Deadlypool

Deadlypool explores Liverpool FC’s deadliest strike partnerships, from the 1960s to the modern day, revealing what made each one so special.

Foreword by Liverpool legend and Sky Sports presenter Jamie Carragher.

A percentage of all royalties will be donated to Liverpool-based men’s mental-health charity Sean’s Place.

This meticulously researched book uncovers fascinating stories of each player partnership and the successes they brought. Drawing on interviews with a wide range of Liverpool supporters and influencers, it covers:

• The Roger Hunt and Ian St John partnership that helped secure the FA Cup in 1965, an achievement Bill Shankly called his ‘greatest moment’
• How John Toshack and Kevin Keegan helped Liverpool to their second, and Shankly’s last, FA Cup in his final competitive game as manager (both would help Liverpool to achieve their first successes in Europe)
• ‘King’ Kenny Dalglish’s partnerships with David Johnson and Ian Rush, the latter seen by many as the greatest attacking combination in the history of the club
• Peter Beardsley and John Aldridge’s short-lived but clinical partnership, which paved the way for Rush’s return and their own supporting act, John Barnes, to pick up from where they left off
• How Liverpool’s academy provided the club with two precocious talents in Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen, Fowler forming a formidable partnership with Stan Collymore before linking up with teenage prodigy Owen
• Moving into the 21 century, the explosive partnerships of Emile Heskey and Michael Owen, Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge and Mo Salah and Roberto Firmino

A must-read for all Liverpool supporters, the book takes older fans on a trip down memory lane and provides a fascinating education for those too young to remember the heroes of yesteryear.