Worth reading for the way he captures how Munich affected the entire Manchester football community for those of us too young to know or remember, but aside from that pretty dull.
A man trying to make money and maintain relevancy in the present by consistently living in the past, unsuccessfully fighting the future.
The bestselling Man City writer who refuses to go to the Etihad
Neal Keeling speaks to writer Colin Shindler, who loved Man City so much he wrote the book on it - but now won't set foot in the Etihadwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
They are saying it was their youth team…
Maybe mate, but most of our parents or grandparents would have told us how Munich affected the whole community. As a teenager I trained at the Peter Street YMCA and there was a brass plaque to honour all the Busby Babes, who had been members, RIP.
Colin Shindler a bitter old fool, unable to move with the times, the type of fan who used to sit in the Main Stand at Maine Road constantly moaning and groaning, angry when the Kippax burst into song or god forbid when we scored.
I know, but if City had been beaten by them even if it was our eds, I don't think we'd have been called a ' young' team
The “old” team being beaten by Real Madrid isn’t getting huge coverage either, apart from Bellingham scoring to prove he’s already worth every penny. Real Madrid, of course, don’t buy trophies because they have ‘istry
I remember the upstairs running track and just loved those big baths……