PIKES LANE
League Record
- First Match
- 3–6 v Derby County (5,000) (September 8th, 1888)
- Last Match
- 5–0 v West Bromwich Albion (10,200) (April 13th, 1895)
- Highest Attendance
- 14,000 v Blackburn Rovers (2–0) (March 28th, 1891)
- Lowest Attendance
- 1,500 v Burnley (2–0) (January 6th, 1894)
- Biggest Home Win
- 7–0 v West Bromwich Albion (3,500) (December 7th, 1889)
- Biggest Home Defeat
- 2–6 v Preston North End (10,000) (October 12th, 1889)
91 League games played at Pikes Lane by Bolton Wanderers
The club was a founder member of the Football League in 1888 and despite the ground being unpopular for both players (the pitch was inevitably a mud heap) and spectators (for whom the facilities were all but non-existent) it was another seven years before they were able to move to Burnden Park. The first ever League hat trick was scored here by Walter Tait of Burnley in their 4-3 win against Bolton Wanderers on September 15th, 1888.
