The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches
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A definitive history of Liverpool FC told through the 10 key football matches that have shaped the club

Jonathan Wilson has crafted a compellingly forensic analysis of Liverpool's history through the ten key matches that have shaped the club's fortunes - from the long-lost triumphs of manager Tom Watson and the 1977 European Cup triumph over Borussia Mönchengladbach, to the astonishing Champions League Final comeback against AC Milan, 'The Miracle of Istanbul', in 2005. Legendary players and managers such as Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Kenny Dalglish populate these pages, which highlight both their the genius and their flaws.

THE ANATOMY OF LIVERPOOL tells the story of a great club through a detailed examination of ten key matches looking, as a football history must, first and foremost at the football.

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The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches
'INSIGHTFUL' When Saturday Comes
'EXCELLENT'ESPN
'SUPERB' The Observer

A definitive history of Liverpool FC told through the 10 key football matches that have shaped the club

Jonathan Wilson has crafted a compellingly forensic analysis of Liverpool's history through the ten key matches that have shaped the club's fortunes - from the long-lost triumphs of manager Tom Watson and the 1977 European Cup triumph over Borussia Mönchengladbach, to the astonishing Champions League Final comeback against AC Milan, 'The Miracle of Istanbul', in 2005. Legendary players and managers such as Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Kenny Dalglish populate these pages, which highlight both their the genius and their flaws.

THE ANATOMY OF LIVERPOOL tells the story of a great club through a detailed examination of ten key matches looking, as a football history must, first and foremost at the football.

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'INSIGHTFUL' When Saturday Comes
'EXCELLENT'ESPN
'SUPERB' The Observer

A definitive history of Liverpool FC told through the 10 key football matches that have shaped the club

Jonathan Wilson has crafted a compellingly forensic analysis of Liverpool's history through the ten key matches that have shaped the club's fortunes - from the long-lost triumphs of manager Tom Watson and the 1977 European Cup triumph over Borussia Mönchengladbach, to the astonishing Champions League Final comeback against AC Milan, 'The Miracle of Istanbul', in 2005. Legendary players and managers such as Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Kenny Dalglish populate these pages, which highlight both their the genius and their flaws.

THE ANATOMY OF LIVERPOOL tells the story of a great club through a detailed examination of ten key matches looking, as a football history must, first and foremost at the football.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781409126928
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/27/2015
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 392
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Jonathan Wilson (Author)
Jonathan Wilson is a columnist for the Guardian and the founder and editor of The Blizzard. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics was Football Book of the Year in 2009 and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. Seven of his other books have been shortlisted for football book of the year and he has also won the Premio Antonio Ghirelli in Italy. Angels with Dirty Faces did the double of football book and history book of the year at the Polish Sports Book Awards in 2018. He is a three-time recipient of the FSA Football Writer of the Year award and in 2023 was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Sunderland. He writes for the Guardian and in 2011 founded The Blizzard, which he still edits. He is also the co-presenter of the football history podcast It Was What It Was.

Twitter/X: @jonawils

Jonathan Wilson Ltd (Author)
Jonathan Wilson is a columnist for the Guardian and the founder and editor of The Blizzard. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics was Football Book of the Year in 2009 and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. Seven of his other books have been shortlisted for football book of the year and he has also won the Premio Antonio Ghirelli in Italy. Angels with Dirty Faces did the double of football book and history book of the year at the Polish Sports Book Awards in 2018. He is a three-time recipient of the FSA Football Writer of the Year award and in 2023 was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Sunderland. He writes for the Guardian and in 2011 founded The Blizzard, which he still edits. He is also the co-presenter of the football history podcast It Was What It Was.

Twitter/X: @jonawils

Hometown:

Newton, Massachusetts

Date of Birth:

February 26, 1950

Place of Birth:

London, England

Education:

B.A., First Class, University of Essex 1973; Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1980

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction 1

Aston Villa v Liverpool, Birmingham, 29 April 1899 7

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool, Wolverhampton, 31 May 1947 33

Liverpool v Leeds United, London, 1 May 1965 69

Liverpool v Crvena Zvezda, Liverpool, 6 November 1973 117

Liverpool v Borussia Mönchengladbach, Rome, 25 May 1977 149

Liverpool v Roma, Rome, 30 May 1984 187

Liverpool v Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, 13 April 1988 223

Everton v Liverpool, Liverpool, 20 February 1991 251

Roma v Liverpool, Rome, 15 February 2001 293

AC Milan v Liverpool, Istanbul, 25 May 2005 325

Bibliography 377

Index 380

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