BOLTON WANDERERS 3 WEST HAM UNITED 0

This is the view from my seat at the Reebok Stadium.

Saturday afternoon was spent at the Reebok Stadium , watching my team Bolton beat West Ham 3-0.

It was a hot afternoon with the temperature reaching 22C.

Next weekend Bolton Wanderers are at Wembley for the Semi Final of the FA Cup, so expect a picture of the Wanderers at Wembley :)

This is shot from the East Stand, directly into the sun. You can see 10 West Ham united outfield players and 9 Bolton Wanderers outfield players. The missing Bolton player is a the young Spanish left back Marcus Alonso, who is out of shot, having just passed the ball to Matrin Petrov.

365 is all about posting what images you like and today was a very 'likeable' afternoon as my team won 3-0. The warm glow of victory and the warm glow of the setting sun made he 120+ mile trip back home worthwile:)

[patsyj]

Go Bolton!! This is a great shot of the teams in action!

[andy c]

Good win... always nice to say the hammers struggle :-)... Enjoy Wembley.. having been there 5 times with Pompey in the last 3 years, it feels like our second home haha...

[Kerri]

Glad your team won! Great shot

[Constance Brinkley]

Great shot and congrats on the win. Nice to celebrate a victory...

[peter/zipp]

nice shot and memory of a solid win..and i can see the ball in this one so which i think is great!
good luck at Wemberleee

[Anita]

Congrats!

[Phil Howcroft]

@patsyjphillips Thank you Patsy, 'Go Bolton'..I like it :)...Bolton is a small north west England town, we've played in the English Premier League for over 10 years , we are an unfashionable club 'punching above our weight' ...we cannot compete fianacially with teams like Manchester United and Liverpool , but we sure give them a good game when we play them.....'Go Bolton' :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@andycoleborn cheers Andy...we do like to upset the 'happy hammers' (we are there bogey team)...nervous already about next week :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri, it was a good Saturday :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@seattle Constance, thanks for the comment, it was a good win, the footbll we played was at times really breathtaking :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@sleepdozer57 Cheers Peter, I ensured I put a pic with the 'ball' in today , after your comments the other day :)....Wemberleeeee :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@anron Thanks Anita :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@gill thanks Gill, a bit of a self indulgent photo, but hey it waas a good afternoon, the stdium was bathed in sun and it was a t-shirt, sun cream and hat day....it only seems a few weeks ago since I was wearing 3 layers of clothing , a scarf and thermal socks :) ...as for Wembley next week, I cannot say I'm lookig forward to being ripped off with Wembley prices...you are not allowed to take a bottle of water into the stadium ...how ridiculous is that !!

[Juliette Packham]

great shot - love stadium pics. great win for you! a good day indeed!!

[Robin Mersh]

:-))

[Phil Howcroft]

@sparkle Thanks Juliette, there's a lot to photogrpah in a stadium, I'm looking forward to taking my 'panny lumix' to Wembley next week :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@robinmersh thanks Robin, lets hope I'm all :-)) on sunday evening :-))

[Jennifer]

Nice shot Phil, brings the feel of the game! great color too!

[andy c]

@phil_howcroft enjoy it mate.. it's a great day out and I reckon your boys can do it.. here's my pic from last season's final... Was sat high, high up...

[andy c]

whoops... http://365project.org/andycoleborn/365/2010-05-15

[Richard Tyson]

Nice shot, I was at Upton Park earlier in the season for WHU 1 Bolton 3 http://365project.org/rich57/365/2010-08-21

[Phil Howcroft]

@andycoleborn Thanks Andy, we've got the West End of the stadium (the bit in the shade when it's sunny !!), I'm quite low down on the first level, behind the net towards the corner !!! I think we've sold 30K tickets from our 34K allocation so far. Stoke have sold out

[Phil Howcroft]

@rich57 Cheers Richard, nice shot :) We are a bogey team for the 'hammers' ....nice wide angle view of the action :)

[Frances Chaloner]

Great composition with the curve of the stadium and the players in the bright sunlight