Legacy
England, Manchester City and Bury fans have fond memories of the football talents of Colin Bell, and many other great players have highlighted Bell as one of the best. In his foreword to Colin Bell's autobiography, Bobby Charlton has stated that 'Colin Bell was unquestionably a great player'. Alan Mullery, another of Bell's former England team mates stated that Bell would 'still be a star in today's football' and 'would fit into any team'. Yet another England team mate of Bell's, Kevin Keegan, has stated that Bell 'had it all'. England legend Tom Finney stated that 'Colin Bell was as good as anything I've ever seen'. Some current fans and pundits in the game, have compared City midfielder Michael Johnson to Bell. In 2003 Manchester City moved into the new City of Manchester Stadium. By February 2004 one of the stands, the west stand, was named after Bell as a tribute. Only two players have scored more goals than Colin Bell for Manchester City in all competitions: Eric Brook who scored 178 and Tommy Johnson who scored 166. Bell scored 152 goals for Manchester City in all competitions. Bell has been inducted into the Manchester City FC hall of fame along with Billy Meredith, Tommy Johnson, Sam Cowan, Eric Brook, Fred Tilson, Frank Swift, Peter Doherty, Roy Clarke, Bert Trautmann, Ken Barnes, Roy Paul, Alan Oakes, Neil Young, Mike Summerbee, Tony Book, Francis Lee, Joe Corrigan, Paul Lake and Niall Quinn. He was deemed by Goal.com to be England's twenty-sixth best ever footballer.
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