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25 January 2011
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The funeral of former Bolton Wanderers and England football legend Nat Lofthouse takes place later at Bolton Parish Church.
Mr Lofthouse died on 15 January aged 85. The service of thanksgiving starts at 1230 GMT, followed by a private committal.
Wanderers supporters will be able to hear the service from loudspeakers in the church grounds.
Donations can be sent to Bolton Hospice or Cancer Research UK.
The funeral cortege will travel up Bank Street and into Bradshawgate before turning into Silverwell Street and heading to the parish church.
Bolton chairman Phil Gartside and Gordon Taylor, chair of the Professional Footballers' Association, will give eulogies during the service.
There will also be a reading from Wanderers chief executive Allan Duckworth, with an address from the former Archdeacon of Manchester, the Venerable Alan Wolstencroft.
The service will be led by the Rev Matt Thompson, the vicar of Bolton.
The striker, who played more than 500 games and scored 285 times for the Trotters between 1946 and 1960, died in his sleep at a nursing home in Bolton.
Mr Lofthouse, who was known as the Lion of Vienna, had worked for Bolton in a number of roles after hanging up his boots.
Those roles included chief coach, chief scout, caretaker and club president, with Mr Lofthouse holding the last position until his death.
During his England career, he scored 30 goals in 33 matches.
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Mr Lofthouse died on 15 January aged 85. The service of thanksgiving starts at 1230 GMT, followed by a private committal.
Wanderers supporters will be able to hear the service from loudspeakers in the church grounds.
Donations can be sent to Bolton Hospice or Cancer Research UK.
The funeral cortege will travel up Bank Street and into Bradshawgate before turning into Silverwell Street and heading to the parish church.
Bolton chairman Phil Gartside and Gordon Taylor, chair of the Professional Footballers' Association, will give eulogies during the service.
There will also be a reading from Wanderers chief executive Allan Duckworth, with an address from the former Archdeacon of Manchester, the Venerable Alan Wolstencroft.
The service will be led by the Rev Matt Thompson, the vicar of Bolton.
The striker, who played more than 500 games and scored 285 times for the Trotters between 1946 and 1960, died in his sleep at a nursing home in Bolton.
Mr Lofthouse, who was known as the Lion of Vienna, had worked for Bolton in a number of roles after hanging up his boots.
Those roles included chief coach, chief scout, caretaker and club president, with Mr Lofthouse holding the last position until his death.
During his England career, he scored 30 goals in 33 matches.
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