SpiritofBurnden Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/bolton-wanderers/8262455/Bolton-Wanderers-and-England-legend-Nat-Lofthouse-dies-aged-85.html I never realised that he was the seventh highest goalscorer in the history of top flight English football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Other clubs messageboards: http://www.pne-online.net/forum/showthread.php?60338-Nat-Lofthouse-RIP http://www.fansonline.net/blackpool/mb/view.php?id=622919 http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=104&fid=297&sty=2&act=1&mid=2118778170 http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=204399 http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,73934.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) Path? footage: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=29766 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=61484 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=35187 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=35190 Edited January 16, 2011 by SpiritofBurnden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frandsen08 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9363192.stm sir bobby charlton pays tribute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 BBC interview with Jimmy Armfield: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/football_legends/11901.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) Tributes from Tom Finney and Jimmy Armfield on Five Live today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00d9kxp Edited January 16, 2011 by SpiritofBurnden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Stuart Hall's tribute: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00d9kyw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Nat Lofthouse's great games: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/bolton-wanderers/8262688/Nat-Lofthouses-great-games.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Tributes growing outside the Reebok: http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/video/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H58 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Anyone know were can get a Nat T-shirt from. Seen plebty over the years with various players, but not having much luck searching tinternet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) David Lacey tribute article in The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jan/16/nat-lofthouse "There were plenty of fellers who would kick your bollocks off. The difference was that at the end they'd shake your hand and help you look for them." Edited January 16, 2011 by SpiritofBurnden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G/L WANDERER Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Great photo on 2 mins in that montage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 http://www.metro.co.uk/news/852812-football-hero-nat-lofthouse-dies-at-85 Great picture and one I have never seen of Nat on the train with the FA cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted January 16, 2011 Site Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2011 http://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Potters&action=display&thread=147092 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted January 16, 2011 Site Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2011 http://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=128383 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanGreavsie Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Just to show how its got picked up: Yeovil and Hartlepool http://www.tgr2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1282 http://www.pooliebunker.co.uk/newbunker/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=36164 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgey Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Just been watching a video on the net .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lf5MIJrnxI&feature=related on 35 seconds .. brings a tear to the eye .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtoe Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 love that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 (edited) Interesting to see that PNE have posted an official tribute on the BWFC tribute site. I wouldn't be surprised if Tom Finney was behind that. http://www.natlofthouse.co.uk/your-messages/?Page=6 Edited January 17, 2011 by SpiritofBurnden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Just seen this link in our Book of Condolences. Cracking football song! We could do worse than adopt it as the official club anthem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Another article in The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/bolton-wanderers/8262953/Nat-Lofthouse-was-heart-and-soul-of-Bolton-Wanderers.html "If greatness of performance often lies partially in the mind, Lofthouse?s famous display against Austria in Vienna in 1952 was a prime example. In the preceding match against Italy in Florence he had failed to score, and a British news headline proclaimed: ?Fly Milburn out by comet for Vienna.? Lofthouse would recall: ?I was so flaming mad, I?d given everything against Italy, and I determined that I would make the writer eat his words.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 MOTD 2 ended the programme with this tribute last night: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridger Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 There was a lad from Bolton Nat Lofthouse was his name He used to work in a coal mine But he reached the hall of fame As the world of football came along And took him out t'mine And made the lad from Bolton A legend in his time He was the lion, the lion of Vienna He was the lion, the pride of Lancashire There'll be other centre forwards And other football teams But the lion of Vienna is the best there's ever been A call from England came again to play on foreign soil And England was his _________ And the Austrians would soon find out _________ It was Lofthouse pride of England And a legend in his time He was the lion, the lion of Vienna He was the lion, the pride of Lancashire There'll be other centre forwards And other football teams But the lion of Vienna is the best there's ever been A match remained in deadlock It looked an each-way bet 'til Lofty took a through ball And crashed it in t'net He's the Lion of Vienna By the _________ He's England's centre forward And a legend in his time The game of football's changed a bit since I were a little lad With a scarf and rattle in me hand cheering with me Dad And gone are the days of the old brass band and Lofty in his prime He were England's centre forward and a legend in his time He was the lion, the lion of Vienna He was the lion, the pride of Lancashire There'll be other centre forwards And other football teams But the lion of Vienna is the best there's ever been He was the lion, the lion of Vienna He was the lion, the pride of Lancashire There'll be other centre forwards And other football teams But the lion of Vienna is the BEST THERE'S EVER BEEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normid Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Excellent tribute on Granada tonight. Had lump in my throat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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