Author Topic: Someone should write a Book (Read 7538 times)

TravisBickle · « **on:** October 17, 2010, 12:36:48 am »

I've been thinking for months now that someone should write a book about Liverpool Football Club's most recent era. By that I mean from the day that Rafa Benítez took over as manager to the moment we cheered the removal of Hicks and Gillett.

I say this because I've been a Liverpool fan for the entirety of my life but never have I seen a more fascinating, emotional set of years for my club. The conspiracy, propaganda and power struggles that go with modern sport hit LFC hard in the last six years and have enthralled us as much as they angered us (don't say they didn't, we all got involved at some point) and all the opinions coming out in one book would be fascinating.

I for one would pay good money to read a book with the compiled accounts of the main players of those years. Everyone from Moores & Parry to Benítez to Broughton & Purslow... It has potential to be incredibly successful.

Just a thought that came back to me. Carry on.

gamble · « **Reply #1 on:** October 17, 2010, 12:40:24 am »

I'm not sure i would pay to read what happened in the last few years, but definitely a lot of investigating and questioning needs to happen over who did what.

AirConGipsyRed · « **Reply #2 on:** October 17, 2010, 12:40:46 am »

tomkins will. if he hasn't already. not a blight on him either

Vladi Legend · « **Reply #3 on:** October 17, 2010, 12:46:33 am »

Been thinking this for a while myself too. I think a very apt title would be "Custodians" if you were to write one about the H&G era!

TravisBickle · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2010, 12:49:12 am »

Quote from: Vladi Legend on October 17, 2010, 12:46:33 am

Been thinking this for a while myself too. I think a very apt title would be "Custodians" if you were to write one about the H&G era!

I was going for 'Epic Swindle' myself.

kasperoff · « **Reply #5 on:** October 17, 2010, 12:50:33 am »

I personally await a Rafa autobiography with baited breath.

Big Red Richie · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2010, 12:54:44 am »

Quick, quick. Lock the thread, before Evo turns up and starts to flog his wares.

hoonin · « **Reply #7 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:00:05 am »

Duncan Oldham is your man. Well renowned for publishing books detailing the "explosive secrets of Anfield".

Anyone read 'Anfield Exposed' yet?

TravisBickle · « **Reply #8 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:01:13 am »

Quote from: Gareth on October 17, 2010, 01:00:05 am

Duncan Oldham is your man. Well renowned for publishing books detailing the "explosive secrets of Anfield".

Anyone read 'Anfield Exposed' yet?

Did it ever get released?

rednich85 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:01:49 am »

Quote from: Gareth on October 17, 2010, 01:00:05 am

Duncan Oldham is your man. Well renowned for publishing books detailing the "explosive secrets of Anfield".

Anyone read 'Anfield Exposed' yet?

Is that the fella who post youtube vids of him sweating and heavily breathing.....while muttering shite about us?

Visigoth33 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:03:44 am »

Quote from: Gareth on October 17, 2010, 01:00:05 am

Duncan Oldham is your man. Well renowned for publishing books detailing the "explosive secrets of Anfield".

Anyone read 'Anfield Exposed' yet?

while collecting deposits for his award-winning master piece.

Terry de Niro · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:04:41 am »

Quote from: Gareth on October 17, 2010, 01:00:05 am

Duncan Oldham is your man. Well renowned for publishing books detailing the "explosive secrets of Anfield".

Anyone read 'Anfield Exposed' yet?

How the fuck does that bellend write anything with a straight jacket on?

Doc Evil · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:05:00 am »

Quote from: Gareth on October 17, 2010, 01:00:05 am

Duncan Oldham is your man. Well renowned for publishing the first thing that pops into his head - usually complete and utter shite

There fixed it for you.

alex. · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:47:24 am »

Quote from: Gareth on October 17, 2010, 01:00:05 am

Duncan Oldham is your man. Well renowned for publishing books detailing the "explosive secrets of Anfield".

He's taking payments already.

generic_name · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:53:43 am »

Quote from: kasperoff on October 17, 2010, 12:50:33 am

I personally await a Rafa autobiography with baited breath.

I think you'll be waiting a long time, he doesn't seem the type to spill the beans in a sensationalist book.

Graceless · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2010, 02:07:58 am »

Quote from: alex. on October 17, 2010, 01:47:24 am

He's taking payments already.

He's been taking payments for a few years apparently.

Strummer77 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2010, 02:24:18 am »

Quote from: generic_name on October 17, 2010, 01:53:43 am

I think you'll be waiting a long time, he doesn't seem the type to spill the beans in a sensationalist book.

