SIR: Once again, on reading your newspaper, I am witness to yet another example of the increasing greed that is creeping into the game of English football.

The greed I refer to is the idea by Bolton Wanderers Football Club, inviting organisations to tender their bids and win the right to have the Wanderers' new stadium in Horwich named after them, just as Middlesbrough, Huddersfield and the likes have done before them.

Following the sales of McAteer, Stubbs and, more recently, Curcic, for large amounts of money, the manager, Colin Todd, went public following the sale of Sasa Curcic to Aston Villa, saying that the Serbian went for the good of the club, which I now believe, and that Bolton did in no way need the money.

So why now are Bolton offering businesses the invitation to enter into such an auction? I think this is an utter disgrace and shows how the greed for financial reward (which they do not need) far outweighs loyalty. The loyalty to which I refer is that of Bolton president Nat Lofthouse. Throughout his footballing life, Nat Lofthouse has been Mr Bolton Wanderers through and through. He is a well known and respected footballing ambassador throughout the world and continues to conduct himself in a manner that can only bring pride to Bolton Wanderers Football Club.

As we all know, Nat made his name at Burnden Park which, at the end of the current season, will cease to be the home of the Wanderers. In 10, maybe 20 years' time, it will be the new generation of Wanderers fans who will not know about Burnden Park and the legends such as Nat who graced its famous turf.

So why, now that the opportunity is there, don't the Bolton Board kill two birds with one stone and name the new stadium Lofthouse Park? This would keep the name of the great man alive for ever and thus maintain the links with Burnden Park.

Craig Maher, Barnacre Avenue, Bolton.

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