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Joe Hart wears a 'Trautmann 1' jersey at Eastlands. Peter Byrne/PA Wire
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Joe Hart pays jersey tribute to late goalkeeper Bert Trautmann

The England stopper and his Manchester City teammates wore jerseys with ‘Trautmann 1′ before their league tie.

MANCHESTER CITY GOALKEEPER Joe Hart paid a fitting tribute to the late Bert Trautmann before his side’s Premier League opener against Newcastle United this evening.

Trautmann, who was a Germam prisoner of war in WW2, made 545 appearances for City between 1949 and 1964, famously playing on in the 1956 FA Cup Final with a broken neck. Hart’s City teammates also wore jerseys bearing the German’s surname.

The former City goalkeeper passed away in July and the club had always intended on staging a tribute at their first home game of the season. The official match programme has a 16-page pull-out tribute to the goalkeeper and a wreath laying ceremony took place an hour before kick-off.

A minute’s applause rang out at Eastlands just before kick-off, led by City’s captain for the evening, new signing Jesus Navas.

The jerseys will be auctioned at a later date and proceeds donated to the Trautmann Foundation.

City hit the front early in the first half when David Silva headed home. TheScore.ie will have a full match report and post-game reactions at the conclusion of tonight’s fixture.

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