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Tony Book RIP

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
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The former Man City captain and manager has died, aged 90 



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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    edited January 14
    Just reading up about him and while I remembered he came into the pro game late I didn't know he was 30 when he signed for Plymouth (he doctored his birth certificate on the advice of Plymouth manager Malcolm Allison to make it look like he was "only" 28.

    He was 32 when he joined Man City and still won the league, FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup.


  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    RIP
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    RIP
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,854
    Came into the professional game aged 30, and then made over 300 appearances winning the League, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity Shield, European Cup Winners Cup.

    A great story. RIP
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,260
    edited January 14
    Star for Bath City and Plymouth Argyle too before joining Manchester City. RiP.

    https://www.themoorlander.co.uk/news/sport/1702419/argyle-icon-tony-book-passes-away.html
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 913
    Good career.

    RIP
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    RIP
  • Bilko
    Bilko Posts: 767
    Henry Irving said:
    Just reading up about him and while I remembered he came into the pro game late I didn't know he was 30 when he signed for Plymouth (he doctored his birth certificate on the advice of Plymouth manager Malcolm Allison to make it look like he was "only" 28.

    He was 32 when he joined Man City and still won the league, FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup.


    I didn’t know that, he was a model professional.
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,408
    Henry Irving said:
    Just reading up about him and while I remembered he came into the pro game late I didn't know he was 30 when he signed for Plymouth (he doctored his birth certificate on the advice of Plymouth manager Malcolm Allison to make it look like he was "only" 28.

    He was 32 when he joined Man City and still won the league, FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup.


    Also won  Player of the year with Dave Mackay of Derby County about 1970 sharing the award together.

    RIP. Tony Book
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    He was captain for City in the first match I ever remember seeing v Leicester City in FA Cup IN COLOUR!
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  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    Good full back and excellent captain.  RIP
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    I don't remember him as a player, but I always seemed to have loads of Pannini stickers of him when he was managing Man City. RIP.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Fine player I remember because of the rarity of a player of his mature (in footballing terms) years becoming a full time professional back in the fifties and sixties.

    An injured Len Glover was up against him in the 1969 FA Cup final and was unable to do much as I recall.

    RIP Tony.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    RIP
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,142
    RIP tony
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,502
    edited January 15
    Followed Malcolm Allison everywhere as a player and hopefully Manchester City will do the right thing at their next home game for such a long-time servant. 

    Tony Book didn't come out of the "City!" documentary too well....but then again neither did anyone from Manchester City until John Bond showed up. If you haven't seen it, it's worth a watch (6 Parts). Grainy footage but a check of records says that's Carl Harris scoring for Leeds in Part Two. 

    Amazing to think that Man City got to the FA Cup Final at the end of that season. A few shrewd signings did wonders for them and they gave Spurs a tremendous couple of games at Wembley.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3KVEy1XKoc 

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