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by Harry Dowd scored » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:05 pm
Just heard the devasting news that
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icon Tony Book has sadly passed away aged 90, a man who has been there, seen it and done at all at City while having a huge impact on so many young players careers with his mentorship and advice, not just in football
Just saw this on Twitter sad news indeed RIP Tony
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by Scatman » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:06 pm
Farewell Skip.
The Tony Book Stand is being built.
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by zuricity » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:07 pm
Harry Dowd scored wrote:Just heard the devasting news that
@ManCity
icon Tony Book has sadly passed away aged 90, a man who has been there, seen it and done at all at City while having a huge impact on so many young players careers with his mentorship and advice, not just in football
Just saw this on Twitter sad news indeed RIP Tony
Yep, just heard from my brother, what a shame, we've lost "Hugh Book". RIP Tony
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by blues2win » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:11 pm
Sad News. Key player in the 1968 title win plus FA Cup win a year later. Legend. RIP.
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by Nigels Tackle » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:15 pm
sad news.
rip tony
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by john@staustell » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:16 pm
Rip Tony. Served the club for many years. Though a late starter, became a winning manager, coach and then warm up man
From the days when a captain WAS a captain
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by Hazy2 » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:18 pm
Tony Book RIP. A true Blue X
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by stevefromdonny » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:18 pm
RIP SKIP
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by stupot » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:21 pm
RiP Skip
Not only a great captain but the last man to manage us to a trophy before the Sheikh took over with the 76 League Cup Final win.
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by sheblue » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:25 pm
Lovely tribute to him on the club website. Rip Tony.
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by trueblue64 » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:38 pm
RIP Skip, gone but never forgotten. A true legend in every sense of the word.
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by salford city » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:40 pm
Sad news RIP Skip
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by PeterParker » Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:31 pm
Rip Skip.
One of my regrets was that I never saw him play.
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by Paul68 » Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:33 pm
Very sad news
RIP
I wish there was a way to know you are in the good old days....before you've actually left them...
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by charvet_wonderland » Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:40 pm
Always used to watch him doing keeper warm ups in front of me before matches at Maine Rd. White haired old bloke just effortlessly pinging in perfect cross after perfect cross. Remember asking my dad who he was
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by dick dastardley » Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:43 pm
RIP a legend of the club on and off the field. A thoroughly lovely guy
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by johnny crossan » Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 pm
Scum & dippers at the British Biased Corporation deliberately disrespecting a City great. No report yet hours after the OS Obituary was published. Still straplining "Guardiola Throws Walker Under A Bus" on their main Sport and Football pages. Utterly contemptible,

Gary James Tribute here
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by salford city » Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:29 pm
johnny crossan wrote:Scum & dippers at the British Biased Corporation deliberately disrespecting a City great. No report yet hours after the OS Obituary was published. Still straplining "Guardiola Throws Walker Under A Bus" on their main Sport and Football pages. Utterly contemptible,

I found it within another story - think it was the article that you referenced about Walker. Agreed, they never fail to hide their bitterness doesn't excuse it though.
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by Mase » Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:29 pm
stupot wrote:RiP Skip
Not only a great captain but the last man to manage us to a trophy before the Sheikh took over with the 76 League Cup Final win.
I saw Andy Morrison and Stuart Pearce lifting trophies for us when I was a kid?
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by stupot » Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:36 pm
Mase wrote:stupot wrote:RiP Skip
Not only a great captain but the last man to manage us to a trophy before the Sheikh took over with the 76 League Cup Final win.
I saw Andy Morrison and Stuart Pearce lifting trophies for us when I was a kid?
I was at Wembley 99 and was there for Pearce's last game when he blazed that penalty over the bar.
Don't think either stopped the 35 years and won fuck all chants.
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