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Not done much this year on the TTM front but managed a couple of book requests last week end.
I sent a hardbacked first edition copy of Patricks autobiography off to him via the Man city training ground last Saturday the 5th of April where he is the Reserve/Elite development squad manager. The book has been returned today, sent back in my return envelope by Special delivery, someone has used part of the Man City Billions to get this back to me safely...with unfranked stamps too! Thank you. Super sig with dedication and shirt N0 4 to title page...Awesome reply..signed in Biro..just how I like them.....Love it.
Between 1996 and 2005, there was a force of unbridled power strutting around on English and European football pitches. A very tall man with impossible broad shoulders and insanely long legs was absolutely bossing midfields with his movement, tackling, passing and sheer momentum when he got going. He wore the Arsenal captain’s armband with passion from 2002 on and made Gooners all over the world forget there ever was someone called Tony Adams. This man, of course, was Patrick Vieira, one of the greatest central midfielders this world has ever seen. He had the makings of an absolute Arsenal legend. Yet now, here, I really dislike the man. Patrick Vieira is an Arsenal legend no more.
He rose to prominence during a hugely successful spell at Arsenal from 1996 to 2005, where he eventually became club captain, and won three Premier League titles – one unbeaten – and four FA Cups. He transferred from Arsenal in 2005 and spent one season at Juventus, helping the team to the Serie A championship. Following Juventus' relegation for their part in a match-fixing scandal, Vieira moved to Internazionale and won three Serie A titles. He has 107 caps for France, and was part of their 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000-winning sides, as well as their runner-up finish in the 2006 World Cup.
In May 2010, Vieira was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. He announced his retirement from professional football on 14 July 2011. Vieira is currently Football Development Executive at Manchester City with a role to oversee aspects such as youth development,
Cheers and thanks very much Partick....probrbly one of my best for the year......................................Arsenal Legend!
