Charles Buchan's Liverpool Gift Book

Authors:

By Simon Inglis, Stephen Done

Format:

Hardback

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 5-7 days.

Price:

£14.99

Tagged with:

Football, Football Teams, Charles Buchan, Football Monthly, Liverpool FC

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Further Details

• Published: 1st Oct 2008
• ISBN: 095474456X
• Pages: 144
• Size: 297mm x 210mm

From the Publisher:

After an introduction by Simon Inglis (Played in Britain series editor), Liverpool FC historian Stephen Done sets the scene: it is the early 1950s and despite being League champions in 1947 and Cup Finalists in 1950, Liverpool are humiliatingly relegated (while Everton are promoted). In Billy Liddell they have a national star, but not until Bill Shankly arrives in 1959 does the script change. Just as the Merseybeat starts to dominate pop culture, Shankly and his cohorts in the famous Anfield 'bootroom' lead the Reds to the League title in 1964 and FA Cup victory in 1965, thus laying the foundations for four decades of thrills at home and in Europe. Roared on by the mighty Kop - the first football terrace to attract its own media coverage - Shankly's Liverpool come to define the age: power, resilience and professionalism.

As the hairstyles evolve and Liverpool adopt the red shorts that were to become their trademark, flying wingers Peter Thompson and Ian Callaghan join hotshot Roger Hunt, a hero of the 1966 World Cup. Stalwarts Ron Yeats, Tommy Smith and Ian St John become role models for emerging youths Emlyn Hughes, Steve Heighway and Kevin Keegan. The book ends in 1974 as Football Monthly folds and, by coincidence, the great Shankly retires. And so a unique record of a unique era, told through the pages of the magazine that was the fans' Number One.