It would be another nine months before Wanderers would bring the curtain down on 102 years of football at Burnden Park in the most memorable fashion, as Colin Todd’s First Division champions blitzed Charlton Athletic 4-1, topping 100 goals and a record 98 points for the season.

But from the first competitive game it staged, the new stadium has also provided its fair share of magical moments.

Here, we look at some of the biggest highlights Wanderers’ new home has produced.

THE GOAL THAT NEVER WAS September 1, 1997: Wanderers 0 Everton 0 Perhaps the most controversial moment ever witnessed at the Reebok occurred on its opening night, and is still discussed today.

Referee Stephen Lodge and his linesmen failed to spot that Gerry Taggart’s header had crossed the line before being hacked away by Everton full-back Terry Phelan.

The game ended 0-0 – but several months later, it would be the Toffees who survived relegation on goal difference and Colin Todd’s side who slid through the relegation trap door.

JAY JAY’S MOMENT OF MAGIC January 21, 2004: Wanderers 5 Aston Villa 2 (League Cup semi-final) An impossible angle but probably the best set-piece ever seen at the Reebok – no Wanderers fan can forget Jay Jay Okocha’s sublime free-kick against Villa to set Sam Allardyce’s side on their way to the Carling Cup final in Cardiff.

Curled with immaculate precision the “wrong” side of the Villa wall, the Nigerian’s effort left Thomas Sorensen sprawling helplessly on the floor, putting the Whites 5-2 up in the first leg.

BIG SAM LETS LOOSE May 11, 2003: Wanderers 2 Middlesbrough 1 Per Frandsen and Jay Jay Okocha scored the goals to give Wanderers a crucial last-day victory at the Reebok and secure their Premier League place at the expense of West Ham, but the scenes after the final whistle were just as memorable.

Allardyce made good on his promise to Okocha that he would dance on the pitch if the Whites stayed safe, securing a third straight top flight season for the first time in nearly 40 years.

BEATING UNITED ANELKA November 24, 2007: Wanderers 1 Manchester United 0 Nicolas Anelka’s solitary strike gave Gary Megson’s Bolton their first home victory over their local rivals since December 1978.

And to make matters all the more sweet, Sir Alex Ferguson had been banished to the stands by referee Mark Clattenburg after a half-time rant.

Legend has it, Patrice Evra still has nightmares about Kevin Davies to this day.

FIRST EUROPEAN GAME – PLOVDIV September 15, 2005: Wanderers 2 Lokmotiv Plovdiv 1 (Uefa Cup round one) Wanderers’ first taste of European football was a nervous affair but after Boban Janchevski had put the Bulgarian team ahead, Sam Allardyce’s side of 11 different nationalities finally found their stride.

El-Hadji Diouf headed an equaliser before Mexican Jared Borgetti grabbed the winner to give the Whites a first-leg advantage.

TAMIR’S TRIBUTE April 24, 2011: Wanderers 2 Arsenal 1 Israeli midfielder Tamir Cohen choked back the tears as he dedicated his winning goal to his father Avi, who had lost his life in a road accident five months earlier.

Wanderers were still reeling from their FA Cup semi-final battering against Stoke City but managed a quite incredible riposte – Daniel Sturridge giving them a lead equalised by Cesc Fabregas.

PAYBACK TIME November 6, 2011: Wanderers 5 Stoke City 0 Revenge was so sweet at the time. Wanderers had been ritually humiliated at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final, setting the ball rolling on a run of 13 defeats in the next 16 competitive games.

While the season would end up in disappointment there was brief respite as Chris Eagles and Ivan Klasnic scored two goals each and Kevin Davies another in one of the most comprehensive wins on home soil.

WON IT FOR FAB March 24, 2012: Wanderers 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 This was no ordinary derby or relegation six-pointer. In the first home game since Fabrice Muamba’s dramatic collapse at Spurs, the pre-match mosaic tribute to Wanderers’ fallen midfielder, recovering 250 miles away from a cardiac arrest in London, set the tone.

David Wheater scored the goals to win a vital three points but the day will forever be remembered for the mass outpouring of emotion on and off the pitch.

TEARFUL GOODBYE May 2, 2004: Wanderers 4 Leeds United 1 Wanderers rubbed salt into the wounds of ailing Leeds with a comprehensive win that sent them crashing towards the drop.

After Mark Viduka had given Eddie Gray’s side the lead, the Aussie striker then lost the plot to earn himself a red card. The Whites took full advantage with Youri Djorkaeff scoring twice in a rout that sent dyed-in-the-wool Leeds man Alan Smith trudging off in tears.

FREDI MAKES IT A TREBLE April 6, 2002: Wanderers 4 Ipswich Town 1 One of the most oft-quoted Wanderers statistics of recent times is that no-one has scored a hat-trick since the German loanee sank the Tractor Boys at the Reebok back in 2002.

While the big striker only scored one other goal for the club he booked his place in the history books with his triple strike.

Prior to Bobic, Freddie Hill had been the last person to grab a top-flight hat-trick 39 years earlier.

EAGLES ANSWERS HIS CRITICS March 5, 2013: Wanderers 1 Blackburn Rovers 0 The pressure had been on the winger after some indifferent form – but he hit back with a last-minute derby winner to keep his side in the promotion race.

It had been a nip-and-tuck affair until Eagles came off the bench to smash a dipping shot from 25 yards to beat Jake Kean, extending Wanderers’ unbeaten run to seven games and putting them five points off the play-offs.