Colin Bell RIP - Ian Cheeseman interview with Jon Bell (P142)

[Keeper!]

I’ve not posted on this thread, I never saw him play too young, my dad says he was the best player to wear the blue shirt. I have seen that documentary before, just noticed he is running in a pair of sambas by the look off it. Such as shame the knee injury running in those wouldn’t have help either.

makes me incredibly sad, RIP.

Thanks for posting, I remember watching that as a kid.

Amazing to see the effort he put in to try and get back.

 

[Harlaching Sky Blue]

My first game as a 5 year old in 1978. Dont remember the game as such but remember certain images stench of bovril (and ..sorry...urine), wagon wheels and the bright lights. Walking back to car parked near the Toast Rack building. Im not sure I can claim to seeing the game as I was and still am blind as a bat and didnt/wouldnt wear glasses back then.
I only recently realized that King Colin was on the pitch on my first game, so even though I didnt know it I did actually get to see him (and also a second time later that season v Derby)
I also found out that my Dad took me to those games specifically to see the King even though I was too young to really appreciated it at the time. I certainly do this week in a weird way.
The end of his career also one of the reasons behind my Dad not going between 1979 and 1980 he didnt enjoy it...and we were banned from mentioning the word "Buchan" in our house..having had my enjoyment dampened earlier this season with no David Silva I can really empathize with that. My Dad was knocked for six, when I told him of Colins passing as many of us were.
In true City form, I never saw them win until 1980 (League Cup QF vs West Brom)

 

[Bluesince1979]

Was the tackle by Buchan a bad one ?

 

[eastmanc]

Colin’s death reminded me of my sister. On the very next day after his injury, she and her friend, managed to blag their way into the hospital. They found him and wished him well.

I was 10 at the time and I was absolutely blown away that they had spoke to him. I was also gutted that they’d not got his autograph for me. I suppose that he wouldn’t have been up for an autograph at the time but I was also a kid.

I don’t remember being overly worried that it was that serious an injury.

Have we ever discussed this Mike, I can’t remember. Great story though.

 

[Mike N]

Have we ever discussed this Mike, I can’t remember. Great story though.

I’d have thought so but who know’s.

My sister’s mate always said she managed to jab George Best with a man’s umbrella at Maine Road. We never knew if it was really true or not but she maintained that she did it after he’d warmed up before a game and was returning to the dressing room! Might be the reason why he never did particularly well against us lol!

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Was the tackle by Buchan a bad one ?

Thought it would be in the highlights but it isn't... Sorry

 

[eastmanc]

I’d have thought so but who know’s.

My sister’s mate always said she managed to jab George Best with a man’s umbrella at Maine Road. We never knew if it was really true or not but she maintained that she did it after he’d warmed up before a game and was returning to the dressing room! Might be the reason why he never did particularly well against us lol!

Brilliant.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Who did Colin himself consider to be the best player he'd ever seen at City? I seem to have some memory of an interview with him (could have been in Cheeseman's vlog, actually, a few years back, perhaps at the end of our first title winning season under Pep) in which he said, emphatically, that it was Merlin.

 

[DrBlueBob]

Watched the game in a pub in Tampa surrounded by 6 Blues and maybe 10 reds.... I knew i was the only Blue there who even knew who Colin was, never mind having seen him play. But that wasnt an issue.
I was reading this thread before kick off and had made a contribution a few pages back.
Upon the minute silence i was fine.... But seeing Summerbee and his tears set me off - unashamedly so.
As soon as the minute silence eneded, i raised my glass and sang "we'll drink a drink a drink.....'
The full song, and ended it with "everyone raise your glass to the King."
And they all did. Even the reds. And I thanked them all...

Damned onions. Great tales MES. Thankyou.

 

[DrBlueBob]

Apologies chaps......didn't look that closely was more taken with the ghosting in behind the defender and the finish.
It would have only taken a little bit more of an angle to make it as difficult as Marco's goal, but then the quality of the strike I thought made it as good...
...also doubted it was Stamford Bridge as I always seemed to recall whenever I saw games there that there was always a little blue motability car behind the goal!
It did really used to be a dump, but then so many grounds were. I recall standing on the terrace there with all the corrugated iron and barbed wire around the floodlight pylons

Ha, I remember that blue scooter.