Wanderers have a proud history of winning trophies and regularly featuring among the elite of English football during their 125 year existence.

Traditionally the club have been a successful FA Cup side, and while the Premiership has become a greater concern in recent years, Wanderers have been involved in some of the tournament's most famous incidents.

They had to wait until 1923 for their first FA Cup victory, when, under the stewardship of Charles Foweraker, they won the inaugural Wembley final.

Three years later they were back at the Twin Towers as Foweraker achieved two more cup victories by taking the 1926 and 1929 tournaments.

Boss Bill Ridding continued Wanderers' cup traditions when he took them back to Wembley in 1953 only to be beaten 4-3 by Blackpool in the famous Matthews final.

Bolton's fourth FA Cup win came in 1958 when Nat Lofthouse scored twice in the 2-0 defeat of Manchester United.

Wanderers returned to Wembley twice in the 1980s for the final of minor competitions, and beat Torquay United to take the Freight Rover Trophy in 1989.

In recent years Wanderers have enjoyed more success in the League Cup, with Bruce Rioch taking the club through to the final against Liverpool in 1995.

Although a Steve McManaman brace helped the Reds to a 2-1 victory, First Division Wanderers did themselves proud and Alan Thompson scored a stunning consolation goal.

Sam Allardyce enjoyed a successful run in both cups in 2000 when his Wanderers side reached the last four of both.

Allardyce's men were surprisingly beaten by Tranmere Rovers in the Worthington Cup, and were thrashed 3-0 in the second leg at the Reebok Stadium.

In the FA Cup they were just pipped on penalties by Aston Villa in what would be the club's last trip to Wembley before its demolition.

Wanderers took the First Division title for the first and only time at the end of the glorious 1996-97 season - unfortunately with the advent of the Premiership this meant Colin Todd's team had only won promotion and were not English league champions!

Despite being one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888, the club have never finished above third place in the league which was achieved in 1892, 1921 and 1925.

Apart from a 29 year spell in the top flight between 1935-1964, Wanderers have undoubtedly become a yo-yo club but recent years have seen some memorable moments including the First Division Play-Off final victories over Reading and Preston in 1995 and 2001 respectively.