Yes he is. Taught me how to box back in the 80s when I was a kid. Trained us so hard but the fitness kept with me all my life. Had the world at his fists at one time but couldn't stay out of trouble unfortunately. His sons a decent fighter these days.
I live next door to his brothers ex- partner. They have a daughter ,a lovely young woman. I believe that Pat and his brother run a security company named " Black Flash Security".
Funnily enough Elkie Brooks' real surname was Bookbinder - John Bookbinder (BBC Present Susan's brother) played for City, though sadly died years ago... don't know if there's a family connection
He'd be charging us a quid to leave before the 85th minute. That would be a great idea if the money went towards the cost of next seasons tickets
Yes, they are all part of the same extended family. There was also a club called Bookbinders near Minshull Street in town, and that was also part of the family connection.
I was going to say,he'd have had to have sat next to John Henshaw for half a season under Psycho to see 4 goals. :-)
She released an album called “Bookbinder’s Girl.”
Yes he does. And if its Mike you're talking about(major dreads) he's a belting lad.
Yes,it is Mike. As I said his daughter is a lovely mixed race girl, although she has moved to her own place last year, so I only see her occasionally when she visits her mum.
Zelfa Barrett, commonwealth super feather champ is Pat’s nephew
Great solo female singer. Early career she was in Vinegar Joe's rock 'n' blues band with Robert Palmer.
yeah, he played a gig at Maine Rd. I used to work with someone who'd been employed by the external auditors of City at the time, Boardman Woolrich. Claimed to be a City supporter himself although never did anything other than verbally rubbish the club. He never shut up about the fact that City actually lost money on this concert...
Yes pal
The Keeper, he was in that.
Yes, sorry, it is his nephew. Knocks about with Brandon Williams.
Williams is Zelfa’s cousin, just to confuse matters even further!
This is like an episode of Soap. HAHA!! I didn't know that. I used to play footy with his dad many years ago, never knew him n Pat were related.
Tbf us southsiders work on the assumption that everyone in north Manchester is related… *runs