44 Years With the Same Bird

There Have Been Football Books Which Have Told Their Tale Through the Partisan Heart of a Besotted Fan, and Those That Have Dissected Their Subject Through the Scientific Mind of an Objective Writer. but Rarely Does One Fuse the Blind Passion of a Lifelong Supporter With the Cold Eye of an Award-Winning Journalist in the Way "43 Years With the Same Bird" Does. That Bird is the Liver Bird, and on the Surface This Book is a Pitch-Side View of the Entire Modern Era of Britain's Most Successful Football Club. It is Brian Reade's Take on the Extraordinary Stories Behind the 48 Trophies He Has Seen Liverpool Lift Since Watching Them En Route to Their First Ever Fa Cup Win in 1965, Right Through to the Champions League Defeat in Athens in 2007.It Takes in All of the Big Nights That Propelled the Club to Five European Cups, Three Uefa Cups, Twelve Titles, Countless Domestic Cup Triumphs, Bitter Failures, the Tragic Disasters in Sheffield and Brussels, As Well As the Barren Years of the Late 60