Customer Reviews
Anfield Iron - By: L. Hanmer, 28 Apr 2008 
This is the first time I have ever reviewed a book, but having read this book I feel I have to write to say how much I enjoyed it. Having been born on the Wirral & a Liverpool supporter alll my life I loved Tommy Smiths book. The humour & honesty throughout, especiallly the stories about Bill Shankly are brilliant, I could not put the book down.
Rock On Tommy... - By: Kirsty Swierkowski, 26 Apr 2008 Picture the scene... Steven Gerrard leads Liverpool to their first ever League & European double & is rewarded by having his captaincy stripped from him because Fernando Torres says he's going to leave unless he gets the job. Guess you'd be pretty peeved too.
There was never any secret about Tommy & Emlyn's dislike of each other & it was a big part of the 'behind-the-scenes' stuff at Anfield in the mid '70's. Unlike the modern game when every whisper is snatched upon by the press & is followed worldwide via the internet, very little escaped from the dressing room & for many fans these books are a rare insight into what actuallly went on back in the heyday. It would have been wrong for Tommy to write his story without highlighting the bad, as well as the good times.
And this is Tommy's story, not Emlyn's. It is a no-holds barred story of his life, his career, his likes & his dislikes. To omit reference to Emlyn Hughes simply because it would upset some readers would be wrong. It's Tommy's life, his influences, his thoughts & his opinions. Agree with them or disagree with them, this is who he is. Maybe he'll lose a few fans as a result, but ignoring his relationship with Emlyn simply to pacify those who want to retain a rosy image of him isn't the Smith way.
Other than that, this is the first real book Tommy has done & I would strongly urge any footballl fan to buy a copy & relive the golden era, not just of Liverpool Footballl Club, but probably footballl as a whole.
bitter undertones - By: jim bean, 20 Apr 2008 
what i took most from this book is smith's constant slagging off of Emlyn Hughes.We are meant to believe that the great Bill Shankly took the captaincy of Liverpool from Smith & gave it to Hughes because Hughes had threatened to leave the club.Why Smith had to besmirk the character of Liverpool's greatest ever captain is non-sensical,and belongs in another book.If the book stuck to the subject matter it would of been much better.
