dennishasdoneit
Well-Known Member
Doyle started life as a red.
By the time he was playing football for Stockport boys he" supported both utd and city."
Not only were utd after signing him as a boy but also Burnley,Stoke,Everton,Spuds,
Arsenal,Newcastle and Wolves.
Wolves really impressed the young Doyle-they were a massive side at the time,the Stan Cullis glory years still held sway over every youngster in the land. Shortly after Doyle signed for city,Wolves smashed us by 8 goals at Molineux and he wondered for a moment if he had made the right decision...
After signing for us he states "it was City all the way...apart from one brief moment when he told utd he would sign for them."
Mike Doyle does not seem the sort of person to shirk from the truth-far from hating utd he had a healthy respect for them and their manager at the time matt busby who impressed him when they met in the 70s-what he did hate was the press and their obsession with the rags-the space given to city after an enthralling encounter with Schalke in the ECWC semi finals was dwarfed by the size of the press reporting on utd playing some meaningless friendly on the same night-he exploded with rage at the press over this-thats where the Doyle hates utd assumption began.
While its important to respect our former captain in death,he himself having been a utd fan a s a boy,and nearly signing for them in the 70s,would still want the truth to be known..as he so boldly explained in his 1st book..."Manchester City-My Team"
Its a thin line between love and hate.
By the time he was playing football for Stockport boys he" supported both utd and city."
Not only were utd after signing him as a boy but also Burnley,Stoke,Everton,Spuds,
Arsenal,Newcastle and Wolves.
Wolves really impressed the young Doyle-they were a massive side at the time,the Stan Cullis glory years still held sway over every youngster in the land. Shortly after Doyle signed for city,Wolves smashed us by 8 goals at Molineux and he wondered for a moment if he had made the right decision...
After signing for us he states "it was City all the way...apart from one brief moment when he told utd he would sign for them."
Mike Doyle does not seem the sort of person to shirk from the truth-far from hating utd he had a healthy respect for them and their manager at the time matt busby who impressed him when they met in the 70s-what he did hate was the press and their obsession with the rags-the space given to city after an enthralling encounter with Schalke in the ECWC semi finals was dwarfed by the size of the press reporting on utd playing some meaningless friendly on the same night-he exploded with rage at the press over this-thats where the Doyle hates utd assumption began.
While its important to respect our former captain in death,he himself having been a utd fan a s a boy,and nearly signing for them in the 70s,would still want the truth to be known..as he so boldly explained in his 1st book..."Manchester City-My Team"
Its a thin line between love and hate.