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.
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
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
by Kristian Walsh // 11 June 2012
AND it had started so well. The brown seats as you walk in – frayed, fretted, frowned upon – give confirmation of their popularity. The indent created by the last person becomes yours; it is half-perturbing, half-welcoming knowing how many … Continue reading
by Kristian Walsh // 8 June 2012
ANDY BRASSELL is a wonderful man with a fine CV: he is European Football Correspondent for Fox Soccer, BBC Worldwide and ESPN Soccernet, as well as appearing on BBC Five Live. But more importantly for us, he’s with Portugal at … Continue reading
by Kristian Walsh // 29 May 2012
IT started how it finished. It ended how it began. It has done so for 23 years. Kenny Dalglish’s second coming came after a cancelled holiday, with his first day back at work an FA Cup defeat. 18 months later, … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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