Alex Williams Book 'You Saw Me Standing Alone'

jordtheblue said:
Just a quick one to note that I messaged @bucko2001 about the book and within 2 days I had a copy (signed by Alex) at my front door.

Great Christmas gift for my old man and brilliantly coordinated.

Thanks very much!
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Same here, messaged Andy on here and there is a signed copy at my daughters house waiting for me to collect in 11 days time!
 
Sorry to hear that - have sent you a message asking to contact me to arrange. Alex Williams will be at Ashton on Mersey Golf Club, Church Lane, Sale, on Wed Dec 6 at 6.15 pm, holding a Q and A for an hour. Anyone who wants Alex's book can buy it; part of proceeds to CITC. The Villa game is on the screen from 8.15 pm. Bar open. Free admission and car park available. Spoke to Roger Palmer today and he's hoping to come along, as is Ged Keegan, another Sale lad and a member of the 76 League Cup Final team. Text or call me on 07712 490497 if you want more details. Thanks Andy Buckley.
 
Went into a bookshop today with the missus. Picked up this book to buy, whereupon she says “errr, you can’t buy that”. Very thoughtful of her but now I’ve got to wait until bloody Christmas!
 
BringBackSwales said:
Wasn’t that the game when the scoreboard went mad and actually had us in the lead? And the coppers were getting accused of police brutality cos they wouldn’t let us out early at the end?
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Yes , I went posh that day and wentbin the main stand with my wife in tow

At one point city's kamikaze defending were hitting under cut back passes to alex and the Fulham fans were howling with laughter saying to Alex ' this lot are trying to get you sacked ' ,

I didn't have the heart to tell them they always play like that ... Caton was the main culprit


At one point the Scoreboard had City 3-1 up

We lost 5-1
 
Bradley82 said:
A Leeds mate of mine told me a story about Alex being bombarded with Bananas and a solitary Pineapple at Elland rd early 80s. The fruit was removed from the pitch and the first half was played out. At the whistle Alex walks over and picks up the Pineapple, tucks it under his arm and gives the Leeds end a double thumbs- up, gave a big smile and mouthed Cheers then headed to the dressing room with it. Anyone remember that?
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A similar incident happened at Portsmouth too - I think it was a coconut.
It was either the Leeds or Pompey game when he was asked about it and he said he was going to "take it home.for his mum".

The Leeds incident, Alex came.out for the 2nd half and he ran towards the Kop.... Leeds fans were applauding him which took us back a bit, wasn't expecting that.... Alex stuck his hand up to acknowledge the applause and the applause turned into sieg heils and the bananas came raining down. Disgusting to think it was orchestrated not by a minority but a very large number in the kop that day.
The groundstaff had to run on and clear the bananas off the pitch and Alex spent a lot of the time stood on the edge of the box rather than on the goal lime
 
spinney said:
Yes , I went posh that day and wentbin the main stand with my wife in tow

At one point city's kamikaze defending were hitting under cut back passes to alex and the Fulham fans were howling with laughter saying to Alex ' this lot are trying to get you sacked ' ,

I didn't have the heart to tell them they always play like that ... Caton was the main culprit


At one point the Scoreboard had City 3-1 up

We lost 5-1
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Tommy Caton was long gone by the time we lost at Craven Cottage, playing for Arsenal
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
A similar incident happened at Portsmouth too - I think it was a coconut.
It was either the Leeds or Pompey game when he was asked about it and he said he was going to "take it home.for his mum".

The Leeds incident, Alex came.out for the 2nd half and he ran towards the Kop.... Leeds fans were applauding him which took us back a bit, wasn't expecting that.... Alex stuck his hand up to acknowledge the applause and the applause turned into sieg heils and the bananas came raining down. Disgusting to think it was orchestrated not by a minority but a very large number in the kop that day.
The groundstaff had to run on and clear the bananas off the pitch and Alex spent a lot of the time stood on the edge of the box rather than on the goal lime
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Yes, it was a coconut at Pompey, when he came out for the 2nd half at the Fratton End Alex was bombared with bananas and a coconut by the twats.
 
Ric said:
For anyone interested:

Alex Williams will be signing copies of his autobiography You Saw Me Standing Alone at Waterstones in Altrincham on Sat March 2 between 11 am and 1 pm. Price is £15 and part of proceeds go to City in the Community.
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Thank for the heads up.
We went this morning, what a lovely fella Alex is and Andy very kindly took our photograph. Looking forward to reading the book
 
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