The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches

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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 Monchengladbach 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

Jonathan Wilson is the author of a critically acclaimed biography of Brian Clough; a book on Eastern European football; The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches, Inverting the Pyramid, Sunderland: A Club Transformed, and The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper. He writes for the Guardian, Sports Illustrated and World Soccer, and he is the editor of The Blizzard. Inverting the Pyramid won football book of the year awards in the UK and Italy and was shortlisted for the WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR. Follow him on Twitter @jonawils Scott Murray is a journalist and author. He is a regular contributor to the Guardian. He has also written for The Blizzard, FOURFOURTWO, GQ, Esquire and Men's Health. He is the co-author of Phantom of the Open, the hilarious story of Maurice Flitcroft, who made his name on Merseyside after shooting the worst-ever score in golf's greatest championship.

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 *