sambrookonthewing said:Hello Gary,
I have a query about 2 old City players and wonder if you could help? I am reading a WW1 book called "Cheerful Sacrifice- The Battle of Arras" by Jonathan Nicholls (written in 1990). On page 58 he quotes a soldier from 9th Royal Scots, 4 Platoon who was serving in the 51st Highland Division. Apparently this platoon was very keen on football. The soldier writes, "We had Bill and Jimmy Broad, 2 brothers who were professional footballers with Manchester City - that made the 9th Royal Scots the best team in the division."
I have checked the list of players in your "History of Manchester City" book and there is a T H Broad mentioned at that period, but the initials don't tie in with Bill or Jimmy. Can you shed any light on this?
John Ogden
I've given this it's own thread in the Main forumCity1974 said:Another book that may be of interest about Man City as seen from a US supporters perspective
http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/03/...unch-of-a-brand-new-soccer-book-for-epl-fans/
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Envy-American-Journey-Manchester-ebook/dp/B00IT0M1I2/
Just finished reading this great bookGary James said:EDITED ON 16th AUGUST TO SAY:
For all those interested "Manchester The City Years" is now available from the National Football Museum shop and should be on sale at the City Store on Sunday. Waterstones Deansgate will have it on Tuesday (I'm talking there at 6.30pm).
For anyone wondering what the book looks like, I've posted some sample pages and the dustjacket at: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150796330997816.396386.289818652815&type=3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 815&type=3</a>
There's also a mechanism for ordering it on Bluemoon's new history section - that routes through to Amazon who, despite what they say on their site, should have the book by end of this week.
Gary James said:For all those interested "Manchester The City Years" is now available as a text only kindle edition covering the full history of the Blues up to the 2012 title success: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-City-Years-1857-2012-Text-ebook/dp/B00M74AHNW/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1406568490&sr=1-3&keywords=manchester+the+city+years#_" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-City ... ty+years#_</a>
I've had people asking for it since it came out, so I'm delighted a text version can now be downloaded via amazon. Hope people are interested. If you want to know what the book includes take a look at the free 'look inside' section where the Contents are listed. Thanks.
Thanks. Hope you're enjoying it!Damocles said:Gary James said:For all those interested "Manchester The City Years" is now available as a text only kindle edition covering the full history of the Blues up to the 2012 title success: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-City-Years-1857-2012-Text-ebook/dp/B00M74AHNW/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1406568490&sr=1-3&keywords=manchester+the+city+years#_" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-City ... ty+years#_</a>
I've had people asking for it since it came out, so I'm delighted a text version can now be downloaded via amazon. Hope people are interested. If you want to know what the book includes take a look at the free 'look inside' section where the Contents are listed. Thanks.
Brilliant mate, have been waiting for us for ages. Just bought it.
thanks for the comments. much appreciated. book still available via kindle of course here - Amazon product ASIN B00M74AHNW My Joe Mercer book is also available: Amazon product ASIN B00AFDGZD8 CheersReading this at the moment and very much enjoying it @Gary James.