Red Men by John Williams

Red Men by John Williams

Red Men is a unique and exhaustively researched history of Liverpool Football Club. The key figures of the club are featured, including the side's first great manager, Tom Watson; Elisha Scott, the darling of the Kop in the 1920s; and, of course, Bill Shankly, who won that elusive first FA Cup in 1965. The recent tragedies that have shaped the club's contemporary identity are covered here, as are the new Continental influences at Liverpool and, of course, the glory of Istanbul in 2005 and the return to the club, as manager, of Kenny Dalglish in 2011. Red Men is the definitive history of a remarkable football club from its formation in 1892 to the present day, told in the wider context of the social and cultural development of the city of Liverpool and its people.

Williams brings the social and sporting heritage of the club, and the city, to vivid life. . admirably impartial, impressively researched -- Book of the Week * Independent on Sunday *
The story emerges through a lively year-by-year account . . . told with a sharp eye for anecdote, colour and personality . . . Every club should have a chronicle like this -- Huw Richards * The Guardian *
A brilliant book -- Stephen Done, curator at Liverpool FC Museum
Brilliantly researched . . . a must-read for any true Liverpool fan * Irish Daily Star on Sunday *

John Williams has been studying football as a sociologist for the past 30 years and is the author of several other books on Liverpool FC.

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ISBN 13	9781845967109
ISBN 10	1845967100
Title	Red Men
Author	John Williams
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	2011-08-04
Number of pages	464
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.