Product Description

HANSEN, Rush, Souness, Keegan, Clemence, McDermott, Neal, Kennedy, Heighway, Nicol - the list of great Liverpool players scouted by Geoff Twentyman goes on and on. Now, for the first time, the family of the club's former Chief Scout between 1967 and 1986 has unearthed the diary that exposes the fascinating secrets behind the signings that helped the Reds dominate football at home and abroad in the 1970s and 1980s as well as revealing some of the famous names that Liverpool never signed. Secret Diary of a Liverpool Scout tells Twentyman's remarkable story and gets the players' modern day take on how British footballing history could have been very different.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #637 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

All proper Reds' would enjoy this
I bought this book earlier this week after it was recommended to me by a couple of friends. I've been an Annie Road season ticket holder for 28-years and I can honestly say that this is the best book I have ever read about Liverpool.
I raced through it in a day and a half because I couldn't put it down. Loads and loads of books have been published in recent years about the club, but this one is definitely the most unique in terms of the way it is written by the dry witted author, Simon Hughes, as well as the topic matter.
There are loads of stories in there that I haven't heard before about players that Liverpool might have signed after being scouted by Geoff Twentyman and of course, many stories about the players that eventually did end up at Anfield.
I reckon non-Liverpool fans would like the book as well because it's not just about the Reds. There are interviews in there with players like Martin Buchan (United), Andy Gray (Everton), Franny Lee (City) and Gordon McQueen to name just a few.
I really can't recommend this book enough to all proper football fans.

History of Liverpool FC
A brilliant book which gives the reader a facinating insight into Liverpool Football Clubs' former "glory days". Stories are told about players, and managers, from other teams.around at that time. What a contrast betweeen how it was then, when money was so tight, and how it is today in the modern game of escalating transfer fees!