An Epic Swindle: 44 Months With a Pair of Cowboys Book

AN EPIC SWINDLE is the inside story of how Liverpool FC came within hours of being re-possessed by the banks after the shambolic 44-month reign of American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett. It is a tale of debts lies and cowboys of a civil war that dragged Britain's most successful football club to its knees through the High Court and almost into administration. Players Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher tell of their anger at the broken promises as well as their pain at watching loyal fans in open revolt. Manager chief executive board members leading fans and journalists reveal the turmoil at a revered sporting institution run by two men at war with each other and who trampled the notion of The Liverpool Way into the gutter. No story sums up the naked greed at the heart of modern football quite like Hicks' and Gillett's attempt to turn a quick buck at Liverpool. No-one has had as much access to the truth or tells it with as much passion wit and insight as Brian Reade. AN EPIC SWINDLE is the riveting story of how close one of the great football clubs came to financial implosion.Read More