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A Season on the Brink: Rafael Benitez, Liverpool and the Path to European Glory (Hardcover)
by Guillem Balague (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars 12 customer reviews (12 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Relive the memories, 4 Feb 2006
A superb insight into an incredible season. Takes you behind the scenes and shows what Benitez and his team were doing/thinking/saying at each step along the way. There's some particularly good info on Gerrards two aborted departures to Chavski. This book, along with Fowlers autobiography (welcome back God!), also put Houlliers time in charge in a new light.

In short, for any Liverpool fan, this is a must read. For anyone else, I would say that this is not only the best book about football I have ever read, but the best book about sport I have ever read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a season on the brink, 6 Jan 2006
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This must be the most interesting book i have ever read, it comes with a completley different point of veiw , its not about anything but the truth, how it obviously happened and how it must have felt, wish i had been there, although now ive read the book, i believe i have!
Well done senor balague, its a must for anyone, not just a football fan.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars How can you beat this?, 18 Nov 2005
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I awaited with baited breath for this book's publication. However, I was shocked and pleasantly surprised about its breadth of coverage and input from those closest to the action in Istanbul. It also includes input from Liverpool's players, management and fans, and interestingly comments from a couple of the AC Milan players and even the referee too! It covers more than Istanbul, and in Balague's own inimitable style, makes for a great read overall. Balague does not try to bias the book, but rather, provides an insight into the thoughts, emotions and aspirations surrounding Benitez's arrival at LFC and what was achieved, and not acheived, in his first season. A must read!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Slightly myopic and political - rather than truly objetive.
Everything Rafa did was brilliant and everything Houllier did was rubbish.

Also in order to politically stay in with Owen and MacManaman he refused to condemn them... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Punit Shah

5.0 out of 5 stars world class
In 2004 rafa benitez took over the reigns of the greatest club of all time,he was expected to stabilise a team filled with inner doubt and move the unit forward,what he did was... Read more
Published 5 months ago by sean paul mccann

3.0 out of 5 stars LFC fans look before you leap
As a Liverpool fan, I don't think it would have been possible to be totally disappointed with this book, because of the subject matter. Read more
Published 9 months ago by mssmith1

3.0 out of 5 stars Just for liverpool fans
Guillem encapsulates Liverpool's incredible triumph in stylish fashion, and as such this book is a must for Liverpool supporters; however, the book will fail to capture the... Read more
Published 16 months ago by W. Roberts

4.0 out of 5 stars A must buy...
As a Liverpool fan ive always wondered what goes on behind the scenes at Anfield and this book takes you through the whole of Rafa's first season at Anfield with great detail and... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Daniel J. Havard

5.0 out of 5 stars an absolute must-read
I read what the Echo wrote about this book ("one of the most insightful, accurate and entertaining Liverpool publications in living memory") and decided to buy it. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2006 by nicetohearfromu

1.0 out of 5 stars major disappointment
i was really looking forward to reading this but it was a big let down.

to begin with, there are glaring factual errors: e.g. Read more

Published on 29 Dec 2005 by ajay313

3.0 out of 5 stars Below Parr
Having previously read the far superior Golden Past, Red Future by Paul Tomkins I was looking forward to reading this offering from the respected Spanish Journalist. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2005 by S. A. Mcleod

5.0 out of 5 stars Guillem Balague
Guillem Balague is one of Spains top football pundits with unique knoledge of both the clubs and players. Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2005 by markopembo

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