If you are a fan of my writing, this applies to you. If you hate what I do, it certainly won’t; you have my permission to go tend your turnips or plait your naval hair. The wonder that is the internet leads to a culture of getting things for free. I cannot complain too much, [...]
The chapter covering Joe Fagan is the shortest in Dynasty, and therefore the easiest to translate in full to the internet. In many ways ‘genial Joe’ was the least interesting manager to write about, simply because of the brevity of his time in charge, and the fact that he was an uncomplicated character; nothing controversial [...]
Abridged excerpt from “Dynasty: 50 Years of Shankly’s Liverpool”, book available here. Graeme Souness 1991-1994 Introduction On paper it was the perfect appointment. A canny ex-Liverpool player (and a Scot, to boot) with exacting standards, and whose football education after leaving Anfield had continued in the rarified tactical arena of Italy, before enjoying success north [...]
(Some formatting, such as italics, may have been lost in transfer) Glamourous locations arrived at in global travels; power and money; unfeasibly big hair; silver ostentatiously displayed; success that peaked in the ‘80s with huge TV ratings; and warring silver-haired American tycoons –– but not a Joan Collins or Heather Locklear in sight. This is [...]
