Trautmann or Bell

[Ticket For Schalke]

Who in your eyes is the bigger legend.

 

[mancity89]

As im only 20 years old and never seen either im going for trautmann simply due to the fact that im a goalkeeper. But both are massive club legends

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

Impossible to split them.

I've seen them both play, many times.

Both legends in their own right,

If you said one, it would be unfair on the other.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Who in your eyes is the bigger legend.

i saw colin bell from the day he arrived, to his last game.
but i wouldnt dream of trying to pick one of these 2 fantastic players to be any less than the other

 

[Ticket For Schalke]

Sitting on the fencers ;)

If Trautmann was apart of the succesfull era as Bell, i think Bert would sneak it.

 

[BLOOMUEN]

Colin Bell was crap on crosses and just didn't dominate the goal area and Bert was like crab and rarely left his own 18 yard box!

Joking aside - different eras, different positions... I guess Bert edges it on having the most fantastic life story, in addition to being world class in his day (almost mythical as well as legendary). Colin was a very special footballer and part of our most famous side, but not charismatic. By all accounts a very modest and shy man.

They are both part of our club's rich history and maybe trying to separate them is actually missing the point!

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Colin Bell is a legend to City fans but everyone has heard of Bert and knows his story.

 

[Deleted member 14625]

I'm 27 and wouldn't be able to judge as I never saw either! But your top 2 is The Times top 2:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sp...icle5795355.ece?token=null&offset=132&page=12

I do however find that people who are like late 40's and 50+ years old get a bit overly moist about the Mercer-Alison years team and that older teams from our history are not considered when talking about best ever! I say this because my Dads Dad (never met him, he was born in like 1912 and died in the 70's before I was even born!) used to tell my Dad that the best City players were the striking partnership of Eric Brook and Tommy Johnson, or the title winning stars of keeper Frank Swift and in my old grandads eyes City's greatest ever captain Peter Doherty (the first City player to lift the league title!); and he did see Bell Lee Doyle Young Summerbee etc to judge from also!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

You can't compare. Different eras, different positions but I do wonder why Colin Bell has a stand and Bert Trautmann doesn't.

 

[panzer1311]

City should name the east stand after the "legendary" bert trautmann. Now!!! , not in ten years time when ,sadly he may no longer be with us.

 

[Vienna_70]

And going back even further, what about Billy Meredith? (no, I'm not old enough!)

He played in the first City side to win the FA Cup, was forced to join *n*t*d after the payments scandal, but came back to City and played until he was 51.

I have read that he should be considered as football's first superstar.