Life with the Robins and Beyond

The Geoff Merrick Story

Life with the Robins and Beyond
Neil Palmer, Geoff Merrick
RRP:
NZ$ 63.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 54.39
Hardback
h240 x 160mm - 256pg
28 Feb 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781801500623
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A Life with the Robins and Beyond: The Geoff Merrick Story is the most anticipated book on any player ever to pull on the red shirt of Bristol City. An England schoolboy international, Geoff turned down a host of top teams to sign for his local club. He became the Robins' youngest captain at 20 and eventually led them back to the top flight. During City' s stay in Division One, Merrick was seen as one of the country' s top defenders, but his life and career were thrown into turmoil when he and seven other players were asked to rip up their contracts to save the club from bankruptcy. This they did, and today their sacrifice is commemorated by a plaque outside Ashton Gate, yet it still goes down as the blackest time in City' s history. It is a chapter in Geoff' s life that he has never spoken about in depth - until now. When life threw Geoff and his family a cruel twist, he showed the qualities of bravery, self-belief and determination, the very traits that had characterised his performances on the pitch. A Life with the Robins and Beyond is the ultimate tale of not giving up.
Neil Palmer is a freelance writer from Bristol. Local Hero: The Geoff Merrick Story is Neil' s 11th book and his third with Pitch Publishing. It follows hot on the heels of another Bristol City publication, He' s Here, He' s There: The Gerry Gow Story. Neil is married with two grown-up children.

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