Liverpool FC – Historical (Recent & Older)

This is the commenting menu page for issues relating to ex-Liverpool managers, the Hillsborough disaster and other historical issues.

"Perhaps the most intelligent guide to LFC available on the internet"

The Independent on Sunday

“An ingenious and intelligent look beneath the surface to reveal what the headlines too often don’t tell us. Fascinating.”

Jonathan Wilson

“Golddust analysis”

John Sinnott, BBC

“[Football analysis] is best left to the professionals, like the admirable Mr Tomkins.”

Daily Telegraph

"Another triumph of impeccable research, Pay As You Play brings much-needed factual insight to a discussion previously dominated by half-truths"

Oliver Kay, The Times

"Very compelling arguments"

Gabriele Marcotti, BBC Radio Five Live

"Liverpool do happen to be blessed with supporters whose statistical analysis provides a lucid interpretation of where the club’s strengths and weaknesses lie, accessible through the Tomkins Times website.”

Ian Herbert, The Independent

The Tomkins Times

The Tomkins Times