(Part 2) Top products from r/LiverpoolFC

It is midnight and I am sitting alone laughing. Never thought of that connotation. I should probably be more clear next time.

From Steve Peter's book listing

The Chimp Paradox contains an incredibly powerful mind management model that can help you be happier and healthier, increase your confidence, and become a more successful person. This book will help you to:

—Recognize how your mind is working
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'98 was the first World Cup I followed closely, and Michael Owen was my favorite player from that tournament, but I didn't truly get sorted into Liverpool House until 2004-05. Soccer was nearly nonexistent in small-town Kansas except for the World Cup, but I snagged a copy of FIFA 2001 from a friend and started researching the teams. History lead me to Liverpool, and when I moved to Arizona in 05, the knockout stages of the UCL were on TV. Luis Garcia made me a Red for life with his volley against Juve.

Since then, I've watched as much soccer as I could. It was still difficult to catch regular games, but I followed online. The EPL on NBC has been fantastic. Oddly enough, this year's UCL final will be the first time I'll be able to watch Liverpool try and win that trophy live.

Speaking of history, have you read Red or Dead? I'm a fourth of the way through, and I'm loving the story of Shankly building the club into a powerhouse.

Simon Hughes' Red Machine, Men In White Suits, and Ring Of Fire are all interesting and great books.

Jonathan Wilson's The Anatomy of Liverpool was a very good read. Of course, Wilson is best known for Inverting The Pyramid, which is a staple football book.

I also enjoyed David Goldblatt's The Game of Our Lives, which chronicles the Premier League from it's birth to roughly 2014-15 I believe (at least in the paperback edition).

I'd recommend anyone who loves this game to watch this new Amazon Prime series called 'This is football'. Episode 1 starts off with a pretty well known song as well and some bits are about us, while the documentary itself takes another route then.

This is football

My recommendation on top of what everyone else has said is to get Kenny's book "My Liverpool Home" for an excellent overview from the perspective of the man himself. You will learn about the history that existed before he came and the monumental occasions that occurred after he joined. That will give you a great modern perspective of what Reds fans have gone through in the past few decades.

An Epic Swindle is the best book on the ownership and direction of Liverpool under our former American owners Hicks & Gilette. An excellent read, and honestly very important in terms of setting the stage for FSG's tenure - elements of the H&G reign are still affecting Liverpool as a club today, and part of what made last season's title challenge so special was that it came less than 4 years after we almost went into administration.

The Anatomy of Liverpool is one I'm reading at the moment. Written by The Guardian's Jonathan Wilson, author of another highly recommended football book called Inverting The Pyramid (a history of football tactics), The Anatomy of Liverpool picks out 10 matches in the club's history and uses them as the basis to discuss that era of the club - the players, the manager, the seasons, the direction of the club, let alone that match itself. Bear in mind that both this book and Inverting The Pyramid can occasionally be very dry reads, but worth persevering with!

And then, of course, LFC players' autobiographies. There's also Pepe Reina's autobiography, in addition to the ones on that list, which also has some insights about the club under Rafa & Hicks & Gilette

I read in Saucerful of Secrets it was just because they were football fans in general and liked how it sounded, not because of LFC, itself. That's if I remember correctly. Great book, btw.

The other key thing is typically the suppression of a left wing alternative — either by liberals or the far right — such that fascism appears as the only saving grace to the erosion of trust in liberal constitutionalism.

Edit: I know this isn’t the place for politics but seriously check out The Anatomy of Fascism but Robert Paxton if you’re at all interested.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anatomy-Fascism-Robert-Paxton/dp/0141014326

You matter and you deserve to be happy. This book https://www.amazon.com/Learned-Optimism-Change-Your-Mind/dp/1400078393 changed my entire outlook. It also provides a lot of incredible insight into how pessimism creates depression and how optimism can ABSOLUTELY be learned and used to get you out of that state.


I totally get the who the fuck is this random dude on r/liverpool reaction. I'm nobody, I'm not a doctor, just a regular guy who has dealt with some shit as well. This book changed me and I hope you give it the chance to do the same for you.


Stay strong

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Quiet-Genius-Paisley-British-Footballs-Greatest-Manager/1472937325

it has good reviews. reckon i'll give it a go these days.

Have anyone of you read "Mentality Monsters"? Is it worth buying the paperback version?
This is the book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/Mentality-Monsters-Liverpool-Also-Rans-Champions/dp/1076602363/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1563518945&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/My-Story-Steven-Gerrard/dp/1405924411

Get yourself a copy of this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1568589573/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1498830388&sr=1-4

https://www.amazon.com/Unforgettable-Fire-Present-Definitive-Biography/dp/0446389749 this was the post

In 43 Years With The Same Bird Brian Reade talks about how he almost left The Kop due to the racist abuse Barnes received /from Liverpool fans/ and the "Keep Liverpool White" chants that would pop up on The Kop when JB first arrived.