ONE of Nat Lofthouse's most memorable moments from a glittering football career has been recaptured and distributed nationwide.

The moment Nat lifted the FA Cup aloft to the roars of the thousands of Wanderers fans who watched their team beat Manchester United in the 1958 final features in a major poster publicity campaign advertising Saturday's match.

The build-up to next week's Manchester United/Liverpool FA Cup Final is based on the Arthurian Legend of The Holy Grail. Below the words "Heaven And Hell Are The Same Place" Bolton's most famous footballing son is pictured in full, glorious colour holding the world famous FA Cup aloft.

The opposite side features the dejected, crouched figure of Arsenal captain Frank McLintock when they lost 1-0 to Leeds in the 1972 final.

More than 2,000 posters have been pasted up on billboards in towns and cities across the country advertising the Littlewoods-sponsored event, which is widely regarded as one of the premier sporting events of the year.

A further 200 double-sized billboard posters have appeared in Britain's main city centres, all featuring the man dubbed The Lion of Vienna holding the world famous cup aloft. "Obviously it was very important for us to capture a great footballing moment, yet we didn't want to use a player still active in the Premier League as we didn't want to cause offence," said a spokesman for the London-based advertising agency which has masterminded the whole of the Littlewoods-backed campaign.

"We were delighted to use the picture of Nat Lofthouse as he is a person very well known in footballing circles and conveys exactly the spirit of the campaign."

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