádám Bogdán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Goalkeeper [1]
2012–13 Jay Spearing Flag of England.svg  England Midfielder First on loan player to win award [1]
2013–14 Tim Ream Flag of the United States.svg  United States Defender [1]
2014–15 Tim Ream Flag of the United States.svg  United States Defender [1]
2015–16 Rob Holding Flag of England.svg  England Defender First player to come through the youth team to win award [2]
2016–17 David Wheater Flag of England.svg  England Defender [3]
2017–18 Ben Alnwick Flag of England.svg  England Goalkeeper [4]
2018–19 Gary O'Neil Flag of England.svg  England Midfielder [5]
2019–20 N/AN/AN/ASeason ended early because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Ricardo Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Defender [6]
2021–22 Oladapo Afolayan Flag of England.svg  England Midfielder [7]
2022–23 Conor Bradley Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Defender [8]

Wins by player

WinnerTotal winsYear(s)
Flag of England.svg Kevin Davies 32004, 2008, 2009
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Ream 22014, 2015
Flag of England.svg Simon Charlton 12002
Flag of Nigeria.svg Jay-Jay Okocha 12003
Flag of France.svg Bruno Ngotty 12005
Flag of Jamaica.svg Ricardo Gardner 12006
Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Jääskeläinen 12007
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chung-yong 12010
Flag of the United States.svg Stuart Holden 12011
Flag of Hungary.svg Ádám Bogdán 12012
Flag of England.svg Jay Spearing 12013
Flag of England.svg Rob Holding 12016
Flag of England.svg David Wheater 12017
Flag of England.svg Ben Alnwick 12018
Flag of England.svg Gary O'Neil 12019
Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Santos 12021
Flag of England.svg Oladapo Afolayan 12022
Ulster Banner.svg Conor Bradley 12023

Wins by playing position

PositionNumber of wins
Goalkeeper 3
Defender 8
Midfielder 7
Forward 3

Wins by nationality

NationalityNumber of winners
Flag of England.svg  England 10
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1
Flag of France.svg  France 1
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1

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References

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  2. ↑ BWFC, Official (29 April 2016). "Rob Holding wins Player of the Year for 2015/16". bwfc.co.uk. Bolton Wanderers. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "End of Season Awards Dinner - The Winners".
  4. ↑ "Ben Alnwick named Bolton Wanderers' 2017/18 Player of the Year". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Gary O'Neil named as Wanderers' 2018/19 Player of the Year". Bolton Wanderers FC. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  6. ↑ Bolton Wanderers: "Ricardo Almeida Santos Named As Bolton Wanderers’ 2020/21 Player Of The Year"
  7. ↑ [https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2022/may/afolayan-named-player-of-the-year/ BWFC: "Afolayan Named Player of the Year"
  8. ↑ "Bradley Is Season Star"
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