I'm sure many of you have read about this today on either the BWFC website or the Bolton News, but Nat's family have chosen the image which will form the basis of his statue from the three shortlisted by a fans' poll.
The image depicts Nat leading Wanderers out of the tunnel at Burnden Park with the ball in his hands.
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I was on a train back from a meeting this afternoon when I read the article and found myself almost choke up when I read a quote from Nat's family which includes his final words:
It just hit me how much he loved football and Bolton Wanderers. I know somebody whose sister works in the care home Nat spent his last years in and apparently he had given up on life towards the very end and just wanted to go. It just blew me away, and I'm not a sentimental or emotional person.
The other two images which were short-listed, of Nat holding aloft the FA Cup, and scoring a volley for England, will be represented in 'bronze reveals' (not quite sure what a bronze reveal is) in the garden of remembrance.
God bless our Nat.
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The image depicts Nat leading Wanderers out of the tunnel at Burnden Park with the ball in his hands.
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I was on a train back from a meeting this afternoon when I read the article and found myself almost choke up when I read a quote from Nat's family which includes his final words:
"I've got the ball now, it's a bit worn, but I've got it."
It just hit me how much he loved football and Bolton Wanderers. I know somebody whose sister works in the care home Nat spent his last years in and apparently he had given up on life towards the very end and just wanted to go. It just blew me away, and I'm not a sentimental or emotional person.
The other two images which were short-listed, of Nat holding aloft the FA Cup, and scoring a volley for England, will be represented in 'bronze reveals' (not quite sure what a bronze reveal is) in the garden of remembrance.
God bless our Nat.
You can see the full story here:
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