Gary James
Well-Known Member
I don't think many Blues know that the opening 76 pages up to the year 1900 of my book "Manchester The City Years" can be read here for free: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-City-Years-1857-2012-Text-ebook/dp/B00M74AHNW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421763733&sr=8-1&keywords=manchester+the+city+years#reader_B00M74AHNW" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-City ... B00M74AHNW</a> All you need to do to read it is use the Look Inside feature of the amazon site and start reading.
This covers the birth of the club as St Mark's, the trials and tribulations that followed, the transformation into Ardwick AFC, on to MCFC's formation and up to the club's first promotion. It' s well worth having a read if you want to know how MCFC came to be born and what the formative steps were. This was published in 2012 but the material s as relevant today as it was then. If you like that section (using the Look Inside function on Amazon) then why not download the full book?
The opening section of my Mercer biog is also available like this via: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joe-Mercer-OBE-Football-Smile-ebook/dp/B00AFDGZD8/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1421767956&sr=8-1&keywords=joe+mercer+football+with+a+smile" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joe-Mercer-OBE- ... th+a+smile</a> That takes you through to his first successes as an Everton player. Cheers
This covers the birth of the club as St Mark's, the trials and tribulations that followed, the transformation into Ardwick AFC, on to MCFC's formation and up to the club's first promotion. It' s well worth having a read if you want to know how MCFC came to be born and what the formative steps were. This was published in 2012 but the material s as relevant today as it was then. If you like that section (using the Look Inside function on Amazon) then why not download the full book?
The opening section of my Mercer biog is also available like this via: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joe-Mercer-OBE-Football-Smile-ebook/dp/B00AFDGZD8/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1421767956&sr=8-1&keywords=joe+mercer+football+with+a+smile" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joe-Mercer-OBE- ... th+a+smile</a> That takes you through to his first successes as an Everton player. Cheers