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Paul Tomkins
Tough and Rumble
in .tv Preview, Subscribers Only / / 45 commentsWell, if Liverpool didn’t know they were in a battle for 4th, they do now; indeed, too literally so this…
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Paul Tomkins
Editorial Bias in Media Against Benítez
It has come to my attention that one of football's most prominent television personalities, in a seriously high-profile position, continually…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Muppet of the Week (#1)
in Media Muppet of the Week / / 94 commentsA dual award in The Tomkins Times' inaugural Media Muppet of the Week. Week one: a right pair of muppets.
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Paul Tomkins
Blackburn (H) – Pre/Post-Match Hand Gestures
in Match Discussion / / 406 commentsHow will Sam Allardyce cope with Rafa’s rude and ruthless gestures? Will Big Sam be able to hide his tears…
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Chris Rowland
Bargain Hunting
in Chris Rowland, Subscribers Only / / 46 commentsLooking back over our 25 years at the real summit of the game – say between 1965 and 1990 -…
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Graeme Riley
Is 1-0 Enough?
in LFC History / / 47 commentsA look back at all of Liverpool's European fixtures that finished 1-0 after the first leg, by Graeme Riley. In…
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Paul Tomkins
Cutting Edge
in .tv Preview / / 57 commentsIf you go to a club that is in the top four; that has an unbeaten home record (including victories…
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Paul Tomkins
“Lucky Rafa”
in Free / / 111 commentsIt’s interesting to me that a manager with a world-class CV could be described as ‘lucky’ by his critics. If…
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Paul Tomkins
Free eBooks For Subscribers
in Liverpool FC - Books / / 44 commentsSubscribers to The Tomkins Times can download free eBooks of my four of my five main titles: "Golden Past, Red…
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Paul Tomkins
Man City (A) Pre/Post-Match Discussion
in Match Discussion / / 300 commentsUsual pack-drill, Subscribers can discuss all aspects of the game below. Will fielding a strong team in the Europa League…
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Paul Tomkins
The Underdog Principle
in Subscribers Only / / 22 commentsFor me, the most influential non-fiction writer of the past decade has been Malcolm Gladwell, the author of Tipping Point,…
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Paul Tomkins
Site Survey For Subscribers
in Interactive / / 119 commentsJust so that I can be sure that the site is evolving in the correct way, I want some specific…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool and the Europa League
It’s the Reds’ debut in the Europa League on Thursday – a good time to look back on our past…
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Paul Tomkins
Youthful Promise
in .tv Preview / / 83 commentsIf you ever want to see the perfect example of how media reporting of football has changed in the past…
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Paul Tomkins
Unirea Urziceni (H & A) Pre/Post-Match Discussions
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 575 commentsSo, the Europa League: a chance to win a trophy, or a competition to clog up the fixture list and…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI© – Percentage of Premier League Spend (Net)
in Free, Transfer Price Index © / / 21 comments“The Need to Balance the Books”. Having previously looked at Gross spend – which, in effect, deals with the boost…
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Paul Tomkins
Site News – Upcoming Features
in News / / 42 commentsThis week, just four months into its existence, The Tomkins Times passed 1,000,000 hits. To celebrate this milestone, this is…
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Paul Tomkins
Why Progress Can Be Camouflaged
in Liverpool FC / / 37 commentsThe following article was written for the April/Launch edition of Well Red Magazine, a new publication produced by Tomkins Times…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI© Percentage of Premier League Spend (Gross)
“The Benefit of New Players” ... The notion that individual signings take time to settle (or may never settle) is…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI©: The Top 50 Premier League Deals
Using TPI© to adjust the prices according to 'football inflation', the following table lists the price of the 50 most…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI©: The Complete Guide to Football Inflation
in Transfer Price Index © / / 41 commentsOver the coming weeks and months, I will be publishing a number of articles based on some exclusive, highly-detailed transfer…
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Paul Tomkins
Arsenal (A) Pre/Post-Match Discussion
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 360 commentsA big game for both clubs, with their fortunes having reversed somewhat in recent weeks. A tough game awaits, though,…
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Paul Tomkins
Interview with Chris Rowland on Heysel
in Liverpool FC - Books / / 36 commentsLate last year, Chris Rowland released From Where I Was Standing, his account of the Heysel disaster, for which I…
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Paul Tomkins
Derby Day Delight
in .tv Preview / / 122 commentsOne thing really bothered me earlier in the season: accusations from some quarters that Liverpool lacked character. This didn’t tally…
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Paul Tomkins
A Note To Members
in Member / / 140 commentsAs The Tomkins Times continues to grow, I am looking to instal some plush leather sofas for subscribers. Or something.