paul lake......never forgotten..

Just coming to the end of it now and have to say it's been a fantastic read ( despite the dog getting hold of it and ripping it up, rag b*stard), having had the same injury a few years before Lakey I can appreciate the agony and pain, the highs and the lows he suffered throughout it all.

The book itself brings back some great memories too being from the same era, some great comedy moments (if you've read any of Fred Eyre's books you'll probably notice his influence) and some shocking truths, particularly interesting were Lakey's comments about the rags and his testimonial, I'll not spoil it but sometimes you have to hold your hands up and say 'fair play', above all this though, the over-riding feeling you get is just how much this club means to him,'one of us' just sums it up to a tee, nothing else need be said.
 
ah yes he`s just put Boys in Blue on Top Man!!!


Did he just say that Oasis played the second ever gig at the Hacienda (which is obvious bollocks) or is the red wine kicking in to much?
 
Heard lots of good things about it so will definitely be buying it. I can`t really remember him playing to be honest as I was only young, but my dad absolutely raved about him. He said he could play anywhere and do an amazing job. Big, strong, powerful and with a footballing brain.
 
MCC said:
Heard lots of good things about it so will definitely be buying it. I can`t really remember him playing to be honest as I was only young, but my dad absolutely raved about him. He said he could play anywhere and do an amazing job. Big, strong, powerful and with a footballing brain.
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Your Dad's pretty spot-on mate, I still see Lakey knocking about quite a bit and even now when you look at him the first thing you notice (well I do) is that he just has the natural physique, poise and grace of an elite athlete, I'm sure had it not been football Paul Lake would have been an elite sportsman in another sport.
 
Paul was one of the guests at our Mid Sussex Blues legends night last year, I won an original 1969/70 book about City in the charity raffle, a little later i was chatting to paul and he said he was hoping to win said book,well what could I do..I said to paul that if he donated a fiver to the charity collection he could have the book..

I met paul lake ,paul got the book he wanted and the charity made a bit more money..

Everyone's a winner... Top bloke.
 
I've met him a few times, it's always been a pleasure.

Unfortunately for me, the first time I saw him take to the pitch was for his testimonial. I only knew what my mum had told me about him and only knew who he was when pointed out. I was too young to sense the loss felt by so many blues.

Having met him, read his fantastic book 'I'm Not Really Here', and listened to many a blue talk so fondly of him, I'm gutted that I never actually got to see how good a player he was, especially with him being one of a us. It's only now that I can understand the loss felt by most City fans the day Lakey announced his retirement.

The world really was cruelly swiped from under his feet and who knows the effect on the club. It always sounds like he was the player the team would eventually be built around, the player that gave the fans something to shout about and the hope of a team to be proud of.

Two of the saddest words when combined, "If only"........
 
My birthday next week so i am hoping to receive his book gift wrapped, always said he was an england captain, if only, pure class all over the park
 
the goats backside said:
My birthday next week so i am hoping to receive his book gift wrapped, always said he was an england captain, if only, pure class all over the park
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My birthday was yesterday and my nephew bought the book for me and after reading this post can't wait to go on holiday to read it (the only time I have to read books)
 
Just finished the book before, like some have already posted many laugh out load moments, and upsetting moments in equal measures. I must admit I can't get my head around how badly he was treated through his injury's, and how amateurish we we were in dealing with it. One thing that didn't surprise me though, how much of a cnut peter swales was. Lakey is even more of a legend in my eyes after reading that book, to come through all he's been through, with dignity and heart. Guys even more of a hero to me now.
 
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