RIP Tony Book

Wish the light show was actually a chance to show footage on the screens of Tony lifting all those trophies and a video tribute... When the lights went off and it started i thought that was what it was about to be - I'm sure we've done video montages of people in the past, to get the lump in the throat for those of us who know, and to help the newer people learn what a great person they were.

But the actual later tribute was lovely, although it felt very short to me, and where i sit in East Stand we couldn't see what picture was being held up (though obviously knew it was Skip) and i couldn't see there was an actual choir and thought it was a recording.

Joe Corrigan, Alex Williams, Paul Lake, David White, Ian Brightwell, Roy Bailey, Peter Barnes, Richard Edghill, Fred Eyre, and Gary Owen all stood on the touchline, with ashen faces full of memories of the great man. RIP Skip.
 
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Absolutely brilliant, including Kennedy and Law was right, but dropping the lights to add focus to Tony Book was great, we all know what a legend to this club he is, but hearing it read out headlining his achievements individually as player, manager, academy manager and ambassador really did hit home how integral he was to us over such a long period.

Still amazes me he was nearly 30 before he played in the football league, and a few weeks short of 32 when he made his City debut.
 
Very sad to hear of Tony Books passing. Met him a few times over the years ,the last time a random surprise meet at Bolton wanderers ground when we played them in the cup we d sold out on a night match and I bumped into him in the home stand..
He was my 1st ever Manchester City manager, it's funny,unlike some characters, I've never ever heard anything bad said about Tony from any one of our supporters in all the time I'd been going to Maine Road and later the Etihad. He was basically Mr Mamchester City..when I used to travel around the Midlands to see the old central league / reserve games on mid week nights at awaygrounds in the late 80s places like derby and forest,....Tony Book was always there. Out of the limelight doing his job.
A standout memory was Arsenal away under Machin, when we played in yellow and got thrashed 4nil I think, I distinctly remember Book taking part in the pre match warm up ,firing crosses over to our goal keepers.little things like that have just stayed in my mind .
I just stupidly thought...assumed..that Tony Book would always be around at Manchester City. It's a crushing blow really to grasp the reality that he is no longer with us.
Rest in Peace Tony Book, can there ever be a better example of a consumate professional ,who just did his job with style and passion,without any histrionics or drama.
I've read and spoken to many many people over the years about the famous win at Newcastle Utd on the last day of the season in May 1968,and it was Tony Book who was our captain thst day,which meant,coincidentally.....that Manchester City FC became the 1st team to win the title after I was born. I'm quite proud of that fact.
Tony Book will never ever be forgotten.
 

just a bit of nostalgia from The Tony Book managerial era,
Any visiting spurs fans ..look away now, this match,or indeed the season didn't end well for you...
I was partc interested in what the kippax were singing during the 5nil defeat of Spurs

"Tony Books Blue and white Army" can be heard
" Tommy Booth he's here, hes there, hes every fucking where, Tommy Booth after he 1st goal and

" MCFC ...Manchester City are Magic ! "
I liked Pat Jennings one handed take of a high cross ,but the experienced keeper was made to look stupid when Peter Barnes scored later on ..

Maine rd Memories.
 
kippaxkid74 said:
Joe Corrigan, Alex Williams, Paul Lake, David White, Ian Brightwell, Roy Bailey, Peter Barnes, Richard Edghill, Fred Eyre, and Gary Owen all stood on the touchline, with ashen faces full of memories of the great man. RIP Skip.
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Watching on TV in the States I loved the tribute and was stood up in the room applauding as the tribute was read out. And then was really made up when after mentioning the trophies won as a player and then manager, they mentioned the FA Youth Cup winning team of 1986. That made my day.
I have Tony’s book and to much disappointment his time as youth and reserves manager gets about 3 paragraphs.

At a time when City were on our financial knees, Ken Barnes and his team were providing the talent and Skip and Glyn Pardoe were nurturing them.

And Swales flogged them!

My poster of the 1986 FA Youth Cup winning team signed by the players, Skip and Glyn. Pride of place amongst my City memorabilia - and 2nd picture is of Skip signing each of the 23 posters produced in 2013.

I am very proud of my book Teenage Kicks and at the time I didn’t contact either Skip or Glyn as it was the boys story. Their story and their journey. I included a section at the end where the players all paid tribute to Skip and Glyn and rightly so. But I look back 12 years on from the book coming out and absolutely regret now both Skip and Glyn have left us that I didn’t provide them the opportunity to pay tribute to the 14 lads who lifted City’s 1st FA Youth Cup…..
I don’t regret having Paul Power write the forward, he was 1st team captain and in the picture holding the cup with the youth team after the cup was won, but Skip and Glyn should have had their say in the book……
RIP Skip and Glyn
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