Wanderers scored twice in the final 10 minutes to beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 and book their place in the LFA Professional Youth Cup final.
Daeshon Lawrence, Latrell Lewis and Harry Leigh all got on the scoresheet for Julian Darby’s side at Brockhall.
The Whites will now face Blackpool in the final after the Seasiders overcame Burnley on penalties.
Bolton started brightly and Connor Lewis sent an effort over the bar after some good work by David Abimbola.
Abimbola continued to cause problems and thought he had opened the scoring from close range, but a defender made a crucial block.
The opener came when Lawrence picked out the bottom corner with a low drive from the edge of the area.
Jamie Grayson had a chance to double the lead but couldn’t convert at the far post after getting on the end of a corner.
Harrison Rice also saw a header clip the top of the crossbar as Lewis’ deliveries caused the hosts problems.
Rovers didn’t have many chances in the first half but nearly got back on level terms minutes before the break when George Barlow made an impressive save to deny Joseph Boggan.
The hosts improved in the second half and Nathan Dlamini forced Barlow into another smart stop at his near post after a mazy run.
The equaliser came after more good work by Dlamini down the left. Wanderers failed to clear his cross and Valentin Joseph pounced to slot home.
Bolton had a big chance to regain the lead when Lewis seized a sloppy backpass but Blake Wolsoncroft made a good block.
Moments later at the other end, Rovers were awarded a penalty and Boggan kept his cool to send Barlow the wrong way from the spot.
The tie had turned on its head but Wanderers refused to lie down, getting back level 10 minutes from time when Wolsoncroft spilled a cross from the left and Lewis reacted quickest to prod home.
There was one final twist in the tale as Leigh collected the ball on the edge of the box, beat his man with a clever turn and fired into the bottom corner.
Tobias Ritchie nearly wrapped up the result in stoppage time with an audacious effort from near the halfway line, but Wolsoncroft was relieved to see the ball drop just wide of the post.
“I'm delighted for the boys because they've worked their socks off all season,” Darby said after the final whistle.
“We're unbeaten in the league so far this year. We've been in all the Cups and there’s been quarter-finals, semi-finals.
“To actually get through to a final, after going 2-1 down as well, it shows the resilience and the character in the group.
“Blackburn are a Category One Academy and they beat us in the final last year, so it was nice to come here and get a bit of payback.
“We’ve got Blackpool in the final now. When we’re going to play that, I haven’t got a clue because we’ve got a million games before then! But we’ll take each game as it comes.
“Now, we move onto the league. We’ve got a tough game at Preston on Saturday and that’s our bread and butter. We need to recover and make sure we do the right things.”
