Source: Liverpool_Echo
Liverpool FC fans Jegsy Dodd and John Mackin launch new book: Redmen - A Season On The Drink
'I REMEMBER getting lost and circumnavigating the whole of central Madrid looking for the hotel; which obviously I must have found otherwise I wouldn't be here.[LNB]'Oh yes and there was an attempted mugging which I avoided by just acting mad.[LNB]'Top tip for you here: wherever you are in the world - it doesn't matter what country - hustlers, dippers and anyone else who wants to relieve you of your money, they all have one thing in common. They don't like nutters.[LNB]'So if you think you're going to get hassled, don't get all defensive and sheepish. Run over to them with your arms aloft shouting 'I am the son of Satan, Sam Allardyce is Lord, now give us a taste of your Marmite. If you haven't got Marmite just give us some marzipan!' Just watch them go.'[LNB]It's the morning after the night before and Jegsy Dodd is recounting the aftermath of seeing Liverpool beat Real Madrid last February.[LNB]You're unlikely to stumble across survival tactics of this nature in the Lonely Planet guide to the Spanish capital.[LNB]You will, however, find countless more pearls of wisdom like this from poet and musician Dodd and co-writer, John Mackin, in their new book 'Redmen - A Season On The Drink.'[LNB]Edited by Kevin Sampson (Extra-Time, Away Days and Powder) the Liverpool supporting duo have produced a warts and all fans' account of last season.[LNB]From the pre-season friendly with Villarreal, to last orders after the curtain came down against Tottenham at Anfield, Dodd and Mackin have written a no holds barred journey throughout a campaign where, yet again, hope sprang eternal.[LNB]At least until Rafael Benitez's team had exited all three cup competitions and were mathematically out of the title race, coming an agonising second to Manchester United.
