"The Keeper" The Bert Trautman story

[BALDY]

The Keeper

At the end of WWII, Bert Trautmann stays in the UK for love and a football career.

www.bbc.co.uk

Hi all,
If you can find the time to watch this.....I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.

 

[HUMBLEPIE]

Watched it last night also enjoyed it grew up hearing about Bert to good to put a story to the name.

 

[stewart]

The Keeper

At the end of WWII, Bert Trautmann stays in the UK for love and a football career.

www.bbc.co.uk

Hi all,
If you can find the time to watch this.....I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.

would love to watch it but BBC Player1 dosent work here in the Philippines

 

[BALDY]

would love to watch it but BBC Player1 dosent work here in the Philippines

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The Keeper tells the incredible true story of Bert Trautmann (David Kross), a German soldier and prisoner of war who, against a backdrop of British post-war protest and prejudice, secures the position of Goalkeeper at Manchester City, and in doing so becomes a footballing icon. Struggling for acceptance by those who dismiss him as the enemy, Bert's love for Margaret (Freya Mavor), an Englishwoman, carries him through and he wins over even his harshest opponents by winning the 1956 FA Cup Final, playing on with a broken neck to secure victory. But fate will soon twi …
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[Yorkshire Blue]

@BALDY does it feature his heroics in the mud at Roots Hall on the way to winning the Cup?

 

[londonblue]

@BALDY does it feature his heroics in the mud at Roots Hall on the way to winning the Cup?

No. I was most disappointed when I watched it.

Other than that it was a good film.

 

[BALDY]

@BALDY does it feature his heroics in the mud at Roots Hall on the way to winning the Cup?

I had no idea that he had ever played at Roots Hall.....So no.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I had no idea that he had ever played at Roots Hall.....So no.

One of Roots Hall’s most famous matches.

Trautmann supposedly rated it as his best performance.

Four days of continuous rain produced what was described as a “ghastly Paschendale of a pitch” and after a soft goal against the run of play we threw everything we had at Man City but Trautmann was equal to it all.

It was apparently their toughest game all season - and they went onto lift the cup.

There are, I believe, one or two on the board who witnessed it person.

 

[londonblue]

One of Roots Hall’s most famous matches.

Trautmann supposedly rated it as his best performance.

Four days of continuous rain produced what was described as a “ghastly Paschendale of a pitch” and after a soft goal against the run of play we threw everything we had at Man City but Trautmann was equal to it all.

It was apparently their toughest game all season - and they went onto lift the cup.

There are, I believe, one or two on the board who witnessed it person.

My dad did, I believe.

 

[The Big Dady]

Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper who won the FA Cup with Manchester City in 1956, played with a broken neck.

Manchester City legend Trautmann dies

Former Manchester City keeper Bert Trautmann, who played in the 1956 FA Cup final with a broken neck, dies aged 89.

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This was the 16th game ever played at Roots Hall since it's opening game against Norwich City on the 20th August 1955

Our FA Cup run that season.

FA Cup 1st Round 19th Nov 1955

Southend United 2-0 QPR Att. 15,000 Scorers: Barker, Hollis.

FA Cup 2nd Round 10th Dec 1955
Southend United 1-0 Weymouth Att. 10,000 Scorer: Lockhart

FA Cup 3rd Round 7th Jan 1956
Lincoln City 2 -3 Southend United Att. 11,238 Scorers: Hollis (2) McCrory

FA Cup 4th Round 28th Jan 1956
Southend United 0-1 Manchester City Scorer: Hayes Att. 29,500 (Our 2nd highest attendance only beaten by Liverpool game on the 10th Jan 1979 with 31,033).

Teams

Southend United Threadgold, Williamson, Howe, Duthie, Stirling, Lawler, Lockhart, McCrory, Hollis, Baron, McGuigan

Manchester City Trautmann, Ewing, Little, Barnes, Leivers, Paul, Spurdle, Hayes, Johnstone, Dyson, Clarke


Some interesting news reports and personal accounts here:-

FA Cup 4th Round SUFC v MCFC

Trying to get the game on before the match, cutting trenches, filling with Leigh Cockle Shells to aid drainage.



Does not look like it worked that well



Video of the Southend United v Manchester City game (watch on Yoitube) this is fantastic footage of the game and rain soaked Roots Hall.

Manchester City went on to beat Liverpool 2-1 after a replay in the 5th Round, beat Everton 2-1 in the 6th Round, beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the Semi-Final, and beat Birmingham City 3-1 in the final at Wembley in front of 100,000 to win the 1956 FA Cup.

 

[Supershrimper]

Brilliant film. Saw it a year or so ago and I thought it was one of the most interesting stories I'd heard of in football.

 

[stewart]

I will watch it in you tube, i was just 9 years old when this was played ,i remember it well wasnt at the game as normally me and my mates back then climbed over the wall into the toilet block, but because of the rain gave that idea away .We used to stand behind the goal on the hill end ,always get a word or two from Harry .,when he was keeping at that ens
, The toilet block was down at the covered end.