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An Epic Swindle: 44 Months With a Pair of Cowboys (Paperback)
$20.66 - Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for An Epic SwindleThe inside story of the near collapse of Liverpool FC.
Full description- Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
- Published: 01 September 2011
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Sport & Leisure Industries | Sport | Teams & Clubs | Football (Soccer, Association Football) | American Football
- ISBN 13: 9780857385994 ISBN 10: 0857385992
- Sales rank: 8,892
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Full description for An Epic Swindle
AN EPIC SWINDLE is the inside story of how Liverpool FC came within hours of being re-possessed by the banks after the shambolic 44-month reign of American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett. It is the tale of a civil war that dragged Britain's most successful football club to its knees, through the High Court and almost into administration. Players Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher tell of their anger at the broken promises, as well as their pain at watching loyal fans in open revolt. Manager, chief executive, board members, leading fans and journalists reveal the turmoil at a revered sporting institution run by two men at war with each other, who trampled Liverpool's cherished traditions into the gutter. No story sums up the naked greed at the heart of modern football quite like Hicks' and Gillett's attempt to turn a buck at Liverpool. No-one has had as much access to the truth, or tells it with as much passion, wit and insight as Brian Reade. AN EPIC SWINDLE is the riveting story of how close one of the great football clubs came to financial implosion.
