Golden Past, Red Future

by Paul Tomkins

Genres: Football, Nonfiction

178 pages, Paperback

First published June 20, 2005

About the author

Bald author with disabilities. Big on Substack and X, little known elsewhere. 100,000 books sold (but still bald). M.E. sufferer since 1999. (Insufferable since 1971.) Two novels, 2014 and 2024; 12 sports books. Writing: making lemonade from life’s lemons.

Reviews

[Steven Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Their is no better writer about Liverpool FC than Paul Tomkins. Clear, factual and engaging.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a really thorough exploration into Liverpool Football Club in the years 2004/2005 culminating in their amazing Champions League win in May 2005 in Istanbul. It is a book for the passionate football fan and can get very technical at times. I enjoyed it mainly because they were the years I first started loving football and Liverpool and I was lucky enough to be at that historic game in Turkey. But I wouldn't recommend it if your aren't a)very, very au fait with the rules of the game, b)very, very fond of Liverpool or c)very, very passionate about football itself.