Buzzer book signing at CoMS on Saturday

City legend Mike Summerbee will be dropping in at the stadium CityStore on Saturday to sign copies of his recently published autobiography.

Buzzer's life and times, including his part in the greatest-ever City side of the 60s & 70s, his friendships with the great & the good both inside and outside the game, and some hilarious tales are all there.

You can catch Mike from midday at the CityStore on Saturday. Copies of 'Mike Summerbee - The Autobiography' are priced at £18.99, but all the usual card holder discounts apply.

Here's what the back-cover of the book has to say about him:

'Mike Summerbee’s book is a reminder of a different age of football when individual – even eccentric – talent and character of the player was allowed to flourish. It was fun for the spectator and the players seemed to enjoy it too. Mike was both a splendid player and a character of courage and humour. It’s all in the book. Read it and you’ll wish you had been there.
- Sir Michael Parkinson

Mike Summerbee is one of the true cult heroes of English football, a player who inspired affection, anger and awe right across the game. He was admired for his brilliant wing play and feared for his hard-man tackling. He enraged opposition spectators with some of his antics, but was adored by many more for his jolly rapport with crowds as he sped up and down the touchline.

In the unforgettable era of the Swinging Sixties he had a charmed life off the field; he was the closest friend of George Best as they dated beauty queens together, and was also great pals with showbiz stars like Jimmy Tarbuck, Michael Crawford and Kenny Lynch.

Here, in his long-awaited autobiography, Mike tells the inside story of how he became a champion footballer in the magnificent Manchester City team of the late 1960s created by the fabled managerial partnership of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison.

He reveals the intense family heartbreak behind his journey from a YMCA team on parks pitches all the way into the England international side. And he explains how a small, shy, insecure boy called ‘Tich’ was transformed into a ferocious opponent who nobody messed with on a football pitch.

Great tales from football's golden age, Mike was the best friend and best man of George Best, so expect some eye-catching stories about the antics of the two of them.

Mike Summerbee is the most famous of member of an English football family that has spanned three generations. His father George was a professional at Preston North End alongside Bill Shankly, while son Nicky was a fine winger at a number of clubs. Mike won the League title, the FA Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup with Manchester City, and gained eight caps for England. He is still closely involved with his beloved City, for whom he works on match days and in hospitality.'