Blues mourn old hero Doyle

MANCHESTER CITY legend Dennis Tueart led the tributes yesterday to his former captain Mike Doyle, who has died at the age of 64.

Doyle was part of the City team that won the league title, FA Cup, European Cup Winners’ Cup and the League Cup between 1968 and 1970.

He then skippered the City side that overcame Newcastle 2-1 in the 1976 League Cup final. Tueart, who scored the winning goal at Wembley that day, said: “It was a great shock this morning — I didn’t know he was ill.

“Mike was a born winner. There was no question, he was a fantastic leader on the field.

“The one thing Mike wanted to do was win games for Manchester City.’’

City ambassador and former team-mate, Mike Summerbee, added: “He was the heart and soul of Man City, the club meant everything to him and he was a nice bloke into the bargain.”