Red Machine: Liverpool FC in the '80s: The Players' Stories

Hughes, Simon

ISBN 10: 1780576919 / ISBN 13: 9781780576916

Published by Mainstream Publishing, 2014

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR006908787

Synopsis:

Opens the door to both the dressing-room and the boot room at Anfield during the 1980s to reveal a wealth of untold stories from the era.
     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.

   • Foreword by Steven Gerrard

About the Author:
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 TheTorres Story.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Red Machine: Liverpool FC in the '80s: The ...
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good