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With closure of the PoW camp imminent, Trautmann declined an offer of repatriation and stayed in Britain, working on a farm, and subsequently working on bomb disposal in Huyton.

He also played amateur football for the Liverpool County Combination club St Helens Town, through which he met the club secretary's daughter, Margaret Friar, whom he later married.

Over the course of the 1948 – 49 season, Trautmann's goalkeeping reputation steadily grew, and a series of large crowds were attributed to his performance, including a record 9, 000 attendance in the final of a local cup competition, the Mahon Cup.