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

[Vienna_70]

Didn't he emigrate to Australia?

I believe so, yes.

Sir Joe didn’t want to sign him, as he knew Tony was a maverick. He’d thrown a bed out of a window while with the England U23 squad that Joe was in charge of, but Malcolm persuaded him and he was a key member of what was possibly the last five-man front line - Summerbee, Bell, Lee, Young and Coleman - in English football until Sterling, de Bruyne, Agüero, Silva and Sané.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Very much reminds me of this, and so true
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I bet Captain Mainwaring was gobsmacked when he came out with that...!

 

[Sheikh Rattle n Roll]

Peter Blakey I think. Physio.

Deffo Peter Blakey, I used to have his 1969 FA Cup Final suit.........he passed away a few years ago. I think he had a falling out with City. In the 80's the Rags wanted him as their physio

 

[J.G.Blue.]

I have not posted on this forum for years but Due to king colins passing I felt I had to contribute some of my memories, sadly I could not remember any of my log in details & have changed my email address recently hence I re signed up,
Been thinking today about my family history following city & it occurred to me that my granddad was born in 1899 & went to his first city game aged around 7, he used to tell me stories about hyde road (lads corner?) where all the kids used to stand, sadly I was a bit to young to pay much attention but I have a feeling his dad was a blue as well so as far as I know he was probably watching city from very early beginings,
His son (my dad) then started going in the mid 1930s & me & my brother then started going in the mid 1960s & I think we all felt Colin Bell was the best player we ever saw, grandad used to talk about players like don revie, alec herd, tommy browell, and many others but used to say colin was just about the best he had seen, dad used to talk about roy clarke, joe hayes, frank swift, bert trautman & in particular peter doherty but again thought colin was just about the best,
And for what its worth me & my brother still talk about mike doyle, franny lee, buzzer, nelly, dave watson etc as well as the more recent legends but again we both agree nobody quite beats colin with david silva a very close second,
Sorry to ramble on & I have obviously missed a load of great city players old and more recent (just wish I had sat & listened to some of my grandads stories a bit better)
I dont mind admitting I shed a tear when I heard colin had died, A really sad day in the history of this great football club but thanks for the wonderfull memories colin.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Also fair play to United for having the minute silence. They didn't have to do that.

I think there is an element of respect between the clubs for things like this despite the obvious rivalry. Charlton and his surviving teammates from that era will have played many times against Colin. I would expect our club to do the same as we have numerous times.

 

[ProofMCFC]

Surely city are going to do something for him? Statue or a mosaic maybe. Swp mentioned something on twitter so maybe he’s heard something! Would love to lay flowers for every year on his statue

 

[kippax01]

As when the funeral will take place yet also will the procession drive past the stadium

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Surely city are going to do something for him? Statue or a mosaic maybe. Swp mentioned something on twitter so maybe he’s heard something! Would love to lay flowers for every year on his statue

I hope so. I know he has a stand named after him, but I think he’s that important to us he probably could get a statue as well

We have very few players like that. Trautman and Sumerbee being another for me

 

[Ubiquitous]

Surely city are going to do something for him? Statue or a mosaic maybe. Swp mentioned something on twitter so maybe he’s heard something! Would love to lay flowers for every year on his statue

He’s already got a stand named after him. I doubt they’d be anything above that the club could do.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

With the thread on Colin Bell I started to look up some of the other City players from the same era. When I came to a fellow Scouser Tony Coleman it seems like he has disappeared off the face of the earth. Remember being a really good player for 2 or 3 seasons but then he seemed to go missing. Anyone any idea what happened to him . It appears he was a bit of a smoking gun in his day .

Coleman went to Australia and became a truck driver. Heard him interviewed once and he wasn't particularly keen on the Australians.