Reebok Stadium Players Entrance

I took this picture outside of the Reebok stadium before Bolton Wanderers played Stoke City in the English Premier League.

It is the players entrance to the Reebok Stadium. a rather unassuming entrance for a rather grand stadium !

If we had lost I was going to say you cannot see many players because they 'didn't turn up on' ( a football expression for when a team plays poor...the 'players didn't turn up')

Anyway, the players did turn up as we won 5-0, to avenge the disastrous defeat at Wembley to the same team in the FA Cup Semi Final in April of this year.

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The blue fencing you can see propped up against the wall is erected pre match to allow the players to walk into the stadium safely. As this image was only 15 minutes before kick off all the players were 'safely inside the Reebok' .

Way way behind in commenting and I am posting pics out of sequence too. I'll fill in my gaps and catch up with commenting tomorrow. Thanks for all your support and great comments

[Pat Knowles]

I heard that Bolton had won 5-0 !!! Many congratulations on a splendid win, you must have been singing all the way home !!!! The Reebok Stadium is a very impressive building from the M61 !! My daughter sometimes parks her car there & gets the train into Manchester !

[Kerri]

Awesome

[Allison Williams]

I like the long shadows and the vast expanse of concrete. Congratulations on the victory.

[Mags]

Interesting shot! Is that slate gray or black brick? Or tiles?

[peter/zipp]

5 - nil mate! good fer you! as you know we lost 5 - nil, but then so did you a few months back... bring on the Hawaii 5-0 theme tune..

[Judith Greenwood]

Wahey - 5-0!! I bet you've upset Robbie now though...can't have that!

[Juliette Packham]

5-0...great score! sounds like a walkover to me!

[Steve Hollingsworth]

A view i see most days ... & good win yesterday ..We drove past the Reebok before kick off , on route to Rivington noticed a large group of stoke fans singing before the game at the beehive pub.. dont think the coach home would have been as noisy do you ..lol...

[Phil Howcroft]

@steveh thanks steve, a welcome change in fortune for the wanderers :) ..especially the first goal...the Stoke fans are always noisy, but as the goals went in they quietened down a bit

[Phil Howcroft]

@sparkle Juliette it was a great Sunday afternoon of footie

[Phil Howcroft]

@judithg Thanks Judith, I think Robbie is a Vale fan (port vale) rather than a stokie :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@sleepdozer57 Peter,,,nah nah nah nah na, na na nah nah nah nah naaa......or something like that :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@marlboromaam thanks marlboro, black brick I think :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@allie912 thank you Allison, the long shadows are from some flag poles outside the main entrance

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens thank you very much kerri :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat thanks Pat, it was a good afternoon ..although a long trip back !

[andy c]

saw the result this morning and made me chuckle... revenge for the cup game...

[Mags]

It's lovely black brick! It would add more interest to some architecture around here! Thanks for letting me know!

[Jennifer C]

sounds like a great game for you! Hope the win keep coming. Lovely image

[Mike]

Shouldn't really comment as a Stoke City supporter...this is, after all, about the photography,but I can only congratulate you for even going along. After the (surprise) thrashing you took at Wembley when we hit a purple patch, I suppose we asked for it....!

[Lauren]

neat and interesting shot!