Sheltons Army Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Only 74 , and what a player The all round English midfielder if there ever was one RIP Nijinsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Another great English player gone - RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 He was some player . RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Njinkski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Colin Bell: Manchester City great dies aged 74 - BBC Sport Yes, just seen this. One of my favourite players growing up, so elegant and classy. 2021`s started bloody well hasn`t it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Colin Bell: Manchester City great dies aged 74 - BBC Sport Yes, just seen this. One of my favourite players growing up, so elegant and classy. 2021`s started bloody well hasn`t it? One of mine also. RIP Sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawey Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 such a talent so sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Superb goalscoring record for a midfielder. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Exvellent player. He would cover so much ground during a game he was lije having an extra man. RIP Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Like Bryan Robson, Colin Bell was a Durham born lad that never played for Sunderland or Newcastle. You could probably compile a great X1 of North East born players that were lured away down south to play. Bobby Charlton another, of course. Decent midfield that. Think he had a really bad injury in the 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Top top player. I remember him playing for England at the old twin towers at Wembley. Got a feeling Mike Summerbee played in the same game. 74 no real age these days....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 A true Manchester City and England great, far beyond that of many talked about as such. RIP Colin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenkibby. Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 One of my all time favourite players had everything. A rare breed who seemed to raise his game when playing for England. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Rocker Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 So legendary he was immortalised forever on film in The Italian Job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Will Man City name the home end after him, in recognition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciderhead433 Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Scored in my first England games in 1972 against Wales in Cardiff. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon79 Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 I believe he was one of my dads favourite players & dad was a United fan, so must of been some player! RIP. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenkibby. Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 50 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Njinkski An apt nickname back in the day, being compared to one of the greatest racehorses of all time was about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Rocker Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, downendcity said: Will Man City name the home end after him, in recognition? Well it is the oldest joke in football, at some point I think they're gonna have to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, City Rocker said: Well it is the oldest joke in football, at some point I think they're gonna have to They`ve got a Bell Stand at the Etihad - someone just didn`t have the nerve to go for the big one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Remember the new programme “Nationwide” running a series about Man City and that was the first I’d heard of Bell....must’ve been 7 or 8. My dad always says Gerrard was the most similar to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Dazzler Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 I remember seeing him playing for Bury against City at AG in the 2nd Division in early 1966, it was just before he left for Manchester City. I remember it distinctly as the crowd were buzzing about the chance to see Colin Bell, and the fact that he was almost certain to sign for Man City. As a footnote City won 2-1 (had to look that fact up as I remember seeing Colin Bell more than the match itself!). He was a great player for Man City and England, full of energy. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave L Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Superb player. I was a student in Manchester in 78/79, living in a house a stone's throw from Maine Rd. Would often see Colin Bell pounding the streets as he tried to get fit again after a long injury. He was never the same player sadly. He was worshipped by Man City fans. They'd say 'if I came home and found my missus in bed with Colin Bell, I'd make him a cup of tea'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, stephenkibby. said: An apt nickname back in the day, being compared to one of the greatest racehorses of all time was about right. A few of our players could be nicknamed Shergar, as they go missing without trace or explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 There are good players, very good players, great players and then at the very peak, the legendary ones. RIP a football legend, Colin Bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Yet another fantastic player, who did it in an era when he was playing on atrocious pitches and when they had no protection from referees and tackles were tackles. How good would someone like him be in today’s game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Rocker Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 53 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Remember the new programme “Nationwide” running a series about Man City and that was the first I’d heard of Bell....must’ve been 7 or 8. My dad always says Gerrard was the most similar to him. Yes I remember that programme! Paul Power was the young up and coming Man City star at the time, as I recall. Don't think they had yet signed the Messianic Gerry Gow at that point, otherwise it would have been a different proposition altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, City Rocker said: Yes I remember that programme! Paul Power was the young up and coming Man City star at the time, as I recall. Don't think they had yet signed the Messianic Gerry Gow at that point, otherwise it would have been a different proposition altogether. Good shout, yes, Paul Power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Moments of Pleasure said: Like Bryan Robson, Colin Bell was a Durham born lad that never played for Sunderland or Newcastle. You could probably compile a great X1 of North East born players that were lured away down south to play. Bobby Charlton another, of course. Decent midfield that. Think he had a really bad injury in the 70s. Against Manchester United, following a tackle by Martin Buchan - just a few years after a similarly gifted midfielder, Tony Green, was forced to retire following a serious knee injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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