Bert Trautmann Testimonial Benefit Manchester Combined Team 1964

Bert Trautmann Testimonial Benefit Manchester Combined Team 1964 Programme – Item Details

This listing is for Bert Trautmann Testimonial Benefit Manchester Combined Team 1964 (1964), an authentic programme rather than a modern reproduction. Whether you collect a single club or the wider world of football memorabilia, this is a genuine original worth adding to the shelf.

International XI v Manchester City/United Combined team.

Football Benefit Match 1964.

THEY SAY ALL GOALKEEPERS ARE CRAZY,AND THIS MAN SUMMED IT UP PERFECTLY.

HE FOUGHT FOR THE GERMANS DURING THE WAR AS A PARA,AND AFTER WINNING 5 MEDALS INCLUDING THE IRON CROSS,HE WAS EVENTUALLY CAPTURED,AND WAS ONE OF ONLY 900 FROM HIS PLATOON OF 1,000 TO SURVIVE.

INSTEAD OF RETURNING ON HIS RELEASE IN 1948,HE WORKED THE FARM FIELDS IN LANCASHIRE,AND PLAYED LOCAL FOOTBALL IN HIS SPARE TIME.

IN 1949 IT CAUSED A NATIONAL OUTCRY WHEN HE SIGNED FOR CITY,WITH DEMONSTRATIONS EVERYWHERE,ONE OF WHICH 20,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED.

SOMEHOW HE IGNORED ALL THE ABUSE,AND BEING A GOALIE OF COURSE HE WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE FANS.BUT HE GOT ON WITH PERFORMING EVERY WEEK,AND GRADUALLY THE FANS WARMED TO HIM.

THE TURNING POINT CAME IN THE 1956 FA CUP FINAL,WHEN HE REFUSED TO GO OFF THE FIELD AND PLAYED ON WITH A BROKEN NECK.

HE THEN BECAME A NATIONAL HERO,AND WON THE FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• Manchester City were founded in 1880 and are nicknamed "City".
• The maximum wage for footballers was abolished in 1961, and England won the World Cup at Wembley in 1966.

See also: Manchester City football programmes · Football Testimonial Benefit