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18. Bert Trautmann


Trautmann’s is probably the most famous footballing injury of them all. The German former prisoner of war, who had decided to stay in England to ply his trade after hostilities ended, was playing for Manchester City in the FA Cup final with Birmingham City at Wembley in May 1956. Near the end of the match, which City won 3-1, he dived at the feet of Peter Murphy trying to cut out a cross and the forward’s thigh landed right on his neck. Trautmann played the last 15 minutes dazed and in pain, rubbing his neck as he came off the field. He remembers enjoying the official post-match banquet despite the fact that he could not move his head. It was only several days later that he was diagnosed with a broken neck, being declared lucky to be alive after one of his vertebrae had been crushed. “If I’d known my neck was broken I’d have been off like a shot,” he said.

(source : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 1003209000)

Id say thats better than a broken leg.... OUCH!!!!

Adam29 wrote:18. Bert Trautmann


Trautmann’s is probably the most famous footballing injury of them all. The German former prisoner of war, who had decided to stay in England to ply his trade after hostilities ended, was playing for Manchester City in the FA Cup final with Birmingham City at Wembley in May 1956. Near the end of the match, which City won 3-1, he dived at the feet of Peter Murphy trying to cut out a cross and the forward’s thigh landed right on his neck. Trautmann played the last 15 minutes dazed and in pain, rubbing his neck as he came off the field. He remembers enjoying the official post-match banquet despite the fact that he could not move his head. It was only several days later that he was diagnosed with a broken neck, being declared lucky to be alive after one of his vertebrae had been crushed. “If I’d known my neck was broken I’d have been off like a shot,” he said.

(source : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 1003209000)

Id say thats better than a broken leg.... OUCH!!!!

All time great story, that one. Unthinkable now.

Also, you'd be well [SwearFilter] off if you got that on Football Manager.

'Despite finishing the game, Kelvin Davis will be out for approximately 6 months while he recovers from a broken neck sustained in today's 2-3 loss to Chesterfield.'

Our very own ballboys co-ordinator, Di Taylor, suffered a broken leg that she knew nothing about a while back. She had a scan about another problem and they told her her broken leg was healing nicely, she said what broken leg? Turns out a slip at home a few months earlier had indeed broken her leg. She just carried on regardless, necking the occasional paracetamol for the ache.

Dave Bayliss will be live on BBCRC Sport tonight from around 7.10pm.

At what stage of the time he was with us was this broken leg supposed to have happened?

Stu_Barrow_Afc wrote:At what stage of the time he was with us was this broken leg supposed to have happened?

It come have happened before he came to us and been playing with for a while.

Steely Jnr wrote:

Adam29 wrote: Bert Trautmann

Trautmann’s is probably the most famous footballing injury of them all.

All time great story, that one. Unthinkable now.
Also, you'd be well [SwearFilter] off if you got that on Football Manager.

Thank goodness he didn't suffer a further head jolt when he carried on.

Re. Football Manager, I once had my right-back out for 9 months with a 'serious viral infection'. Unlucky all round.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 530713.stm

A reminder that DB will be on BBCRC Sport tonight at 7.10pm.

When he had that conversation and said to bayliss that he was back to 100% fit I wonder if bayliss may of misheard him because judging by this pic of the marine v Burscough game played Feb 10th that I might of been an A

Ah, but don't forget the camera always adds 10lbs......

Big E wrote:Ah, but don't forget the camera always adds 10lbs......

Nice photo in tonights Mail,David Bailey

GTBLUE wrote:

Big E wrote:Ah, but don't forget the camera always adds 10lbs......

Nice photo in tonights Mail,David Bailey

Why thank you - practising for my retirement from the old bat and ball

I think you may have made a mistake, Adam.

This could be a still from the filming of Sky One's new program.

Ross Kemp on Non-League.

Probably did it falling off his big fat Barrow money filled wallet !!!!!,no wonder he wants to come back !!!!!,oh excuse me Ive just had a massive attack of cynacism !!!!!

hes not going to be on a big wage this time though. last time we were paying a portion of his wage at rochdale, this time we will be taking him on on a free and chances are taking into account of his fitness he will be on a more performance related deal, as bayliss says in the mail "we wont be spending bundles of money on him, if we get him hed need to prove to me and daz and to the players what a player he can be, if he did that im sure hed get his reward at the end of it"