He won her love and our hearts and minds
The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.
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David Kross Freya Mavor John Henshaw Gary Lewis Harry Melling Michael Socha Julian Sands Dave Johns Dervla Kirwan Barbara Young Chloe Harris Mikey Collins Olivia-Rose Minnis Tobias Masterson Angus Barnett Butz Ulrich Buse Jay Johnson Ian T. Dickinson David Schütter Lukas Turtur Tom Machell Davy Hughes Shenja Lacher Dennis Alizada Simon Kingsley Daniel Holzberg Jesse Inman Michael Patrick Richard Croxford Chris McCurry Adam Turns Mark Windsor Shaun Lawton Alex Freeman Alex Tondowski Tony Wright Thomas Lettow Steve Hudson Max Befort Florian Kroop Martin Walch Jonathan Gottschalk James Baxter Ryan Wichert Peter Riley Peter Wagner Sonja Schleif Trevor Brinsley Lukas Benjamin Engel Dorothee Henzler Ciaran McCrea Achim, Sechzig' Bogdahn Valentin Grezalja
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