During the 1980s Liverpool Football Club dominated English football winning six league titles two European Cups two FA Cups & four League Cups In Red Machine Simon Hughes interviews some of the most colourful characters to have played for the club during that period The resulting interviews set against the historical backdrop of both the club & the city provide a vivid portrait of life at Liverpool during an era when the club's unparalleled on-pitch success often went hand in hand with a boozy social scene fraught with rows fights & wind-ups The players featured here include John Barnes Bruce Grobbelaar Howard Gayle Michael Robinson John Wark Kevin Sheedy Nigel Spackman Steve Staunton David Hodgson & Craig Johnston as well as first-team coach Ronnie Moran Their candid ribald & sometimes scathing recollections provide an antidote to the media-coached on-message interviews given by today's players & combine to offer a unique insight to this exciting time in the club's history