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FEELING BLUE

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
4 March 2021

BIRMINGHAM CITY FANATIC KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HIS FAVOURITES LAST FEATURED IN AN FA CUP FINAL...

What a hero: Manchester City’s injured goalkeeper Bert Trautmann is helped off the pitch after their victory against Birmingham

Brave: Birmingham keeper Gil Merrick dives to save the ball at the feet of Manchester City’s Joe Hayes

M
ENTION the 1956 FA Cup final and most people will recall it as the one in which Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann played on despite breaking his neck!
However, as a young Birmingham City fan at the time, it was more the disappointment of losing th...

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