The Boot Room boys : the unseen story of Anfield's conquering heroes /
by Hooton, Peter.
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BookPublisher: London : Virgin Books, 2018Description: 255 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780753552278 (hbk.) :; 0753552272 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 796.334 HOOSubject(s): Liverpool Football Club -- History | Liverpool Football Club -- History -- Pictorial works | Sport | SportSummary: The Boot Room story starts in 1959 when Bill Shankly arrived and converted a 12 x 12 storage room into a meeting place for him and his coaches, a move that had momentous consequences, both for the Club and British football. Fans in the Kop will remember the heart-stopping extra time of the 1965 FA Cup Final, and the jubilation of winning the treble in 1984. But what was the common thread during Liverpool's glory years? It was the Boot Room. Lifelong Liverpool supporter and editor of legendary fanzine The End, Peter Hooton takes us back into that old storage room, where first Shankly, then Paisley, Fagan and Dalglish in succession, drank tea, analysed, strategized, selected and deselected, and built the most successful British club in Europe in the 20th Century.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Bootle Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 796.334 HOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002961126X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Maghull Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 796.334 HOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002961125X |
Illustration on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Boot Room story starts in 1959 when Bill Shankly arrived and converted a 12 x 12 storage room into a meeting place for him and his coaches, a move that had momentous consequences, both for the Club and British football. Fans in the Kop will remember the heart-stopping extra time of the 1965 FA Cup Final, and the jubilation of winning the treble in 1984. But what was the common thread during Liverpool's glory years? It was the Boot Room. Lifelong Liverpool supporter and editor of legendary fanzine The End, Peter Hooton takes us back into that old storage room, where first Shankly, then Paisley, Fagan and Dalglish in succession, drank tea, analysed, strategized, selected and deselected, and built the most successful British club in Europe in the 20th Century.
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