Writes, talks and shouts about Liverpool FC. Born in Shankly's day, grew up in Bob's day, teenager in Joe's day and into adulthood in Kenny's day. Editor of the Anfield Road website, ready to get back into football after spending far too long ruffling the feathers and being a thorn in the sides of the club’s many, now departed, “enemies”. Occasional user of Twitter (@JimBoardman) and sarcasm.
by Jim Boardman // 24 April 2013
MAYBE, for many Liverpool fans, any respect for the FA has long since been irretrievably lost because of how they handled Hillsborough. Not just in 1989, when they ignored Liverpool’s pleas not to allocate the smaller end of the ground … Continue reading
by Jim Boardman // 22 April 2013
AS every minute goes by it’s getting harder to remember the actual football match that took place at Anfield yesterday. Before we forget it completely Liverpool drew 2-2, having gone behind twice, against a side now managed by the Reds … Continue reading
by Jim Boardman // 22 November 2012
EUROPEAN nights at Anfield are, well, European nights at Anfield. Hard to replicate, if not impossible, but this one was played on a day when one of the stars of the really glorious nights at Anfield was elsewhere, plotting his … Continue reading
by Jim Boardman // 27 October 2012
ON last Monday’s podcast we mentioned the Reds’ Rose Walk, a walk of 96 miles from the Leppings Lane end of Hillsborough in Sheffield to the Hillsborough Memorial at Anfield. On the way the participants will be calling at the … Continue reading
by Jim Boardman // 26 October 2012
Liverpool Walton MP Steve Rotheram yesterday announced plans for a new single to be recorded as a tribute to the victims and survivors of Hillsborough, with proceeds to go to helping the Hillsborough groups in their quest for the justice … Continue reading
by Jim Boardman // 14 October 2012
JEN CHANG was appointed LFC’s communications director in the summer. Before he officially started in the role he contacted various people, including me, and said he wanted to extend the access to the club that was currently enjoyed by the … Continue reading
by Jim Boardman // 4 October 2012
THE Europa League is a competition seen as the European equivalent of the League Cup – nice to win but nobody ever seems to take it too seriously unless they actually do win it. Tonight Udinese were the visitors for … Continue reading
by Jim Boardman // 18 September 2012
THIS Friday sees the six-part Fox documentary about LFC, ‘Being: Liverpool’, hit UK screens for the first time. If you live in the US or know your way around the internet you’ve probably already seen episode one of this look … Continue reading
by Jim Boardman // 16 September 2012
Years ago whenever a black player turned out in an English league game so-called ‘monkey chants’ would be heard loud and clear from the opposition’s fans, every time the ball went near that player. No doubt those noises would be … Continue reading
by Jim Boardman // 15 September 2012
ALL week I’ve wanted to write about what’s happened. But what to write about something as big as this? This, of course, is Hillsborough. Or more precisely the revelations that came from the Hillsborough Independent Panel’s report. Where to start? … Continue reading
by Jim Boardman // 2 September 2012
ON his first day as Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers made it clear how he felt about the idea of working under a director of football. He’d made it clear to the club’s owners too: “It’s one of the items I … Continue reading
by Jim Boardman // 30 August 2012
IT might not be the Champions League but so much of Liverpool’s folklore relates back to adventures in Europe that one season out of any of the UEFA competitions was one season too many. Tonight was Liverpool’s chance to make … Continue reading