Back in the summer of 2005 Dave Usher over at TLW produced a superb special issue of the fanzine to celebrate the Reds winning the European Cup for the 5th time. As you can imagine it sold out very quickly.

Dave has since been inundated with requests for copies so he’s produced a new print run. The bumper 44 page special features a five page interview with Carra, where he talks in depth about Istanbul and Rafa’s first season, and explains what happened between him and Mourinho in the Carling Cup Final.

Neil Mellor talks about his Olympiakos heroics, the Arsenal goal and how he stayed behind singing with the fans after the Chelsea semi. There’s also numerous accounts from fans who were in Istanbul, as well as reports on the epic Juventus and Chelsea games.

The special issue can be bought online or you can also get your copy by sending a cheque, made payable to D. Usher, to TLW, PO Box 12, Liverpool, L31 7EJ (UK £4, Europe £4.50, Rest of the World £5).

On a similar theme RAOTL’s fantastic pictorial tribute to the Reds’ European Cup win is still available. All the pictures used in the special are those donated by fans who travelled by plane, train and moped during our fantastic run which started in Graz and ended on the banks of the Bosphorus in Istanbul. The tribute takes you on that magical journey from the Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Ataturk via Athens, La Coruna, Monaco, Leverkusen, Turin and London.

The 68 page album has a foreword by Kevin Sampson (author of Extra Time, Powder, Awaydays etc) and an afterword by Stephen Done (curator of the LFC museum), plus a superb piece of writing by RAOTL’s own European regular John Mackin on what it was like to be part of history in Istanbul.

If anybody wants to order a copy by post then send a cheque for £6.50 (UK), £8 (Europe) or £10 (Rest of the World) made payable to John Pearman to RAOTL, P.O. Box 296, Loughborough, LE11 4ZR

If you’re in the UK you can also buy it online using paypal:

http://www.raotl.co.uk/index2.htm

The book is also available before home games from the RAOTL fanzine sellers around the ground and in the HJC shop.

For further information people can e-mail RAOTL editor John Pearman at either john@raotl.org or johnp@raotl.co.uk or John Mackin at jsmack77@hotmail.com.

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