Since Bill Shankly took over in 1959 and won promotion to the First Division three years later, Liverpool have become the dominant force in English soccer. So how do you choose the best 11 players from the club that has won so many trophies over the last 35 years? It is, admits Stan Hey, an almost impossible task, and with a passionate support like Liverpool's, any line-up will inevitably cause controversy, but there can be no denying the quality of the players selected here. Every one of them an international, this collection of in-depth interviews with members of the three generations of players who took Liverpool to the pinnacle of domestic and European football offers an insight into the club's growth from a small provincial team to an internationally renowned institution.