WANDERERS are asking fans to suggest ‘significant moments’ in the club’s history to include in a special memorial at the Macron.

A plaque will be laid at next month near to Nat Lofthouse’s statue listing a number of unique firsts achieved by the Whites down the years.

And the club are open to suggestion for what information is included.

Kenny Davenport scored the Football League’s first-ever goal whilst playing for Wanderers against Derby County at 3.47pm on September 8, 1888.

And Wanderers were involved in the first-ever FA Cup final at Wembley, in which star striker David Jack scored the opening goal against West Ham United.

Supporters are now being challenged to come up with similar historic moments in a list designed to be extended and amended as time goes on, giving a running list of achievements through the ages.

Suggestions are being invited by the end of April – with a view to unveiling the plaque at the annual memorial service on May 23.

“If you look at the Nat Lofthouse statue we’ve got three plaques which remember iconic moments in his history, and also at Burnden Park as it was the 70th anniversary of the disaster last year,” explained head of the Bolton Wanderers Community Trust Phil Mason.

“We have one more corner to fill and because we celebrated having scored the first goal in the Football League’s history, scored by Kenny Davenport, we felt he ought to be remembered not only near to the place where the goal was scored but also at the stadium.

“It led us on to thinking about other significant moments in our club’s history which should be celebrated and recognised. We’re calling on the people of Bolton to think about that now in what is a unique and sacred space at the Macron Stadium.

“Loved ones are remembered, Nat is remembered and the people of the Burnden Disaster are remembered – so this is a way of celebrating other parts of the club’s history.

“We’d consulted people about the statue and which moments should be included in the friezes around the statue, so it makes sense to do so again here.”

Wanderers fans have plenty of scope – with ‘firsts’ being sought from all eras of the club’s history, from the beginnings at Pike’s Lane to the modern day Macron.

The Bolton Wanderers Development Association will pay for the cost of engraving and setting the plaque and spokesman Andrew Dean is looking forward to seeing what nuggets of information are put forward by the Bolton fans.

“We have got a rich history to pick from,” he said. “Bolton Wanderers scored the first Football League goal, played in the first final at Wembley.

“But we want significant moments specific to this club’s history too – so you look at Alan Thompson scoring the first goal at the Reebok, or maybe the first Sunday game against Stoke City in the FA Cup, which caused such a stir at the time.

“They are the kind of iconic moments we want to celebrate in a permanent reminder of how great this club really is.

“I’m sure the fans will come up with many weird, wonderful and quirky things. We’ve just jotted down a few of the obvious ones but it should make for a very interesting discussion.

“We look forward to seeing the response from people and then the plaque being in place next month.

“It’s the kind of thing we can add to in the future. It isn’t a permanent fixture as in ‘this is it’. We hope there are moments to come, or that will be brought to our attention at a later stage.”

Just for fun – here are a few weird and wonderful Bolton ‘firsts’ to consider.

n In January 1902 Jack Suttcliffe became the first Wanderers player to be sent off after using bad language.

n On Christmas Day 1896 Motherwell became the club’s first non-English opponents at Burnden Park. The Whites won 6-0.

n Laurie Bell scored the first-ever Bolton Wanderers hat-trick in league football against Loughborough Town in December 1899.

n Stelios was the first Wanderer to lift the European Championship when he helped Greece to success in 2004.

n In September 1983 Tony Caldwell became the first Wanderers player to score five times in the same league game when he helped his side beat Walsall 8-1.

n Preston North End were Wanderers’ first opponents at Burnden in a benefit game for Dai Jones – but a fortnight earlier the new stadium had been opened with a special cycle race. Among the other attractions on the day were trapeze artists, performing dogs and a dive from Professor J Bracken, enveloped in a sack 100 feet off the floor into a five-foot deep tank of water!

n Do you have a suggestion to make? Email our chief football writer Marc Iles on marc.iles@nqnw.co.uk or write to Marc Iles, c/o The Bolton News sportsdesk, The Wellsprings, Civic Centre, Bolton, BL1 1AR, and we will pass on your suggestion to Wanderers.