Author Topic: LFC books (Read 23568 times)

J-Mc- · « **Reply #80 on:** May 25, 2011, 03:16:25 pm »

Quote from: J-Mc- on May 25, 2011, 11:56:50 am

My auld fellas just bought the Epic Swindle book and absoloutely loved it, however he's now looking for 43 years with the same bird by Brian Reade and Reds on the Drink.

Anyone know what shops will probably have these in stock?

Was thinking WHSmith or Waterstones in town but I've not seen either in there the last few times I've popped in.

Bump.

plasterered · « **Reply #81 on:** May 25, 2011, 04:36:09 pm »

Quote from: J-Mc- on May 25, 2011, 03:16:25 pm

Bump.

Reade's book is on my list and have seen it in the LFC shop at LiverpoolOne

J-Mc- · « **Reply #82 on:** May 25, 2011, 04:37:20 pm »

Quote from: plasterered on May 25, 2011, 04:36:09 pm

Reade's book is on my list and have seen it in the LFC shop at LiverpoolOne

Cheers mate.

Just after Reds on the Drink now, if anyone knows where to buy it (not online) then let me know please

Hanson · « **Reply #83 on:** May 25, 2011, 04:47:32 pm »

I'm reading 44 Years with the same bird at the moment and it's a cracking read.

larrikin · « **Reply #84 on:** May 25, 2011, 05:39:03 pm »

I bought Anfield of Dreams by Neil Dunkin and thought it was one of the best Liverpool fan's books ever, so it was no surprise when it was shortlisted for the British Sports Book Awards. I also saw Dunkin doing an interview on LFC TV as part of their Liverpool Library series.
An excellent book, a love story with lots of funny stuff, but the Hillsborough chapter is guaranteed to have you in tears. Very, very moving.

beefdog · « **Reply #85 on:** May 25, 2011, 05:53:36 pm »

Got the Epic Swindle book lined up for hols next week. Looking forward to getting stuck in.

mikelfc · « **Reply #86 on:** May 25, 2011, 10:38:38 pm »

Quote from: J-Mc- on May 25, 2011, 04:37:20 pm

Cheers mate.

Just after Reds on the Drink now, if anyone knows where to buy it (not online) then let me know please

We have got redmen a season on the drink if thats the one you mean mate

J-Mc- · « **Reply #87 on:** May 26, 2011, 07:00:48 am »

Quote from: mikelfc on May 25, 2011, 10:38:38 pm

We have got redmen a season on the drink if thats the one you mean mate

That's the one fella!

How much you selling it for?

mikelfc · « **Reply #88 on:** May 26, 2011, 03:55:00 pm »

Quote from: J-Mc- on May 26, 2011, 07:00:48 am

That's the one fella!

How much you selling it for?

It is £12.99 mate

J-Mc- · « **Reply #89 on:** May 26, 2011, 04:10:55 pm »

Quote from: mikelfc on May 26, 2011, 03:55:00 pm

It is £12.99 mate

Nice one, I'll let my auld fella know when he next rings (working away at the moment) and see if he wants it still, if he does, can you hold a copy for me and I'll come and get it when he's home (should be this weekend.)

joel · « **Reply #90 on:** May 26, 2011, 09:05:05 pm »

An Epic Swindle is turning out to be a great read, only on the second chapter as well.

Jonathan Hall ☆☆☆☆☆☆ · « **Reply #91 on:** May 26, 2011, 09:45:48 pm »

Quote from: J-Mc- on May 25, 2011, 11:56:50 am

My auld fellas just bought the Epic Swindle book and absoloutely loved it, however he's now looking for 43 years with the same bird by Brian Reade and Reds on the Drink.

Anyone know what shops will probably have these in stock?

Was thinking WHSmith or Waterstones in town but I've not seen either in there the last few times I've popped in.

Try the discount book place in St Johns. I picked up 44 years with the same bird (updated version) a couple of weeks back.

mikelfc · « **Reply #92 on:** May 26, 2011, 10:12:03 pm »

Quote from: J-Mc- on May 26, 2011, 04:10:55 pm

Nice one, I'll let my auld fella know when he next rings (working away at the moment) and see if he wants it still, if he does, can you hold a copy for me and I'll come and get it when he's home (should be this weekend.)

