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LFC.TV's official columnist. Well Red and Sky scribe, can now also be found here at @TheAnfieldWrap. Loved by Ghanaian FA, hated by Mayor of Rome.

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Book Review: Life’s A Pitch

by Kristian Walsh // 18 December 2012

STOP the press, here’s an exclusive for you: all football journalists have a favourite football team. Some even support one. There is a ridiculous notion given credence in this age of social media and global villages that those who write … Continue reading

That Boy Ronaldo

by Kristian Walsh // 27 June 2012

CRISTIANO RONALDO took one brief glance at Petr Cech prone on the floor for confirmation. Once he had that he wheeled away, running towards the touchline with more speed and less abandon than he had shown over the previous 80 … Continue reading

THAT FRIENDLY DERBY

by Kristian Walsh // 13 April 2012

IF you hold your ear close enough, you can hear it. You can hear it on buses, in office blocks and pubs. It’s heard in north Liverpool, south Liverpool and across the ripples of the River Mersey. There’s a hushed … Continue reading

Basque-ing in the glory

by Kristian Walsh // 8 March 2012

Athletic Bilbao left the football purists purring with a brilliant away win at you know where tonight. It seemed like a good time to post this… THERE’S nothing better in football than watching a team which typifies the city it … Continue reading

RAFA

by Kristian Walsh // 13 January 2012

There are a lot of things I hate about the beautiful game; our ugly, flawed, gratuitous, imperfect beautiful game. I hate clubs charge nearly £60 for 90 minutes of football and that our own club isn’t much better. I hate … Continue reading

Missing You

by Kristian Walsh // 26 September 2011

HE LOVES me, he loves me not. He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not. For anyone who’s ever been dumped in a relationship, the subsequent pining … Continue reading

AN OPEN LETTER TO ‘LAWRO’

by Kristian Walsh // 5 September 2011

“Why can’t the government just say ‘right, here are the facts, here are all the papers,’ and then just let the people make their minds up? Maybe there are lots of people to blame, maybe there are Liverpool supporters to … Continue reading

June, Glorious June

by Kristian Walsh // 22 August 2011

ONE of the most glorious weekends of the year is the first weekend of June. The summer sunshine makes a conceited effort to emerge from the clouds and grace your bedroom; its quick glance over the parapet promises much, but … Continue reading

Boss Mag Gig

by Kristian Walsh // 19 August 2011

AS I walked up to the Static Gallery on Roscoe Lane, familiarity swirled around me like the warm, midsummer breeze that tickled my face. The public houses of Renshaw Street, some of which had been reacquainted over the course of … Continue reading