Former Manchester City captain and manager Tony Book dies aged 90

Right-back Book captained City as they won four major trophies.
Tony Book won four major trophies with Manchester City as a player, and guided them to League Cup success as a manager. Picture: PA

Tony Book won four major trophies with Manchester City as a player, and guided them to League Cup success as a manager. Picture: PA

Former Manchester City captain and manager Tony Book has died at the age of 90, the club have announced.

Right-back Book captained City as they won four major trophies, including the First Division title and European Cup Winners’ Cup, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and he later led them to further League Cup success as manager in 1976.

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