Yeah mate will keep hold of one for you

mikelfc · « **Reply #93 on:** May 26, 2011, 10:13:15 pm »

At the end of a storm about the 1947 season is a great read aswell

flies · « **Reply #94 on:** May 27, 2011, 01:15:09 am »

Just spent my Hols reading epic swindle & Carra biography, found epic swindle a good read slightly rambled a bit though, loved Carra book was a great read, love he's passion for football...Anyone read Stevie G's book what kind is it? Also what the other brian reade about, its on special offer on amazon at the moment.

Lagersuper · « **Reply #95 on:** May 27, 2011, 10:45:24 am »

Reading An Epic Swindle at the moment, great read (about half way through), can't say its doing much to improve the views I'm starting to have on Carra as a person though. Brian Reade's other book, 43/44 years with the same bird was a fantastic read too.

Loved A Season on the Brink by Guillem Balague, read that back in 2007 and gave a great insight into Rafa

Only read one of Tomkins' books, Dynasty. Really enjoyed it but certainly one that requires a lot of effort from the reader. Read it last year on holiday and would probably only read his others when I'm on holiday too as it needed time dedicated to it.

Not so keen on the autobiographies, read God's, Carra's and Stevie's over the last few years and they are all pretty much the same (basically celebrity gossip stuff) although King Kenny's last book was certainly worth a look - probably because he has lived a different life to footballers of today

Has anybody read Secret Diary of a Liverpool Scout? Wanted it the back end of last year but it had stopped being printed but I see you can get it in paperbac now

Also, anybody know where I can get this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Liverpool-Banners-Football-Trinity-Mirror/dp/1906802025 it also seems to be out of print

Paul · « **Reply #96 on:** May 27, 2011, 10:52:07 am »

Quote from: J-Mc- on May 25, 2011, 04:37:20 pm

Cheers mate.

Just after Reds on the Drink now, if anyone knows where to buy it (not online) then let me know please

It's in Waterstones Liverpool One on the ground floor - on the left side as you go in there is a big display of footy books as "gifts for fathers day"

£12.99

Reade's books and quite a few others just there too.

rowan_d · « **Reply #97 on:** November 8, 2016, 08:00:54 am »

Made this thread on behalf of someone who doesn't have an account here, they're looking to learn more about our history and don't seem to know where to start for decent books, videos etc. Was thinking it'd be best to start with the wider, era-spanning stuff before moving onto things like autobiographies. What would you guys recommend?

(I'm sure there's a thread for this, but couldn't find it)

God's Left Peg · « **Reply #98 on:** November 10, 2016, 06:17:02 am »

Red Machine and The Men In White Suits, both by Simon Hughes, are excellent. These span the 80s and 90s eras respectively from the players' perspectives. Informative and very entertaining.

TheTeflonJohn · « **Reply #99 on:** November 10, 2016, 06:51:50 am »

Tommy Smith`s autobiography is a belter and gives an insight in Shankly with the book spanning a long period of the club.

rhylred · « **Reply #100 on:** November 10, 2016, 06:52:32 am »

To find out what an Honour & a privilege it is to follow our club,tell him to get this book...

AnimalMasch · « **Reply #101 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:15:42 am »

The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches - Excellent read

SECRET DIARY of a LIVERPOOL SCOUT - very interesting

Thomas87 · « **Reply #102 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:27:37 am »

The Anatomy of Liverpool and the Red Machine are superb, I recommend them too. Other then that, I also highly recommend Red or Dead and Ex-Reds Remembered: 50 Liverpool Players of the 80s, 90s and 00s. Both are really nice as well. Man... our history is great! I wish I was born a little earlier.

markedasred · « **Reply #103 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:33:53 am »

Kelly's The Anfield Encyclopaedia, out of print most likely, but probably widely available secondhand, covers loads of early history.

