I went to Bolton yesterday , to see my team, Bolton Wanderers play "Champions Elect" Portsmouth FC.
It was a pivotal match in the promotion race, 3rd place Bolton playing top of the league Portsmouth. The game finished 1-1, 25K fans in the stadium. I don't know how we didn't win, we missed a shed load of chances.
We are still in 3rd place but we have to chase down Derby County in 2nd place (3 games left) to guarantee automatic promotion !
The "Big Flag" did a tour of the Lower Tiers of the stadium before kick off, as the atmosphere reached "fever pitch"
This is the big flag, photographed last season !!!
Beautiful capture. I think I would find myself feeling the scene claustrophobic if I were in the middle of the crowd with the flag over my head. But surely the atmosphere of watching the match in the stadium is the best. I once went to Turin, Italy, to watch Juventus play Roma in the Italian Premier League and I still feel the excitement when I remember.
Sounds as if your team has moved out of the doldrums and is on the rise again; I bet you and the other fans are pleased and relieved!
Love the angle you've used for this, the lines of the crowd and the flag are aptly dynamic. Do the members of the crowd hold that massive flag up?
@dulciknit members of the crowd š. I think the flag is owned by the club , they bring it out for big matches , it is unveiled in one corner of a stand and the "members" just pass it along , until it's done 2 stands , the width and length of the pitch , it is then collected up and put away . There's a massive football shirt that sometimes does the rounds , but that belongs to one of the fans !!!
Love the angle you've used for this, the lines of the crowd and the flag are aptly dynamic. Do the members of the crowd hold that massive flag up?