Blue blood: the mike doyle story

[Glazers_Wallet]

i know its a few years old but started readin it a few weeks ago, and found it is a very good read some funny stories in it, im only 22 so i didnt get to see him play but he sounds like the type of player i love.

we used to look forward to playing utd each season because it used to be an easy 4 points for us

any1 else read this?

 

[Citizenhill]

My dad bought this, a very good read, forgotten most now, but I remember enjoying the story about an Australian reporter I think being beaten up in the toilets. haha

His, Neil Young, Joe Corrigan and Bert Trautmann's all offer a good insight into City life among other things.

 

[asgoodasitgets]

Mike Doyle was and still is a legend at this club.
His book was a great read but only (in my opinion)gave a small insight into his loathing for Nited.He hated them then and still does now.He looked forward to playing them not just for the easy 2 points but so he could kick the shite out of them for 90 minutes.

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

Well worth watching:-

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.mcfc.co.uk/Video/Features/Spirit-of-70-Mike-Doyle" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.mcfc.co.uk/Video/Features/Sp ... Mike-Doyle</a>

 

[KentBlue]

I bought a Mike Doyle book years and years ago - literally, it must have been about 30 years ago. Is this the same one or have their been a number of his books out?

Could be a re-print.

 

[bluevengence]

They don`t come any bluer,one of my alltime City favs....LEGEND

 

[Trigger]

I worked with Mike for a couple of years when he sold golf clubs and equipment for a company called Classic House in Swinton.

You can imagine it was a pleasure going into work and chatting about City for hours on end, as said before his hatred for the scum hasn't diminished one iota over the years.

Mike Doyle = True City Legend ;)

 

[bazbarrybazzer]

Went to school and played for same team as his son Scott, we also both played for Tameside as well, how his son never became a pro i will never know, class player.

Mike used to come and watch us play when we were at West Hill in Stalybridge, really genuine nice guy.

 

[shauns goat]

Genuine City legend.

 

[BTH]

Good book? Great book? Hardly... it's a shocker!

Bitterness runs through this book like 'Blackpool' through a stick of rock. I paid £1.99 for it in a cheap book shop, read it in an afternoon and felt cheated. While I can understand people yearning for the good old days and having their heroes, I can only assume that some people are easily pleased. Really easily pleased.

But let's have it right, there isn't one single decent biography around of any ex-City player. Hagiographies at best and shameless short run cut 'n' paste cash-ins at worst, while some haven't even been written by professional writers and some of these simply haven't bothered to employ an editor/proofreader FFS! (N.B. Spellcheckers can only do so much!)

Avoid at all costs.