Not at the moment. One day though, the truth will come out.

Vladi Legend · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2010, 02:27:58 am »

Quote from: cfcciom on October 17, 2010, 12:49:12 am

I was going for 'Epic Swindle' myself.

Doh! Why didn't I think of that one!?

social · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2010, 02:45:25 am »

Although it wasn't directed at our club, it fits. I think a book should be titled "They Bought Me A Lamp."

BetterRedthanDead · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2010, 05:14:59 am »

'The Rafalution and an Epic Swindle' anyone?

Des Equilibrante · « **Reply #20 on:** October 17, 2010, 05:16:27 am »

3 Years & 60 Days

hiphopdj · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2010, 09:18:02 am »

write a book you could make a movie of the whole sorry episode over the last 6 years from when Moores realised that he could not cope financially. From triumph to tragedy and an epic swindle.

ALANM · « **Reply #22 on:** October 17, 2010, 10:09:57 am »

Quote from: social on October 17, 2010, 02:45:25 am

Although it wasn't directed at our club, it fits. I think a book should be titled "They Bought Me A Lamp."

A lamp made in Italy which cost £20m and spent most of the time switched off because it kept breakong down!!

How about this for a title - Lies, Damned Lies and Hicks and Gillet

Labyrinth9 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 17, 2010, 10:20:54 am »

Quote from: hiphopdj on October 17, 2010, 09:18:02 am

write a book you could make a movie of the whole sorry episode over the last 6 years from when Moores realised that he could not cope financially. From triumph to tragedy and an epic swindle.

And hopefully sooner rather than later, back to the top again.

Would make for a hell of a movie/book/whatever.

Markus · « **Reply #24 on:** October 17, 2010, 10:24:52 am »

I think a documentary would be good.

Licky · « **Reply #25 on:** October 17, 2010, 11:24:32 am »

I've been thinking about this for days. Surely Mike Jefferies should make a film about all this

TravisBickle · « **Reply #26 on:** October 17, 2010, 06:14:41 pm »

Quote from: Markus on October 17, 2010, 10:24:52 am

I think a documentary would be good.

That would probably be harder to pull off.

Trada · « **Reply #27 on:** January 3, 2011, 10:34:43 am »

Brian Reades new book maybe a good read out in April.

An Epic Swindle: 44 Months With a Pair of Cowboys

by Brian Reade

Synopsis

This book tells, for the first time, through the personal experiences and insights of the key people involved, the true horror of Tom Hicks' and George Gillett's disastrous 44-month reign at Anfield. It will tell how two men who knew nothing about football, and whose only ambition was turning a fast buck, managed to take over Liverpool without putting down so much as a cent. It tells how the naive buffoons who ran LFC gave the keys of one of the world's most iconic football clubs to the worst kind of leveraged buy-out sharks, with no questions asked. It tells how even the most hardened of Scouse cynics, including the author, fell for it. The endgame to this saga - the sale to the Boston Red Sox owners, Hicks' desperate attempt to sack the board, a renewed offer from Singapore, the High Court case and the Texas injunctions - is a drama worthy of its own book. Brian Reade's gripping account incorporates exclusive interviews with participants at every level, from the board directors to ex-manager Rafa Benitez, ex-players including John Aldridge and Ian St John, and current players Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard. 44 Months With a Pair of Vultures is the riveting story of how close one of the great football clubs came to financial implosion.

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/brian+reade/an+epic+swindle/8297894/

bleedsred1978 · « **Reply #28 on:** January 3, 2011, 10:39:38 am »

Quote from: Trada on January 3, 2011, 10:34:43 am

Brian Reades new book maybe a good read out in April.

An Epic Swindle: 44 Months With a Pair of Cowboys

by Brian Reade

Synopsis

This book tells, for the first time, through the personal experiences and insights of the key people involved, the true horror of Tom Hicks' and George Gillett's disastrous 44-month reign at Anfield. It will tell how two men who knew nothing about football, and whose only ambition was turning a fast buck, managed to take over Liverpool without putting down so much as a cent. It tells how the naive buffoons who ran LFC gave the keys of one of the world's most iconic football clubs to the worst kind of leveraged buy-out sharks, with no questions asked. It tells how even the most hardened of Scouse cynics, including the author, fell for it. The endgame to this saga - the sale to the Boston Red Sox owners, Hicks' desperate attempt to sack the board, a renewed offer from Singapore, the High Court case and the Texas injunctions - is a drama worthy of its own book. Brian Reade's gripping account incorporates exclusive interviews with participants at every level, from the board directors to ex-manager Rafa Benitez, ex-players including John Aldridge and Ian St John, and current players Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard. 44 Months With a Pair of Vultures is the riveting story of how close one of the great football clubs came to financial implosion.

