An Epic Swindle by Brian Reade
AN EPIC SWINDLE is the inside story of how Liverpool FC came within hours of being re-possessed by the banks after the shambolic 44-month reign of American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett. It is the tale of a civil war that dragged Britain's most successful football club to its knees, through the High Court and almost into administration. Players Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher tell of their anger at the broken promises, as well as their pain at watching loyal fans in open revolt. Manager, chief executive, board members, leading fans and journalists reveal the turmoil at a revered sporting institution run by two men at war with each other, who trampled Liverpool's cherished traditions into the gutter. No story sums up the naked greed at the heart of modern football quite like Hicks' and Gillett's attempt to turn a buck at Liverpool. No-one has had as much access to the truth, or tells it with as much passion, wit and insight as Brian Reade. AN EPIC SWINDLE is the riveting story of how close one of the great football clubs came to financial implosion.
'The riveting inside story of how Liverpool FC was dragged to its knees' Daily Mirror* Daily Mirror *
Brian Reade is an author and journalist who writes a weekly opinion column for the Daily Mirror. He was born in Liverpool in 1957, studied English Literature at Warwick University and began his journalism career on the Reading Evening Post in 1981. He became a football writer on the Liverpool Daily Post in 1987 and feature writer/columnist on the Liverpool Echo in 1990 before moving to the Mirror in 1994, where he has worked as a feature writer, columnist (for 29 years) and sports columnist (for 25 years). The Sports Journalists' Association has voted Reade its Sports Columnist of The Year and The British Press Awards has named him Columnist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year as well as handing him The Cudlipp Award for Journalistic Excellence following his decades-long fight for justice for the victims of the Hillsborough Disaster.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857386007 |
| ISBN 10 | 085738600X |
| Title | An Epic Swindle |
| Author | Brian Reade |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-01-05 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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