heart and soul of Bolton Wanderers
wellNat Lofthouse Might Have Been Invented by Bill Shankly as ammunition for historical weitere incessant allegations about "southern softies ." Lofthouse, Who Had Worked down the pit DURING His apprenticeship years, Was the personification of life Being hard oop North.
man One-club: Bolton legend Nat Lofhouse Photo: AFP
By David Miller 8:19 a.m. GMT 17 Jan 2011 Comments
He Was the soul of Bolton in the post-War years of glory , in the days when to Burnden Park saw crowds in Excess of 60.000, 53 Died When AMID crashed Sadly, Barriers Collapsing During The sixth-round FA Cup tie AgainstStoke in March 1946. That season, Lofthouse Scored 23 Goals.
"There is Inglés football. There Are England footballers. And Nat Lofthouse is, Perhaps, In Our Time The Most Inglés of them all. "So wrote
Dr Percy Young in historical history of Bolton Wanderers, and it highlights the paradox of MOST of the 20th century in the home of football . While
Such players as Stanley Matthews, Wilf Mannion and Tom Finney, Bobby Charlton-through and on to Gary Lineker, Paul Gascoigne and Michael Owen Have Been revered for Their skill, characteristic of the native Inglés Our league has-been physical Essentially, the school of get-stuck-in, of Nobby Stiles. Of Lofthouse, the Centurion tank. It Was
axiomatic That Had clubs oak-like center-halves to CounterAct ramrod center-forwards. Of the seven post-War Leading center-forwards for England - Tommy Lawton, Jackie Milburn, Roy Bentley, Lofthouse, Tommy Taylor, Derek Kevan and Bobby Smith - only Lawton and Taylor, Though Both tall, Could Be Classified as refined. Matthews
Lofthouse adored: the scythe Who Exploited His central strategy from the wing. "If Anyone Gave 100 per cent, it WAS Nat," Matthews said. "I Was a bull, he'd take the weight off Other players, always calling, always available, a fine man to Have on your side. And very good in the air. "
Those Were the Days When the players Travelled to a home game on the Same as bus or trainthe fans, When Their daily conversation with accommodating Journalists WAS Rather Than extortionate agents. Travelling to
Lofthouse Bolton to interview in the late Fifties When He Was due to retire, and I little Known to him, Though I Had Seen Both FA Cup finals of 1953 and 1958, There Was an unassuming fireside welcome. "Come in, What Can I tell you?"
symptomatic That It Was, Following the controversial second goal Against Munich-ravaged Manchester United in 1958 - when I Had Typically shoulder-charged goalkeeper Harry Gregg on the goal-line - There Was no lingering ill-will entre the two. It Was Simply a football incident, part of the game as it Then WAS. If
Often lies greatness of performance partially in the mind, Lofthouse's famous display Against Austria in Vienna in 1952 Was a prime example. Preceding the match in Italy in Florence Against Had I failed to score, and a British news headline Proclaimed: "Fly by comet Milburn out for Vienna." Lofthouse Would
recall: "I was so flaming mad, I'd Given Everything Against Italy, and I Determine That I Would make the writer historical eat words. "
From Finney's pass-through from the halfway line, Lofthouse Almost roared 50 yards to strike the winner, colliding with the goalkeeper as I did and so unaware That WAS the ball in the net.
characteristicIt Was That One Of His Final WAS Appearances at inside-right to self helplessly guide young Francis Lee in His inaugural appearance on the wing. They Had Never Had to doubt in the boardroom WHERE Lofthouse, the quintessential one-club man, Would Be next season.
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