TRIBUTES have been paid to ex-Manchester City player and coach Steve Fleet who’s died aged 87.
The goalkeeper was recently diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer.
Former club Stockport County confirmed on social media he recently passed away.
Fleet, from Salford, Greater Manchester, played for Bolton Wanderers as a schoolboy, before joining City as an amateur in 1953.
After retirement he joined coaching at County in 1970, including a brief stint as caretaker manager, before returning to City coaching its young stars.