BabsLFC · « **Reply #104 on:** November 10, 2016, 11:13:22 am »

Few years ago I bought a boxset from the online store that had 3 DVDs, Liverpools Greatest Goals, our CL05 win and Official History of Liverpool Football Club. The history DVD was great, basically from start to finish with each era i.e Shankly, Paisley 70's, Pausley 80's, Fagan etc all the way to when Kenny returned in 2011. Highly recommend that DVD

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #105 on:** November 10, 2016, 01:00:19 pm »

The Hamlyn Illustrated History of Liverpool FC by Stephen Kelly is my favourite.

saoirse08 · « **Reply #106 on:** November 10, 2016, 01:12:30 pm »

Had this on VHS during the 80s and it's a good introduction to the history of club up until around 1986/7 and is narrated by John Motson.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/JBAity4ycyM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/JBAity4ycyM</a>

The Story Of The Kop (once again narrated by John Motson) is good too.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/cwFtdHV-oUc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/cwFtdHV-oUc</a>

red mongoose · « **Reply #107 on:** November 10, 2016, 01:46:05 pm »

Quote from: AnimalMasch on November 10, 2016, 10:15:42 am

The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches - Excellent read

I just read that recently and it is a very good overview.

IMO to understand the club you have to understand Shanks, so I would read "Read or Dead" by David Peace. It is one of the most esoteric reads you'll find - a quotidian sitting room fever dream composed of poetic, repetitive chanting in monotone. But I feel like I really know and understand Shanks, the man, after reading it.

rowan_d · « **Reply #108 on:** November 10, 2016, 02:03:02 pm »

Isn't it Red or Dead

Read or Dead sounds threatening

Cheers for the suggestions guys, he has a link to the thread

Big Gogz · « **Reply #109 on:** November 10, 2016, 02:41:09 pm »

I enjoyed Brian Reade's books - 44 years with the same bird - about him growing up with LFC, travelling and supporting them. Taking in Ian St John & Shankly, Hillisborough, Heysel and Istanbul. At a similar age to Brian it was like revisiting my own childhood

he has another which is much more specific - this about the reign of Hicks and Gillett - a reminder of just what can go wrong and how careful all clubs need to be about welcoming sugar daddies with tales of triumph and spades in the ground - that one's called "An Epic Swindle" - I have a copy of that one sat on my desk if he wants to pick it up from Halewood

S · « **Reply #110 on:** November 10, 2016, 02:42:49 pm »

Like others have mentioned, The Anatomy of Liverpool by Jonathan Wilson is very good.

rowan_d · « **Reply #111 on:** November 10, 2016, 03:06:23 pm »

Quote from: Big Gogz on November 10, 2016, 02:41:09 pm

I enjoyed Brian Reade's books - 44 years with the same bird - about him growing up with LFC, travelling and supporting them. Taking in Ian St John & Shankly, Hillisborough, Heysel and Istanbul. At a similar age to Brian it was like revisiting my own childhood

he has another which is much more specific - this about the reign of Hicks and Gillett - a reminder of just what can go wrong and how careful all clubs need to be about welcoming sugar daddies with tales of triumph and spades in the ground - that one's called "An Epic Swindle" - I have a copy of that one sat on my desk if he wants to pick it up from Halewood

It'd be a fair swin across the Atlantic for him

Thanks though

kriss · « **Reply #112 on:** November 10, 2016, 03:55:47 pm »

Quote from: rowan_d on November 8, 2016, 08:00:54 am

Made this thread on behalf of someone who doesn't have an account here, they're looking to learn more about our history and don't seem to know where to start for decent books, videos etc. Was thinking it'd be best to start with the wider, era-spanning stuff before moving onto things like autobiographies. What would you guys recommend?

(I'm sure there's a thread for this, but couldn't find it)

Red Men by John Williams (2010) is the most extraordinary football book I have ever read. That it is about the club I have followed my whole life is a huge bonus. This is the finest book I have ever read about Liverpool Football Club (and I have read a lot of such books over the years). Virtually error-free and quite beautifully researched and written, it is far more than the story of a football club. It also tells the social history of a city, its political history, its economic history, its sporting history and its industrial history … all interwoven with the history of its premier football club. It is an absolutely mesmerising read for which author John Williams deserves the highest praise.

red mongoose · « **Reply #113 on:** November 10, 2016, 04:09:00 pm »

