Editor of Well Red magazine and Late Tackle. Dad of two. First match: Liverpool 5 Crewe 1. League Cup, 25.09.90. Twitter: @robbohuyton
by Gareth Roberts // 26 September 2012
IT was scripted as the weekend that football would grow up. The songs about dead fans, football stadium disasters and plane crashes would stop and a football rivalry billed as Britain’s bitterest would become a tiny bit sweeter. It was … Continue reading
by Gareth Roberts // 15 September 2012
SORRY. Everyone is sorry. David Cameron is sorry. Kelvin Mackenzie is sorry. David Bernstein is sorry. Boris Johnson is sorry. Sir (how?) Norman Bettison is sorry. Sir (how?) Irvine Patnick is sorry. Dominic Mohan is sorry. Sheffield Wednesday are sorry. The … Continue reading
by Gareth Roberts // 2 September 2012
BRENDAN RODGERS couldn’t have made it any clearer. He wanted, expected, and probably demanded that there be additions to Liverpool’s squad on transfer deadline day. Namely, he wanted goalscorers: “I’ve been given as much confidence as I can possibly get … Continue reading
by Gareth Roberts // 25 August 2012
IT’S close to two years since Fenway Sports Group (then New England Sports Ventures) took control of our club but for some they still can’t do a thing right. Keeping a close eye on how they operate is one thing, being … Continue reading
by Gareth Roberts // 21 August 2012
IF you’ve ever had the dubious pleasure of working in the office of a big company the chances are you’ve done this. You’ve looked up from your own dull, banal work and focused momentarily on someone on the other side … Continue reading
by Gareth Roberts // 10 August 2012
“It might be one of those situations where it’s not in Daniel’s hands, and it’s up to the owners at the end of the day. “The manager has gone on record and said that every player has got his price, … Continue reading
by Gareth Roberts // 5 August 2012
IMAGINE walking into a garage, plucking a spanner from the mechanic’s hand and saying ‘hang on, mate – you do it like THIS, I’ve seen it on the telly’. You wouldn’t dream of it, would you? So why do we … Continue reading
by Gareth Roberts // 3 June 2012
“Write about Russia, Robbo. One thousand words.” Kinell… In case you didn’t hear it on the podcast, we’re all going to do a bit about a team chosen at random in the Euros. We’ve even roped in a guest or … Continue reading
by Gareth Roberts // 1 June 2012
IT’S ONLY a press conference. But as press conferences go, this was mightily impressive from Brendan Rodgers. Can he handle the pressure? Deal with the expectations? Handle the egos? Is he experienced enough? Is he the right man? Only time will tell … Continue reading
by Gareth Roberts // 25 May 2012
MUCH was made of John W Henry’s love of Michael Lewis’s book Moneyball. Billy Beane, its star, took the unfashionable Oakland Athletics baseball team to success against the odds using statistical analysis to tear up the traditional scouting methods and identify undervalued … Continue reading
by Gareth Roberts // 20 May 2012
IT’S easy to get cynical about comebacks in music. The oft-thrown mud is that these rhythmic reunions recur merely to boost bank balances. In some cases, it’s hard to argue against that stance (hello, Shaun Ryder). But for Cast it … Continue reading
by Gareth Roberts // 17 April 2012
THE football bubble is simple. In it, anything goes. People think and act differently. They take leave of their senses. Common sense goes out of the window. Dignity is forgotten; respect means nothing. Abuse is fine in the bubble. Ditto … Continue reading