Dynasty

by Paul Tomkins

Presents an assessment of Liverpool Football Club, covering the managers, players and the 35 major trophies they won. This title sets the context for analysis that examines the obstacles each manager faced and the fortune they had along the way. Which manager did the best job? What situation - and what players - did each inherit?

Genres: Football, Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2008

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

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dry and clinical approach of analyzing and rating the Liverpool managers from Shankly to Benitez. This book is geared towards die-hard Liverpool FC fanatics.

[Geoch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible insight and depth into the history of my beloved club.

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book about Liverpool FC and the relative merits of their managers during the 50 year period from 1959 to 2008 was interesting but ultimately failed to deliver any cogent answer to the question that the author was setting - ie who has been LFC's greatest manager.

To my mind , although he attached some form of statistical analysis to most things as a means of trying to do this "scientifically" rather than just emotionally, he failed to give any statistical value to the most important thing of all - the honours that each manager won.

Still......a good read for any Liverpool fan and the sections on Rafa Benitez & Kenny Dalglish (part 1) are particularly fascinating and indeed very illuminating given what has taken place subsequently.

[Terry Clague · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finished this on a flight - needed some light relief from the other book I'm currently reading and this provided it in spades. Just the thing to kick start my pangs of anticipation and hope for the 2009/10 football season and to reinvigourate my faith in Rafa.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Paul is able to put into words the passion that is Liverpool, and Shankly's amazing influence on the Club from small beginnings to greatness, and the solid foundations that have stood the test of time.You will read and re-read this book, and find something new each time.

[Asyran Shamsuddin · Rating 5 out of 5]

2008 beli buku ni. Liverpool still under Rafa, dan orang amerika cilaka 2 orang tu jadi shareholder.