Good to see your name on here Ian, I've been a fan of Soccer History for a long time.
At the time when I did the research based on an article in the Telegraph (which mentioned he had been at Palace, although then I didn't recognise the name), the only Bell I could find mentioned at reserve level for Palace (and I trawelled through several seasons of stuff either way of when it might have been, in search of him) was the one in 1907, so I assumed that would be him.
I do have a fair amount of info on Palace's reserves around then, so I will revisit what I have and will get back to you directly. He certainly didn't play for our first team at any level (even minor cup competitions) which is a great shame.
I'll be puzzled if it turns out that he didn't play at all for the reserves as well.
Look forward to the finished article.
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