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

[DrBlueBob]

Another from my City Collection...... THE KING.

My late Grandad will be somewhere in the crowd.

 

[BillCarlisle]

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

What a great night that was ! I'll never forget it as long as I live. Those of us Blues privileged to be there will all remember how we absolutely ran them ragged (pardon the pun). 4-0 flattered them and it really "should have been 10".

 

[Vienna_70]

When the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, he writes not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.

It’s a Cornish rugby saying, but I think it is very appropriate for Colin.

 

[CBD]

Bowie on BBC4 Planet earth is BLUE

 

[sandiegoblue]

Sorry if someone has posted this before and not sure how to do links etc so if this does not work excuse me.. so gutted about losing this man..can not sleep..he meant so much to me growing up.
A great watch.. three great English players who played in Blue and did the country proud...Colin hated publcity but was quite chatty in this video..The Chelsea goal and Buchan foul all in there...
Grew up in Chorlton..Joe Mercer and Matt Busby lived not far away..my uncle lived close to Clifton Grange where Buzzer and Best used to frequent..Phil Lynott's mums hotel.. at school we had a tennis ball and it was City against United..probably thirty a side kicking hell out of each other.. so many fond memories.
Had to leave Kent for a few days and visit my parents in Congleton,sadly Covid issues..was chatting to my old man about the old days..The Pink,being given permission to go at 13 to matches with my cousin..the Kippax,the toilets,family in Moss Side...such happy days and then literally got the news on my phone hours later...weird

This board should have a thousand, a million posts..he was the best..the very best..I dont swear, but f*ck me he was my hero.. youngsters know about Silva,Yaya,Aguero as that is all they have seen.. and one day when these guys die they will probably feel sad,but truthfully not what I feel now..growing up in the sixties and seventies, you had football and music,little else..bless you all.

Great post and thanks for sharing the video.

 

[Jack Hackett]

A nice and classy tribute to the great man just now from the BBC

 

[andyhinch]

A nice and classy tribute to the great man just now from the BBC

Yeah fair play to them

 

[hobbsisablue]

A nice and classy tribute to the great man just now from the BBC

Yep. For once I didn’t reach for the remote when Dan Walker appeared on my TV. Brilliantly spoken by Timothy Dalton

 

[1stFeb1969]

Haven't watched Football Focus for years, thanks for the head up. I'll catch it on iPlayer when available. Presume it's right at the start?

 

[citymad]

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

Looking back that wasn't uncommon at many grounds. Especially the corragated iron at the back of the stands.