NICKNAME: Trotters

FOUNDED: 1874

MANAGER: Gary Megson

GROUND: Reebok Stadium

LAST SEASON:

League 16th FA Cup Third Round Carling Cup Fourth Round UEFA Cup Fourth Round

HONOURS:

Nationwide One Champions (1) 1995-96

Division Two Champions (2) 1908-09, 1977-78

Division Three Champions (1) 1972-73

FA Cup Winners (4) 1923, 1926, 1929, 1958

Sherpa Van Trophy Winners 1989

RECORD VICTORY: League 8-0 v Barnsley, Division Two, 06-10-1934 Cup 13-0 v Sheffield United, FA Cup Second Round, 01-01-1890

RECORD DEFEAT: 1-9 v Preston, FA Cup Second Round, 10-12-1887

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 69,912 v Manchester City, FA Cup Fifth Round, 18-02-1933 (Burnden Park)

RECORD TRANSFER PAID: Undisclosed (thought to be £10million), Johan Elmander to Toulouse, June 2008

RECORD TRANSFER RECEIVED: £15m, Nicolas Anelka from Chelsea, January 2008

TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Joe Smith, 38, 1920-21 All-time Nat Lofthouse, 255, 1946-61

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Eddie Hopkinson, 519, 1956-70