A PLAQUE remembering the 33 football fans who lost their lives in the Burnden disaster will be unveiled at the Macron Stadium.

Fans are invited to gather around the Nat Lofthouse statue outside the ground where a new bronze plaque will be unveiled at 6.30pm tomorrow (Tuesday May 17).

Club chaplain Phil Mason said: "It is fitting that this often forgotten tragedy in football has been drawn to the attention of the wider world in this anniversary year and I think to have this bronze plaque around the statue of Nat shows our history, and those caught up in this tragedy, will not be forgotten."

The project has been funded by the Bolton Wanderers Development Association and the Bolton Wanderers Supporters Trust.

Following the dedication of the plaque, the club's annual service of remembrance will continue in the Platinum Suite.

Within the service, there will be a dramatic and moving monologue written by Bolton playwright Martin Thomasson.

The piece entitled 'Look after your brother' will take fans back to March 9 1946 and retell a personal account of the disaster.

Mr Thomasson, a lifelong Bolton Wanderers fan, was the co-author of the Octagon play 'And Did those Feet' that tracked the lives of two families in the build up to the 1923 FA Cup final.

Later in the service names of the 33 will be read out in an act of remembrance along with the names of loved ones that have been inscribed in the Memorial Book or engraved on a Memorial Stone during the past 12 months.

All the names of loved ones to be remembered from previous years will be displayed in the big screen.

Within the service, people will be invited to come forward and light candles in memory of their loved ones.

Music for the evening will be provided by musicians from the band of the 103 Regiment Royal Artillery.

There are no tickets required and entrance is free. Refreshments will be provided.