Quote Originally Posted by theplater
Why was Bert Trautmann called a cheat? I haven't heard this story.
Wolves had completed the 59/60 season before Manchester City played Burnley. Burnley had to win to pip Wolves to the title by a point. Burnley won 1-2. Trautman gifted them their first goal and perhaps played a part in their winner.

Had Wolves won the title that year it would have been the third on the trot. The following Saturday Wolves won the F.A. Cup. We would have been the first club since Preston in 1888 to do 'The Double'.[/quote]

Thanks Plates. Whilst I knew the facts involved, I had never known about Trautmann's alleged culpability in destroying what would have been the greatest achievement in English football history at that time.