Dreams and songs to sing : a people's history of Liverpool FC from Shankly to Klopp / Alan McDougall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDougall, Alan (Alan James), Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liverpool Football Club--History.

Liverpool Football Club.

Soccer players--England--Liverpool--Biography.

Soccer players.

Soccer--England--Liverpool--History.

Soccer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Dreams and Songs to Sing is a unique people's history of the triumphs and tragedies of one of the biggest teams in sport. From Shankly to Klopp, Alan McDougall takes us on a global tour of Liverpool FC's history, viewed through the eyes of the people who've been there all along: the supporters. He weaves together interviews with fans from around the world, poignant farewells to Shankly, birthday cards to Michael Owen, letters from grieving Italians after Heysel, and eyewitness accounts of Hillsborough to tell the inseparable story of the club and the city. This is a history which crosses borders of class, gender, race, and nation, ranging well beyond the pitch but never forgetting the crowds and matches at the heart of it all. Rarely does sports writing have this much intelligence and soul, powerfully combining the personal with the universal, and the everyday with the epic.

Contents:

Maidstone 1987: Dear Ian Rush

Anfield 1906: A home worthy of champions

Chester 1946: Welcome to Liddellpool

Huddersfield 1959: Enter Shankly

London 1965: Bigger than the Beatles

Liverpool 1974: Please don't go

Rome 1977: Transalpino

Toxteth 1981: Children of the ghetto

Brussels 1985: If this is football, let it die

Sheffield 1989: So heavy is my heart

Scunthorpe 1994: Hidden histories

Istanbul 2005: Miracles exist

London 2010: Yanks out (in)

Paris 2022: Supporters in the wild

Parkdale 2024: Body in Toronto, heart in Liverpool.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2025).

ISBN:

1-009-34024-7

1-009-34026-3

1-009-34021-2

OCLC:

1510683902