Helen the bell lady

[Silent Blade]

First time I saw the Man City lady fan (who takes her bell to matches) was when she was at the back of the BLUT ringing her bell just before the 3-3 draw in February 1972. I was a bit scared of he as she looked hard!

 

[georgebernardshaw]

That could just as easily have been a High Storrs Grammar School bell, lost somewhere in Stoke after a trip to the Victoria Ground...

That took some explaining, trust me.

 

[Tony]

My avatar shows Hilda Chester who rang the bell at the Brooklyn Dodgers games at Ebbets Field and was known for language and winding up opposition players. A baseball legend.

 

[TAMUS]

Better than that pig band anyday .

 

[Snake]

Imagine being able to take that thing into the ground these days - lethal. That bell might do some damage too!

 

[FreePaulRodgers]

Did she get the bell due to Colin?

 

[HighfieldBlade]

I'd completely forgotten about the bell lady!
I remember seeing/hearing her at Maine Rd a couple of times!

 

[DifferentClass]

Did she get the bell due to Colin?

They really missed a trick not naming the Colin Bell Stand the Bell End.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

They really missed a trick not naming the Colin Bell Stand the Bell End.

Hel's Bells!

 

[Mcfc blade]

First time I saw the Man City lady fan (who takes her bell to matches) was when she was at the back of the BLUT ringing her bell just before the 3-3 draw in February 1972. I was a bit scared of he as she looked hard!

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A blast from the past she was at every home game at main road and at Manchester royal infirmary every day. The woman was a saint

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

That could just as easily have been a High Storrs Grammar School bell, lost somewhere in Stoke after a trip to the Victoria Ground...

That took some explaining, trust me.

You can tell us. We won't let on, honest...

 

[Weasel]

A blast from the past she was at every home game at main road and at Manchester royal infirmary every day. The woman was a saint

I remember her ringing that bell in the league Cup match away at Maine Road back in November 88. We lost 4-2 that night, and I think Paul Moulden scored a hattrick for them. Good game, think we levelled at to make it 1-1 and then later to make it 3-2, but they had too much for us that night. I also think Deane and a certain Mr Wilder played for us that night.

And that bell was really bloody annoying...

 

[Cheshire Cat]

A blast from the past she was at every home game at main road and at Manchester royal infirmary every day. The woman was a saint

Am told she used to raise loads of money for charity.

Always had a sprig of flowers and a kiss for Joe Corrigan.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

First time I saw the Man City lady fan (who takes her bell to matches) was when she was at the back of the BLUT ringing her bell just before the 3-3 draw in February 1972. I was a bit scared of he as she looked hard!

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Didn’t she also represent GB women at curling at the Winter Olympics ?

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I remember her ringing that bell in the league Cup match away at Maine Road back in November 88. We lost 4-2 that night, and I think Paul Moulden scored a hattrick for them. Good game, think we levelled at to make it 1-1 and then later to make it 3-2, but they had too much for us that night. I also think Deane and a certain Mr Wilder played for us that night.

And that bell was really bloody annoying...

It was confusing too. Some of our younger players left the field when she rang that, thinking it was the end of playtime. That's why we lost 4-2.

 

[Trigger Blade]

Didn’t she also represent GB women at curling at the Winter Olympics ?

Yes, Rhona somebody, not quite as decorative as Eve Muirhead though.

 

[I should coco]

They really missed a trick not naming the Colin Bell Stand the Bell End.

True story. They stupidly had a poll which was hijacked by other fans across the country, who of course all wanted the magnificent 'Bell End'.

Citeh realised their error and abandoned the poll, much to the dismay of Bell's family:-

Furious Bell chimes in as Manchester City drop a monumental clanger

Manchester City have been forced into a charm offensive after alienating their greatest ever player Colin Bell by reneging on an agreement to name one of their stands in his honour.

www.theguardian.com

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

First time I saw the Man City lady fan (who takes her bell to matches) was when she was at the back of the BLUT ringing her bell just before the 3-3 draw in February 1972. I was a bit scared of he as she looked hard!

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She was a right pain in the arse, like that ugly twat at Portsmouth.