Scouts attend many local youth matches looking for talented boys. Bolton Wanderers can today confirm that four academy graduates have signed their first professional contracts with the football club. Academy graduates (2000–present) A number of players from the Southampton F.C. He spent last season on loan at Morecambe. Notable graduates of the squad include former captain Kevin Nolan. Josh Vela, Zach Clough and Rob Holding amongst others. A boy will then be invited to attend training sessions at the Academy. At age seventeen, he was linked to Liverpool and Bolton rejected £1 million offer from Liverpool.. Olosunde has been one of the few success stories on this list. ⚽️ @ZakDearnley has an announcement to make… #oafc pic.twitter.com/45KNU8sfPw, — Oldham Athletic (@OfficialOAFC) June 25, 2020. #BWFC U23s XI to face @bfc_official: Howard, Wabara, Matthews, Dervite, Brockbank, Perry, Donohue, King, Wilkinson, Samizadeh, Clayton. The midfielder has made two first-team appearances in 2019-20, both of which came in the FA Cup. NB: They have to have played a competitive game for Wanderers and spent some time in the academy setup. Wanderers are in EFL Trophy action on Tuesday evening when they take on Shrewsbury Town at the Montgomery Waters Meadow. Academy Alumni Striker Joins Bolton. Bolton Wanderers have confirmed that striker Shaun Miller has joined the club on a 12-month deal, becoming their 17th signing of the summer. Between the ages of eight and twelve the boys play in eight-a-side games of three twenty-minute periods. Defenders. [1], In June 2015, it was announced that the club had sought to downgrade from a Category One status in order to save money. Please add the … Michael Donohue is a 19-year-old winger and is currently on the books of Everton. The EFL and its Clubs will once again come together with charity partner, Mind, to collectively mark World Mental Health Day (Saturday 10 October) this year. Dearnley had trials with Bursaspor and Rotherham United after leaving Old Trafford, only for fitness issues to scupper any potential deal. The following players have been associated with the Bolton Wanderers Academy and have gone on to play league football for Bolton or other clubs since the Academy was founded in 1998. Sold to Liverpool for a once-Club record fee of £11 million in 2000. “It’s a fresh start for me, it’s a new club, new surroundings, slightly different to what I’m used to as well which is refreshing,” Wilson told the Manchester Evening News in February 2020. Miller, 32, started his career with the Alex before leaving for Sheffield United in 2012 following our promotion into League 1. After spending the 2018-19 season on loan at Aberdeen, Wilson joined the Scottish side on a permanent deal upon the expiration of his United contract. He’s someone that I see as being a rotation/back-up player for the club if I’m honest behind the duo of Eoin Doyle and Nathan Delfouneso. The 20-year-old had a trial with AZ Alkmaar’s reserve team, Jong AZ, and eventually earned a two-year contract with the Dutch side in May 2020. It allows the boys to play as defenders or as attackers in small groups within a system and is not as physically demanding as playing eleven-a-side matches. 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Bolton Wanderers fans will be able to watch Ian Evatt’s men in action when they take on Shrewsbury Town in the EFL Trophy this Tuesday, kick off 5:30pm. Sang failed to make the grade at Old Trafford and joined Cardiff City’s Under-23 side ahead of the 2019-20 season. Bolton Wanderers Development Squad play their home games at the County Ground in Leyland, the home ground of the Lancashire F.A. Earned 62 caps for England, scoring seven goals. ... Bolton Wanderers The first of those is no stranger to Bolton Wanderers. It provides a stepping stone for youngsters to progress to the highest levels of football at Bolton Wanderers. NB: They have to have played a competitive game for Wanderers and spent some time in the academy setup. After a few years in non-league with Colwyn Bay and Scarborough Athletic, he has come back to … The 23-year-old fractured his knee on his debut and has been limited to seven appearances in League One this season.