Adam Bolder
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Adam Bolder
| image = AdamBolder02.JPG
| caption = Bolder in 2006
| fullname = Adam Peter Bolder
| height = 5 ft 8+1/2 in
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|10|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hull, England
| currentclub = North Ferriby
| clubnumber =
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1=
| youthclubs1= Hull City
| years1 = 1998–2000
| years2 = 2000–2007
| years3 = 2007–2009
| years4 = 2008
| years5 = 2008–2009
| years6 = 2009–2010
| years7 = 2010
| years8 = 2010–2012
| years9 = 2012–2014
| years10 = 2014–2016
| years11 = 2016
| years12 = 2017–2019
| years13 = 2021–
| clubs1 = Hull City
| clubs2 = Derby County
| clubs3 = Queens Park Rangers
| clubs4 = → Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
| clubs5 = → Millwall (loan)
| clubs6 = Millwall
| clubs7 = → Bradford City (loan)
| clubs8 = Burton Albion
| clubs9 = Harrogate Town
| clubs10 = North Ferriby United
| clubs11 = Scarborough Athletic
| clubs12 = North Ferriby United
| clubs13 = North Ferriby
| caps1 = 20 | goals1 = 0
| caps2 = 166 | goals2 = 11
| caps3 = 40 | goals3 = 2
| caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 2
| caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 0
| caps6 = 31 | goals6 = 0
| caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 1
| caps8 = 81 | goals8 = 4
| caps9 = 60 | goals9 = 4
| caps10 = 59 | goals10 = 5
| caps11 = | goals11 =
| caps12 = 8 | goals12 = 1
| club-update = 22:15, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
}}
Adam Peter Bolder (born 25 October 1980) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for North Ferriby.
He played in the Football League for Hull City, Derby County, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Millwall, Bradford City and Burton Albion before finishing his career in Non-league football with Harrogate Town, Scarborough Athletic and North Ferriby United.
Career
=Hull City=
Bolder began his career in Hull City where he signed his first professional contract in August 1998. His first league game for Hull was against Hartlepool United in January 1999 and that was his only league game for the Tigers in the 1998–99 season. After playing 19 league games for Hull in the first part of the 1999–2000 season he left the club.
=Derby County=
Bolder signed for Derby County in March 2000. His first match for Derby was against Manchester United in May 2001 and his second league game this season came against Ipswich Town two weeks later. The following season, he made 11 league appearances for the Rams before he established himself as a first team player with 45 league games and six league goals in the 2002–03 season. His first league goal came in August 2002 against Grimsby Town. Derby won that game 2–1 and Bolder scored both goals for Derby. Bolder then played in 24 league games and scored one league goal in the 2003–04 season, 36 league games and two league goals in the 2004–05 season and 35 league games and two league goals in the 2005–06 season. After playing 13 league games in the first part of the 2006–07 season for Derby, Bolder went out of the first team in early November 2006 and his final appearance for the club from Derbyshire came in a league game against West Bromwich Albion in December 2006.
=Queens Park Rangers=
In January 2007 Bolder signed a two-and-a-half-year-long contract for Queens Park Rangers, where he was reunited with his former boss, John Gregory. QPR were struggling at the time, and there was a lack of grit and determination within the team. Bolder came in, and added steel to the midfield, with some good tackling performances and an excellent range of passing. Combined with the signings of Danny Cullip and Lee Camp (on loan), Bolder helped QPR to avoid relegation, quite comfortably in the end and was named as club captain. On 27 October 2007, Bolder scored his first goal for Queens Park Rangers in a 1–0 win over Charlton Athletic at The Valley which lifted QPR off the bottom of the table. On 8 February 2008, it was announced that Bolder would be joining fellow Championship side Sheffield Wednesday on a month's loan, which was later extended to the end of the 2007–08 season.{{cite news
|title=Wednesday extend Bolder loan stay
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/7282964.stm
|work=BBC Sport
|date=7 April 2008
|accessdate=9 July 2008}} On 8 April 2008 Bolder scored his first goals in an Owls shirt, netting twice in the Steel City Derby against Sheffield United in a 2–2 draw.
