Barrie Pierpoint has written a book

I'll have a read of that – if only to see if he mentions the time he offered me the Manager's job at City (y)
 
I was in a minority at Filbert St back in those days. I actually backed the "Gang of Four". I bought into Pierpoint`s vision of a 40,000 capacity stadium over the water in the woodyard. I still have a copy of the plans somewhere. He wanted a large enough venue to host the large Asian wedding market as part of the infrastructure. He saw a gap in the market and wanted to exploit it to City`s advantage.
I couldn`t give a toss if O`Neill left for Everton or Celtic, that was always going to be his choice. Still got the "Don`t go Martin" poster but never did I hold it up at Filbert St. It`s in a folder next to the "Bloomfield Out" offering.
 
On the contrary, although he was clearly not faultless, I viewed MON as the special element that lifted us from what went before – and, most pertinently, what went after him...
 
Made the club a lot of money by cutting out the middle man when it came to selling the Fox Leisure brand ...... Considering how little the Board members were investing ....
 
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