Editing Sam Ricketts (section)

===Bolton Wanderers===
On 25 July 2009, fellow Premier League club [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] confirmed Ricketts had signed a three-year deal with them for an undisclosed fee.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/07/24/megson-swoops-to-boost-defence-115875-21543679/ |title=Bolton edge Portsmouth in getting Sam Ricketts signature |date=24 July 2009 |newspaper=The Mirror}}</ref> He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat to [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] on 15 August and went on to play in every defensive position for the club.

In February 2011 he suffered a snapped Achilles tendon during an [[FA Cup]] replay against [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]], which put him out of first team contention until the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Ricketts ruled out for season with Achilles injury |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/9400135.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 February 2011}}</ref> He made his return on New Year's Eve 2011, where he also scored his first Bolton goal, in a 1–1 draw against his future club [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16325117.stm |title=Bolton 1–1 Wolverhampton |date=31 December 2011 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> Ricketts' contract expired at the end of the 2011–12 season but, despite Bolton being relegated from the Premier League, he signed a new two-year deal with the club in the summer of 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/General/0,,1004~2776253,00.html |title=Ricketts signs new deal |date=18 May 2012 |publisher=Bolton Wanderers F.C |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520063442/http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/General/0%2C%2C1004~2776253%2C00.html |archive-date=20 May 2012}}</ref> On 4 July 2013, after a season in which the team failed to make an instant return to the top flight, Bolton confirmed that his contract had been cancelled by mutual agreement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/ricketts-departs-4.7.13-893808.aspx |title=Ricketts departs |date=4 July 2013 |publisher=Bolton Wanderers F.C. |access-date=4 July 2013 |archive-date=8 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708053507/http://www.bwfc.co.uk//news/article/ricketts-departs-4.7.13-893808.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He later expressed his disappointment at leaving Bolton Wanderers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/wanderersnews/10794750.Sam_Ricketts_admits_disappointment_at_leaving_Bolton_Wanderers/=.aspx |title=Sam Ricketts admits disappointment at leaving Bolton Wanderers |date=8 November 2013 |publisher=Bolton Wanderers F.C |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110084154/http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/wanderersnews/10794750.Sam_Ricketts_admits_disappointment_at_leaving_Bolton_Wanderers/=.aspx/ |archive-date=10 January 2016}}</ref>