First of all, a quick reminder that gift subscriptions to this site can be purchased here. Reviews by Paul Tomkins, Chris Rowland and Andrew Beasley Liverpool: The Complete Record, by Gudmundur Magnusson and Arnie Baldursson Written by the two Icelandic Reds who run the magnificent www.lfchistory.net, this nicely presented hardback book is a veritable treasure [...]
Subscribers to The Tomkins Times can download free eBooks of my four of my five main titles: “Golden Past, Red Future”, “Red Revival”, “Above Us Only Sky” and “Red Race: A New Bastion” (PDF format).
Late last year, Chris Rowland released From Where I Was Standing, his account of the Heysel disaster, for which I contributed the Foreword. A member of this site, I recently asked him a few questions on the experiences of 25 years ago.
Members of the Tomkins Times can download a PDF of my 2007 book, Above Us Only Sky, for free. The book sold out very quickly, as my fastest-selling title to date (it made the top 40 on Amazon’s overall book chart, and no.2 on its Sports & Hobbies chart).
As the 50th anniversary of the great man’s appointment looms, I thought I’d cobble together a selection of sample pieces from the book, for those who haven’t yet read it.
With that time of year approaching, here are my personal recommendations for stocking fillers, complete with brief reviews.
With less than 90 copies of ‘Red Race: A New Bastion’ left in stock, and wanting to avoid a reprint, this is almost a final chance to order the book.
‘Red Race: A New Bastion’ Available only from www.paultomkins.com, released this week. The best points haul for 21 years (86, which would have been enough to win seven of the previous 16 league titles); a thoroughly convincing double over Manchester United; a better goal difference and a greater number of goals scored than any other [...]
Yossi Benayoun’s arrival at Liverpool could be seen as something of a good omen. A £5m signing from West Ham, he became the third Israeli to join the Reds, following Avi Cohen and Ronny Rosenthal, both of whom won the league title in their time at the club. Indeed, Rosenthal had an incredible impact after [...]
I am currently working on a new Liverpool book, called ‘Red Race’, due to be released in the summer of this year. Unlike my other main books, it will be available ONLY via my website. ‘Dynasty’ has sold very well via limited outlets (an incredible straight six months since its release in the top 10 [...]
