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.

Former Manchester City captain and manager Tony Book died at the age of 90 on Monday, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

Few individuals can claim to have left such an indelible and lasting legacy on Manchester City than Tony Book.

Manchester City have announced that Tony Book, their former player and manager who captained the side back in the 1970s, has died at the age of 90 in a club statement

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, manager and vice-president Tony Book has died at the age of 90, the club have confirmed.

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.