MAD-keen Bolton Wanderers' fan Martin Dutton was literally dancing for joy when his favourite football side won promotion and the first division championship.
The 23-year-old supporter is a classical dancer and missed the team's vital matches because of his busy schedule.
Martin, whose family lives in Horwich, has been kept busy touring with the Northern Ballet Theatre but has attended as many games as possible.
He was dancing as the team won promotion against QPR. He said: "I was really disappointed because I had to miss the match."
Martin has been dancing since he was a small boy and started at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester at the age of nine.
He continued his training at the Hammond School in Chester and the Royal Ballet Upper School, before joining Central School of Ballet in 1991.
He was a member of British Gas Ballet Central and joined the Northern Ballet Theatre in 1993.
Martin's next "home game" is his performance at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, from June 1 to June 5, when the company performs Romeo and Juliet.
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