Alan Thompson scored the first ever Premier League goal at the Reebok Stadium during Bolton Wanderers’ 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday 23 September 1997.
The first two Premier League games played at the Reebok Stadium both finished 0-0, with Everton and Manchester United the visitors.
Two years earlier Alan Thompson had scored Bolton Wanderers’ first ever Premier League goal, in a 2-3 defeat away to Wimbledon. The Trotters were playing at their old stadium, Burnden Park that season.
Discuss this fact