Quote from: rowan_d on November 10, 2016, 02:03:02 pm

Isn't it Red or Dead

Read or Dead sounds threatening

Cheers for the suggestions guys, he has a link to the thread

Haha! I'm an idiot, obviously

Aldo96 · « **Reply #114 on:** November 10, 2016, 04:40:08 pm »

Although perhaps not directly what he's looking for, 'Here We Go Gathering Cups In May: Liverpool In Europe, The Fans' Story', is a great read and gives a good indication of the culture and experience of following Liverpool during the 'heydays'.

kavah · « **Reply #115 on:** November 11, 2016, 09:57:38 am »

I just wanted to stick this in here - for my own benefit so I can find it in the future - it's an unusual book in that the fella was a Blackpool, then a Spurs fan and then a Liverpool fan. And he followed Rugby League - it's all included - the little bit I read on-line is fascinating and authentic

A View from The Terraces Part I, 1953 - 1998. Steve Wilson

Ian’s was a train spotter and his anorakish (I’m not being derogatory but admiring his enthusiasm for detail) recollections and devotion to facts makes it a useful resource for anyone interested in this era. For example he bought an LP recording of the Kop made across two back to back 0-0 draws* to relive his Kop experiences when at University
Even Everton wouldn't release that DVD

https://books.google.com.br/books?id=kcMnCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=THUN-DERSTRUCK++liverpool+11+-+0++cat+pitch&source=bl&ots=7s_1aDM1HE&sig=neteATdeCHzuWCzdiZeB66SpSJk&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjP8qHelJ7QAhXKlZAKHdn4DPoQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=THUN-DERSTRUCK%20%20liverpool%2011%20-%200%20%20cat%20pitch&f=false

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Speedy Molby · « **Reply #116 on:** November 13, 2016, 12:00:08 am »

I'd like to recommend Simon Hughes's books, each a series of in-depth interviews with players and managers from the 80s (Red Machine), 90s (Men In White Suits) and 2000s (Ring of Fire). He doesn't concentrate on the stars (David Hodgson and Nicky Tanner feature; Ian Rush and Peter Beardsley do not). In fact it's often the lesser lights that have the best stories. Erik Meijer says that if he had ever scored at Anfield, he would have jumped into the Kop to celebrate: 'If the referee sends me off, who gives a fuck?'

Jonathan Wilson's Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches is also very good.

Ale-lujah! Ale-lujah! · « **Reply #117 on:** November 13, 2016, 07:47:02 am »

Quote from: Rushian on September 9, 2005, 01:43:02 am

I think Alan Edge's book is easily the most important book written on Liverpool FC for a multitude of reasons (I'd exclude Phil Scaton's book as it concentrates on Hillsborough). From the historical perspective on growing up in Liverpool pre-Shankly, and the blue/red rivalry through the Shankly and Paisley periods touching on seminal events such as Inter Milan in 65, and culminating in a stunning account og the aftermath of Hillsborough and the lonely fight by a few Reds against the lies perpetutated by the media. It even (almost too) accurately predicts the future of footballing culture and the kowtowing to the mighty god of Sky.

It also has to be remembered it was written pre the internet by a fan in his spare time who didn't have the opportunity to hone his writing on endless forums/websites as many do now. Mr Edge himself would agree that his writing style improved enormously post the book.

I find many Red books completely anodyne, merely reitterating half spoken truths and perpetuating lazy myths about the club. (Auto)Biographies generally leave me cold. Kevin Sampson's Extra Time is a good book, nothing substantial in it but an enjoyable well written travelogue of an unsuccessful season. Paul T's GPRF is another good addition to the Red genre - it feels like a very modern football book, not afraid of opinions, analysis and slaying a few sacred cows (such as Alan Hansen's woeful analysis of the club in recent years).

So the co-creator/founder of RAWK thinks it was ace huh.

Can't be bad.

Ale-lujah! Ale-lujah! · « **Reply #118 on:** November 13, 2016, 07:48:07 am »

Quote from: Paul Tomkins on March 13, 2005, 09:51:14 am

Good call - Faith In Our Fathers, by the master, Alan Edge.

Paul Tomkins too!

Bloodyhell.

fridge · « **Reply #119 on:** November 14, 2016, 01:27:37 pm »

Claw, Could you PM me please. I might have a book you'd be interested in. Ta