Former Manchester City captain and manager Tony Book died at the age of 90 on Monday, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. Book joined Manchester City in 1966 aged 31, becoming captain the following year and helping them to win five major trophies,

Book captained City to four major trophies - including the First Division title and European Cup Winners’ Cup, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. | ITV News Granada

The key to his rise came after Bath’s appointment of the ambitious and flamboyant Malcolm Allison as manager in 1963. Allison took Book with him to his next job at Toronto and then, in 1964, to Second Division Plymouth.

Former Manchester City captain Tony Book has died at the age of 90. One of the most successful players in the club's golden era of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Book won domestic and European honours as a player and a manager.

Tony Book, who has died aged 90, was a Manchester City footballer and manager who despite only beginning to play league football at 30, progressed to lead the team as captain to four trophies.

Tony Book, who is widely regarded as one of Manchester City's greatest ever players, has sadly passed away aged 90 - the Premier League club confirmed on Monday