Players who played for Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City

Which footballers have played for both Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City? It's exactly the kind of link that wins rounds of The Connection, our football trivia game. Every player below has been checked against his career record, including loan spells.

Quick quiz: how many can you name before you look? There are 12 in our list.

Show all 12 players

Player	Country	Bolton Wanderers	Manchester City
Wyn Davies	Wales	1962–1966	1971–1972
Asa Hartford	Scotland	1985–1987	1974–1979 & 1981–1984
Peter Barnes	England	1987 & 1988–1989	1974–1979 & 1987–1988
Peter Reid	England	1974–1982	1989–1993
Brian Kidd	England	1980–1982	1976–1979
Colin Hendry	Scotland	2000–2001 & 2001–2003 loan	1989–1991
Peter Beardsley	England	1997–1998	1998 loan
Paul Ritchie	Scotland	1999–2000 loan	2000–2003
Nicolas Anelka	France	2006–2008	2002–2005
Tal Ben Haim	Israel	2004–2007	2008–2009
Daniel Sturridge	England	2011 loan	2006–2009
Francis Lee	England	–	–

Quick facts

12 players in our verified list have played for both Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City.
The most common countries are England (6), Scotland (3), Wales (1).
The earliest in our list is Wyn Davies; the most recent is Daniel Sturridge.
4 players made the link through a loan spell, including Colin Hendry.

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