A caption states correctly that Trautmann was the first foreign player to be named "Footballer of the Year" by the Football Writers' Association. It might have been worth mentioning also that he was the first goalkeeper to receive that award.
Jock Thompson is shown to be the manager of Manchester City in the 1956 FA Cup Final but he was actually sacked in 1950.
At the beginning of his imprisonment, Bert Trautmann was classified as a Nazi because he held the Iron Cross First Class, but later he was reclassified as a non-Nazi allowing him to on work in local farms and mix with the locals.
The Belfast football team Glentoran's stadium, the Oval was used for exterior shots covering as the old Maine Road football stadium.
Scenes filmed in Ulster Street, Lurgan, Northern Ireland.
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