How many Bolton Wanderers supporters received banning orders last season - It's the most in the EFL | OneFootball

Bolton Wanderers suffered a less-than-impressive 2024/25 campaign - both on and off the pitch

Bolton Wanderers are the highest-ranked EFL club in the banning orders list for the 2024/25 season.

A disappointing campaign saw the Trotters finish eighth in League One, a steep regression from the third place achieved the previous year.

This led to increased frustration from the club's fanbase, who expected to be in the fight for automatic promotion once more.

The Wanderers’ supporters passionately follow their side across the country and have been thrown into the limelight as a result, with their poor performances perhaps playing a telling role.

Bolton Wanderers’ fans top banning orders list

Football is an emotion-charged sport, which can push people into carrying out actions they would usually opt against.

The Home Office has published figures around football-related arrests and banning orders, which stop supporters from attending games.

In the 2024/25 season, 18 Bolton Wanderers fans received banning orders, which was the highest total throughout the entire EFL.

Typically, Premier League clubs fill these rankings, due to the higher capacity in their grounds, which in turn allows for more wrongdoings from supporters.

However, the Trotters ranked eighth in the country for the most banning orders and were one of only two clubs in the top ten outside of the top-flight.

The Home Office reported that this campaign saw the largest number of banning orders issued since 2013, with 2,439 fans across the nation getting hit with a ban.

These punishments can last from anywhere between three and 10 years, depending on how severe the conviction ends up being.

Bolton Wanderers will hope improved performances result in better fan behaviour

These numbers don’t shine too brightly on the Wanderers’ supporters, who were amongst the worst-behaved fanbases in the country.

Such wrongdoings may have some translation to the ill-feeling many of the Trotters’ faithful felt towards former boss Ian Evatt, who was dismissed in January, with it becoming apparent that the club weren’t going to realise their promotion ambitions.

With new manager Steven Schumacher at the helm and some exciting new additions through the door, supporters will hope that next term is the start of a new, successful era at the Toughsheet Community Stadium.

Bolton have gone through somewhat of a reset this summer, with Schumacher allowing senior figures such as Ricardo Santos, Gethin Jones, Nathan Baxter to leave the club, whilst Luke Southwood and Aaron Collins were also sold on.

The Trotters’ boss suggested that he wanted to reshape key areas of the squad, with new Sporting Director Fergal Harkin and Head of Recruitment Jimmy Dickinson seemingly keen to grant their manager’s wish.

Thierry Gale, Xavier Simons, Sam Dalby, Richard Taylor, Charlie Warren, Amario Cozier-Duberry and Teddy Sharman-Lowe have all been acquired by Bolton, which should foster real excitement throughout the club’s fanbase.

With that, fans may have less reason to act recklessly across the campaign, satisfied by their club’s performances on the pitch.