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/brian+reade/an+epic+swindle/8297894/

Nice one. Look forward to this.

I wonder what the timeline was for the interview with Rafa. Before or after?

TepidT2O · « **Reply #29 on:** January 3, 2011, 10:40:43 am »

Quote from: Gareth on October 17, 2010, 01:00:05 am

Duncan Oldham is your man. Well renowned for publishing books detailing the "explosive secrets of Anfield".

Anyone read 'Anfield Exposed' yet?

On order I'm told

rossipersempre · « **Reply #30 on:** January 3, 2011, 10:44:40 am »

Quote from: rednich85 on October 17, 2010, 01:01:49 am

Is that the fella who post youtube vids of him sweating and heavily breathing.....while muttering shite about us?

No, that's Alex Ferguson.

rossipersempre · « **Reply #31 on:** January 3, 2011, 10:46:01 am »

Quote from: Trada on January 3, 2011, 10:34:43 am

Brian Reades new book maybe a good read out in April.

An Epic Swindle: 44 Months With a Pair of Cowboys

by Brian Reade

Synopsis

This book tells, for the first time, through the personal experiences and insights of the key people involved, the true horror of Tom Hicks' and George Gillett's disastrous 44-month reign at Anfield. It will tell how two men who knew nothing about football, and whose only ambition was turning a fast buck, managed to take over Liverpool without putting down so much as a cent. It tells how the naive buffoons who ran LFC gave the keys of one of the world's most iconic football clubs to the worst kind of leveraged buy-out sharks, with no questions asked. It tells how even the most hardened of Scouse cynics, including the author, fell for it. The endgame to this saga - the sale to the Boston Red Sox owners, Hicks' desperate attempt to sack the board, a renewed offer from Singapore, the High Court case and the Texas injunctions - is a drama worthy of its own book. Brian Reade's gripping account incorporates exclusive interviews with participants at every level, from the board directors to ex-manager Rafa Benitez, ex-players including John Aldridge and Ian St John, and current players Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard. 44 Months With a Pair of Vultures is the riveting story of how close one of the great football clubs came to financial implosion.

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/brian+reade/an+epic+swindle/8297894/

Ha ha no flies on Reade is there? PT must be fuming.

Interesting that the previous bird-related title (bolded) slipped through the net in the synopsis

rossipersempre · « **Reply #32 on:** January 3, 2011, 10:47:52 am »

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ex-players including John Aldridge and Ian St John, and current players Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard

Now this WILL be interesting. The former two known for spouting shite about Rafa, and the latter two notoriously silent on the subject of the owners at the time.

FowlerLeftFoot · « **Reply #33 on:** January 3, 2011, 12:05:28 pm »

Lol...get ur refund if you have not already done so..

Quote from: Gareth on October 17, 2010, 01:00:05 am

Duncan Oldham is your man. Well renowned for publishing books detailing the "explosive secrets of Anfield".

Anyone read 'Anfield Exposed' yet?

SP · « **Reply #34 on:** January 3, 2011, 12:11:16 pm »

Quote from: Gareth on October 17, 2010, 01:00:05 am

Duncan Oldham is your man. Well renowned for publishing books detailing the "explosive secrets of Anfield".

Anyone read 'Anfield Exposed' yet?

http://koptalkinsider.wordpress.com/duncan-oldhams-non-existent-anfield-exposed-book/

Can't believe anyone thought you were serious...

stockdam · « **Reply #35 on:** January 3, 2011, 12:21:32 pm »

It would be nice to know the truth that went on behind closed doors but somehow I doubt we'll ever find out.

mobypool · « **Reply #36 on:** January 3, 2011, 12:22:06 pm »

mikejefferiesL4 Mike Jefferies
Congrats to Brian Reade (lovely bloke to have a beer with!) on his upcoming book AN EPIC SWINDLE http://tiny.cc/16k70 Can't wait to read it!

Mutton Geoff · « **Reply #37 on:** January 3, 2011, 12:30:13 pm »

Could be called

I gave you great moments, they gave me the sack!

redbyrdz · « **Reply #38 on:** January 3, 2011, 12:40:51 pm »

Someone will.

Passmaster Molby · « **Reply #39 on:** January 3, 2011, 12:48:53 pm »

Surprised Purslow hasn't penned a book by now.

Author Topic: Someone should write a Book (Read 7538 times)

hoonin