The Keeper - Trautmann film Sunday 5th Sept on BBC

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Would mid-late 90's would be when United really started pushing themselves as Man U/Man United? It's when they took the "Football club" out of their badge.

I think it was more to do with City fans wanting to reinforce that we are / were the only club in Manchester and wanting the city's full name in use. "Man U" was a term coined by out of town rags to avoid having to admit they supported a team from the town they had no connection with. It gentrified their club.
I recall the night Kevin Keegan was introduced to supporters club officials on his first day and he said Man City a few times and someone asked him to call us Manchester City as that is our name.... "we are not like Man U. We are from Manchester"
And now our website is ManCity.com and the MEN repeatedly call the rags Manchester United and us as Man City even in the same headline title

 

[BigJoe#1]

When did Manchester City start to become known as Man City?
The shortened version of our clubs name was used alot in last night's film.
I could understand during the 1956 FA Cup Final that we were referred to as Manchester,because the other
team was also called City(Birmingham).
But as a child supporting City from 1966 onwards,I don't recall us being known as Man City.
It was always either Manchester City(particularly in print or on TV) or more commonly just City.
Even other teams fans called us City fans,and definitely not Man City fans.

After the film last night I went to Youtube to find the '56 cup final as I was irritated by the "Man City" references in the commentary.

The real footage referred to ourselves as Manchester who were playing Birmingham. At no point ever we we referred to as "Man City". I can only assume it was put down to "Artistic licence" though @garyjames I am suprised you allowed that to slip in under the radar.

 

[give it to gordon]

As a kid in the mid 80s I used to say Man City. It was used in Shoot magazine and things, and our songs. Then it kind of stopped again in the early 90s.

As a school kid in the 70's down saff I use to get in a few fights because City would be called Man U City down here.

 

[Lavinda Past]

How about the South Stand being renamed the Bert Trautmann Stand? If we can name the West Stand after another true club legend, why not this honour for him? He was certainly a great part of the club's rich history

I thought it was shocking that the club didn't name a stand after Bert following his death. It was a perfect opportunity to celebrate the life of one of football's greatest and most popular players.
If we're talking about legends,there aren't many bigger, at ANY club, than Bert Trautmann.

The Keeper film is a magnificent tribute to a truly great man.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

After the film last night I went to Youtube to find the '56 cup final as I was irritated by the "Man City" references in the commentary.

The real footage referred to ourselves as Manchester who were playing Birmingham. At no point ever we we referred to as "Man City". I can only assume it was put down to "Artistic licence" though @garyjames I am suprised you allowed that to slip in under the radar.

I think you are over estimating Gary's role in the film here! He wasn't the executive producer.

 

[markprendy]

On Sunday (September 5, 2021) evening at 10pm BBC 2 will be showing ‘The Keeper’. I was a consultant to this film. If you’ve not seen it then you certainly should. Trautmann was an incredible man. It’s a dramatisation of a life not always factually exactly what happened but I hope it inspires everyone to find out more about a perceived enemy who became a hero.

The Keeper: Bert Trautmann

On Sunday (September 5, 2021) evening at 10pm BBC 2 will be showing ‘The Keeper’. I was a consultant to this film. If you’ve not seen it then you certainly should. Trautmann was an incredible man. It’s a dramatisation of a life not always factually exactly what happened but I hope it inspires...

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Any parts, in particular, that stand out which didn't actually happen?

 

[BigJoe#1]

I think you are over estimating Gary's role in the film here! He wasn't the executive producer.

Yes I know but thought as an adviser he may have had an input....? It really did sand out like a sore thumb to me, to the point of being bloody irritating and spoiling the film.

Perhaps the Executive Producer had rag leanings?

 

[bluwes]

Any parts, in particular, that stand out which didn't actually happen?

The fact that Jock Thompson was still manager through to at least 1956 in the film when he'd left in 1950 and
Les Mc Dowell took over was one bit. Also the circumstances of his young sons tragic death were completely different

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The fact that Jock Thompson was still manager through to at least 1956 in the film when he'd left in 1950 and
Les Mc Dowell took over was one bit. Also the circumstances of his young sons tragic death were completely different

I thought that too, about the manager, missed it when I first saw it.
It is always an issue when folk very close to the subject or with a lot of knowledge of the subject see it all laid out in a film.
I watched that Morrissey (I know, I know) biopic the other year and picked holes in it (they used the house the other side of his semi-detached on Kings Road, Stretford for his house for example) and the next day I watched it again without getting worked up about "small things" and enjoyed it.

 

[Corky]

Any parts, in particular, that stand out which didn't actually happen?

The keeper being a towering 5'9".