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Paul Tomkins
Tough and Rumble
.tv Preview, Subscribers Only / / 45 commentsinWell, 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
inIt 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)
Media Muppet of the Week / / 94 commentsinA 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
Match Discussion / / 406 commentsinHow 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
Chris Rowland, Subscribers Only / / 46 commentsinLooking 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?
LFC History / / 47 commentsinA 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
.tv Preview / / 57 commentsinIf 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”
Free / / 111 commentsinIt’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
Liverpool FC - Books / / 44 commentsinSubscribers 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
Match Discussion / / 300 commentsinUsual 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
Subscribers Only / / 22 commentsinFor 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
Interactive / / 119 commentsinJust 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
inIt’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
.tv Preview / / 83 commentsinIf 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
Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 575 commentsinSo, 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)
Free, Transfer Price Index © / / 21 commentsin“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
News / / 42 commentsinThis 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
Liverpool FC / / 37 commentsinThe 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)
in“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
inUsing 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
Transfer Price Index © / / 41 commentsinOver 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
Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 360 commentsinA 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
Liverpool FC - Books / / 36 commentsinLate 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
.tv Preview / / 122 commentsinOne 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
Member / / 140 commentsinAs The Tomkins Times continues to grow, I am looking to instal some plush leather sofas for subscribers. Or something.