=Millwall=
He joined Millwall initially on loan on 6 November 2008,{{cite news
|title=Millwall bring in Bolder on loan
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/7714123.stm
|work=BBC Sport
|date=6 November 2008
|accessdate=28 February 2009}} before joining them permanently on 29 January 2009, in a deal that will keep him at the club until 2011.{{cite news
|title=Bolder set to sign Millwall deal
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/7859359.stm
|work=BBC Sport
|date=29 January 2009
|accessdate=28 February 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090201121622/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/7859359.stm| archivedate= 1 February 2009 | url-status= live}}
On 5 March 2010 Bolder joined League Two side Bradford City on a one-month loan deal.{{cite news
|title=Bradford City sign Millwall midfielder Adam Bolder
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/8551321.stm
|work=BBC Sport
|date=5 March 2010
|accessdate=6 March 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100315040058/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/8551321.stm| archivedate= 15 March 2010 | url-status= live}} During his spell at Bradford he scored once against Morecambe.{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/8606116.stm
|title=Bradford 2–0 Morecambe
|work=BBC Sport
|date=13 April 2010 |accessdate=4 November 2010}}
=Burton Albion=
Bolder signed for Football League Two side Burton Albion on 22 July 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11750_6274524,00.html |title=Bolder seals Burton switch |work=Sky Sports |date=22 July 2010 |accessdate=22 July 2010}}
Bolder was released by the club at the end of the 2011–12 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18062265|title=Burton Albion release quartet but Nathan Stanton agrees deal|date=14 May 2012|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 September 2012}} He signed for Harrogate Town for the start of the 2012–13 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2012/07/20/adam-bolder-joins-harrogate-town-fc/|title=Adam Bolder joins Harrogate Town FC|date=20 July 2012|work=Harrogate News|accessdate=10 September 2012}}
=Non-League=
For the start of the 2014–15 season he signed for North Ferriby United.{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/North-Ferriby-United-sign-Grimsby-Town-star-Tom/story-21124911-detail/story.html|title=North Ferriby United sign former Grimsby Town star Tom Corner|date=22 May 2014|work=Hull Daily Mail|accessdate=2 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006150342/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/North-Ferriby-United-sign-Grimsby-Town-star-Tom/story-21124911-detail/story.html|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}
He signed for Scarborough Athletic at the start of the 2016–17 season.
On 26 November 2017 Bolder signed for North Ferriby United with his brother Chris being appointed as manager 2 days later.{{cite web|url=https://www.nonleaguedaily.com/latest-transfer-news/ex-derby-man-bolder-back-at-north-ferriby.html|title=Ex-Derby man Bolder back at North Ferriby|work=Non League Daily|accessdate=29 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128122934/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/latest-transfer-news/ex-derby-man-bolder-back-at-north-ferriby.html|archive-date=28 November 2017|url-status=usurped}}
In 2021, he came out of retirement to join phoenix club North Ferriby, managed by his brother Chris.{{cite web|url=https://northferribyfc.co.uk/fixture-report-2021-10-26|title=Report – North Ferriby Football Club|website=northferribyfc.co.uk|accessdate=28 April 2022}}
Personal life
Bolder is the older brother of fellow footballer Chris Bolder. The two brothers featured in one same game against each other. A 3–1 win for his brother's Grimsby Town over Derby County on Boxing Day 2002. However they were not on the field at the same time with Adam being replaced by Georgi Kinkladze in the 46th minute, meanwhile Chris came on to replace Iain Ward in the 72nd minute.
Career statistics
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Honours
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080821160934/http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10373~5667%2C00.html Adam Bolder player profile] at qpr.co.uk
- Rollin, Glenda & Rollin, Jack: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2006–07 (page 469), Headline Book Publishing, London. {{ISBN|0-7553-1526-X}}
- {{Premier League player}}
- {{Soccerbase}}
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Category:Footballers from Kingston upon Hull
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Derby County F.C. players
Category:Hull City A.F.C. players
Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Category:Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
Category:Millwall F.C. players
Category:Burton Albion F.C. players
Category:Premier League players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Bradford City A.F.C. players
Category:Harrogate Town A.F.C. players
Category:North Ferriby United A.F.C. players