Product Description

This is a unique and magnificent collection of photographs of Liverpool Football Club from the very early days until 1992, freshly selected from thousands of images in the "Daily Mirror's" extensive archive. These superb photos, many of them previously unpublished, document the rise of the most successful football club in the English game. The early days and the championship-winning sides of the early 1900s, the 'untouchables' of the '20s, the coming of the 'messiah' Bill Shankly after the lean years of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, the triumphs of the '60s '70s and '80s, the tragedies of Heysel and Hillsborough - it's all here. This book will bring to life the periods, the personalities and the human stories.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1748 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-06
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

About the Author
Peter Hooton is a Kop season ticket holder and has been a regular at Liverpool matches home and away since the 1970's. He conceived and edited the legendary magazine/football fanzine 'The End' during the 1980's which many regard as the catalyst for the football fanzine explosion later that decade, before going on to have commercial success with his group The Farm. He wrote and sang the song 'All Together Now' which has now become a football anthem across the globe He has had numerous articles published in the likes of Four Four Two Four, Goal, The Guardian, New Musical Express, and has helped produce and research several television documentaries about football. He recently contributed a chapter to the highly acclaimed book 'Here We Go Gathering Cups in May' which documented Liverpool's seven European Cup Finals and he is a regular guest on Liverpool FC's own television channel and on radio stations giving his views on Liverpool Football Club and football in general.

Customer Reviews

Top Of The League
This is a must-have for all Liverpool fans, young and getting-on-a-bit. The older reader will revel in a prolonged stroll down memory lane - the banners, the seething Kop, the outrageous kits and even stranger hair-dos. They'll remember players like Peter Cormack and John McGloughlin who did their bit alongside your Keegans and Crazy Horses without really getting the credit they deserved. They'll recall a type of Corinthian spirit you rarely see today - Keith Weller running after Bill Shankly, hand outstretched to congratulate him on another Championship. And they'll comfort themselves with the thought that, no matter what happens on and off the pitch today, they were there to see a mighty team play irresistible stuff at one of the world's true bastions of football - Anfield, Liverpool 4 - in the days when football truly was football. For younger readers though, this book is - in the best possible sense - an education. In a world and at a time when everything from supermarkets to 'soccer' have taken on a cynical, homogenous hue, Liverpool F.C stands out as a beacon on the world stage. It is, and always has been, the most romantic football club in the world, and Peter Hooton's fascinating archive of hand-picked images takes the reader through a spiritual journey that illustrates, step by step, decade by decade, how the legend was born, how it grew and what it became. It's one of the greatest sporting stories ever told. Buy it for your Dad, buy it for your Uncle, buy it for Christmas or buy it for yourself... but this is an asset that no Liverpudlian can afford to be without.

Magnificent!
I thought I had seen most photos regarding Liverpool FC but these are something else. A must have for all Liverpool fans.

A unique look at the history of Liverpool Football Club
I would recommend book this to all Liverpool fans.

It offers a pictorial insight never seen before with an archive of photographs and comment that is unique amongst football publications.