john68 wrote:This stuff in invaluable, not only as a football but as a family thing. Thanks again
john68 wrote:Thanks for that Gary, It is much appreciated and it looks like my reading matter is sorted out for a few days.
I'm not sure whether many people understand just how important this stuff is to our understanding of City's heritage. Much of our club's early written archive and it's written history was destroyed in the Hyde Road ground fire in the early 1920s and I believe a certain chairman binned a substantial amount of our later history in a clear out of Maine Road. Because of that, yours and others relentless research has become invaluable.....Thanks again.
Many current City fans became Blues because they were influenced by their fathers and likewise their fathers too. The history and heritage of City, is therefore, a part of the the history and heritage of their own families.
Personally, my Father was born in 1904 and I grew hearing stories of players he had watched in his youth. Meredith amongst them. Through him, me, my children and now my grandchildren and into the future, City's successes and failures have impacted on my family's life.
This stuff in invaluable, not only as a football but as a family thing. Thanks again
gary james wrote:Peter- I've interviewed quite a few fans and former players from that era or who were boys in that era. Without exception they tend to describe Doherty as the greatest City player of all time. In 1974 Joe Mercer described him as the greatest Irish footballer of all time - at a point when Best had achieved all he was going to achieve (in terms of great performances etc.) - and Danny Blanchflower shared that view.
It's difficult to tell who greatest players really are - was Doherty better than Bell or Silva? - but in terms of each generation Doherty appears to be head and shoulders above the rest.
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