Tribute to Sven

There was a "minutes applause" at the Toughsheet Community Stadium today as supporters of Bolton Wanderers and Exeter City paid tribute to former England manager, the late Sven Goran Eriksson, who died last week.

Sven wouldn't have been very impressed with the Wanderers today , the team that narrowly missed out on promotion last year, look a shadow of their former self , losing 2 nil to Exeter .

The Boos from the crowd at the end of the game were loud and reflected the supporters anger at the poor start to the season .

22k wanderers fans in attendance for a third tier football match, impressive support

[Casablanca]

Shame about the quality of the match though lovely to pay tribute to Sven.

[Phil Howcroft]

@casablanca yes you are right casa , he took lots of unfair criticism from the press for being the first " foreigner" to manage the England team

[Mags]

Great POV!

[Carole Sandford]

He seems to have been a lovely man.

[Corinne C]

An impressive capture of this huge stadium.

[Renee Salamon]

Lovely tribute to him

[Rob Z]

I like the idea of a "minute's applause"...

[Hazel]

I think 'boos' are rather sad - after all footballers are not playing to lose!

[Zilli~]

Impressive view of the stadium

[Kerry McCarthy]

Good shot of the stadium. Too bad they couldn't finish the nice tribute with a win.

[william wooderson]

22k fans booing must have been deafening!

[Judith Johnson]

Interesting name for the stadium Phil!
Nice that they remembered Sven

[Phil Howcroft]

@quietpurplehaze haze , I never boo, I obviously get upset when we lose , but I cannot really remember ever booing.

[Phil Howcroft]

@will_wooderson William , lots left before the end , so maybe 15k boos 😤

[Philippa R]

Nice photo, lovely colours Phil. Pity about the result. i always liked Sven, he seemed to be a gentleman.

[Phil Howcroft]

@busylady Judith , Toughsheet is a local company , big on recycling , many fans were a tad embarrassed by the name when it was first announced , but are now OK with the name .... everyone still calls it the "Reebok Stadium" (our first sponsors)

[Hazel]

@phil_howcroft

I cannot imagine you doing that, either, Phil! Happy week to come!