Reebok Stadium - Football Firsts

Football Firsts

• The first competitive – and Premier League – match at the stadium was a 0–0 draw between Bolton and Everton on Monday 1 September 1997.
• The first player to score at the stadium was Alan Thompson, a penalty in the 1–1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur, on 23 September. Chris Armstrong, who later in his career had a short spell with Wanderers, got the equaliser.
• The first League Cup match took place on 30 September 1997. Bolton drew 4–4 with Leyton Orient but won 7–5 on aggregate.
• The first club to win a competitive match at the Reebok Stadium was Aston Villa, 1–0 on Saturday 4 October, in the stadium's fifth match. Savo Milošević scored the goal.
• The first FA Cup match at the stadium took place the following season, on 1 January 1999. It finished Bolton 1–2 Wolves.
• Lokomotiv Plovdiv were the visitors in the first UEFA Cup match at the stadium, on 15 September 2005. Boban Janchevski scored first for the visitors, but two late goals from El Hadji Diouf and Jared Borgetti secured a 2–1 home victory in Bolton's first European match. It was also the first European competitive game that the club had played in its history.
• The first Premier League crowd of under 20,000 at the Reebok Stadium was recorded against Aston Villa on 28 October 2007.