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The History of Bolton Wanderers F.C. covers the period from its founding in 1874 up to the present. ==Early history (1877–1929)== Bolton Wanderers F.C. was founded by the Reverend Thomas Ogden, the schoolmaster at Christ Church in 1874 as Christ Church F.C. It was initially run from the church of the same name on Deane Road, Bolton, on the site where the Innovation factory of the University of Bolton now stands. The club left the location following a dispute with the vicar, and changed its name to Bolton Wanderers in 1877. The name was chosen as the club initially had a lot of difficulty finding a permanent ground to play on, having used three venues in its first four years of existence. In the 1887–88 FA Cup, Bolton Wanderers were involved in a protracted first round match against Everton. Welsh international Bob Roberts scored the only goal of the initial match played on 15 October 1887, but the result was declared invalid as Bolton Wanderers had fielded an ineligible player, Robert Struthers. There then followed two drawn matches (with Roberts again scoring in the first), before Everton won the second replay (the fourth match altogether) 2–1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Everton Season Statistics 1887–1888 )〕 This time, however, Everton were disqualified for fielding two professional players who had been registered as amateurs, and the match was awarded to Bolton, who then suffered a club record 9–1 defeat in the second round away to Preston North End.〔 Bolton were one of the 12 founder members of the Football League, which formed in 1888.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Bolton Wanderers official website )〕 Having remained in the Football League since its formation, Bolton have spent more time in the top flight (Premier League/old First Division) than out of it. In 1894 Bolton reached the final of the FA Cup for the first time, but lost 4–1 to Notts County at Goodison Park.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FA Cup Final 1894 )〕 A decade later they were runners-up a second time, losing 1–0 to local rivals Manchester City at Crystal Palace on 23 April 1904.〔, p31〕 The period before and after the First World War was Bolton's most consistent period of top-flight success as measured by league finishes, with the club finishing outside the top 8 of the First Division on only two occasions between 1911–12 and 1927–28. In this period Bolton equalled their record finish of third twice, in 1920–21 and 1924–25, on the latter occasion missing out on the title by just 3 points (in an era of 2 points for a win). On 28 April 1923, Bolton won the cup at their third attempt to win their first major trophy, beating West Ham United 2–0 in the first ever Wembley final. The match, famously known as The White Horse Final was played in front of over 127,000 supporters. Bolton's centre-forward, David Jack scored the first ever goal at Wembley Stadium. Driven by long-term players Joe Smith in attack, Ted Vizard and Billy Butler on the wings, and Jimmy Seddon in defence, they became the most successful cup side of the twenties, also winning in 1926 and 1929, beating Manchester City〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FA Cup Final 1926 )〕 and Portsmouth respectively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FA Cup Final 1929 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of Bolton Wanderers F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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