Red Machine by Simon Hughes
Winner of the Premio Antonio Ghirelli Prize, Italian Soccer Book of the Year 2014 During the 1980s, Liverpool Football Club dominated English football, winning six league titles, two European Cups, two FA Cups and four League Cups. In Red Machine, Simon Hughes interviews some of the most colourful characters to have played for the club during that period. The resulting interviews, set against the historical backdrop of both the club and the city, provide a vivid portrait of life at Liverpool during an era when the club's unparalleled on-pitch success often went hand in hand with a boozy social scene fraught with rows, fights and wind-ups. The players featured here include John Barnes, Bruce Grobbelaar, Howard Gayle, Michael Robinson, John Wark, Kevin Sheedy, Nigel Spackman, Steve Staunton, David Hodgson and Craig Johnston, as well as first-team coach Ronnie Moran. Their candid, ribald and sometimes scathing recollections provide an antidote to the media-coached, on-message interviews given by today's players and combine to offer a unique insight to this exciting time in the club's history.
"an excellent new book.. Eat your heart out, ProZone." -- Ian Herbert The Independent "His abilities are delivered with excellent understatement in Simon Hughes' Red Machine." -- Ian Herbert The Independent
Simon Hughes is a journalist and author. He writes for the Daily Telegraph and The Independent, as well as Liverpool Football Club's official weekly magazine. His other titles include Secret Diary of a Liverpool Scout and The Torres Story. He lives in Liverpool.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780576596 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780576595 |
| Title | Red Machine |
| Author | Simon Hughes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Winner of Premio Antonio Ghirelli: Categoria Migliore Opera Straniera (Antonio Ghirelli Award: Best Foreign Language Book) 2014 |
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