The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches

by Jonathan Wilson, Jonathan Wilson Ltd, Scott Murray

Overview

Jonathan Wilson and Scott Murray provide a forensic analysis of ten key Liverpool games that have shaped the club's fortunes over the last century: from the long-lost triumphs of Tom Watson (a 19th-century Bill Shankly) to 1970s European triumphs over the likes of Borussia Monchengladbach and the mind-blowing 2005 comeback against AC Milan.

Aston Villa v. Liverpool
April 1899

Wolves v. Liverpool
May 1947

Liverpool v. Leeds
FA Cup final, May 1965

Liverpool v. Crvena Zvezda
November 1973

Liverpool v. Borussia Mönchengladbach
European Cup final, May 1977

Liverpool v. Roma
European Cup final, May 1984

Liverpool v. Nottingham Forest
April 1988

Everton v. Liverpool
February 1991

Roma v. Liverpool
February 2001

AC Milan v. Liverpool
Champions League final, May 2005

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409144427
Publisher:	Orion
Publication date:	11/21/2013
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	939,933
File size:	7 MB

About the 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.

Follow him on Twitter: @jonawils

Jonathan Wilson's Inverting the Pyramid won the National Sporting Club Book of the Year award, and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. His other books include Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football; Sunderland: A Club Transformed; The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches; Nobody Ever Says Thank You, a critically acclaimed biography of Brian Clough; The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper; The Anatomy of Liverpool; Angels with Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina; and The Anatomy of Manchester United. He writes for the Guardian, Sports Illustrated and World Soccer, and he is the editor of The Blizzard.

Follow him on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/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

Editorial Reviews

This insightful, highly readable book attempts to map the evolution of the club through ten specific matches... Above all, The Anatomy of Liverpool is an engrossing account of a sporting institution forging its identity through the post-war years. Some of the detail is priceless too... Highly recommended.—Rob Hughes, WHEN SATURDAY COMES

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