Writer, illustrator, proud husband and father, and footballing bigamist. @royhendo on Twitter, www.level3football.com, editor of RAWK.
by Roy Henderson // 27 April 2013
IT’S been a long time since I put the needle to the broken record, but with a half hour to kill and a momentous, context-obliterating week behind us (at least according to some), it’s maybe time to dust off a … Continue reading
by Roy Henderson // 21 February 2013
IT was truly a delight to open this morning’s papers to the news that “Bayern Munich are a bit good, aren’t they?”, with balanced and reasonable commentary of both the game, and of what it means for Arsenal’s standing in … Continue reading
by Roy Henderson // 28 December 2012
IN the summer, the owners of Liverpool Football Club, FSG, sacked Kenny Dalglish. It was, for me, a seizmic event. It shook my whole view of what the game meant. And it left me having a rethink over how I … Continue reading
by Roy Henderson // 24 November 2012
SO Xavi Valero has gone and gone to London, taking his merry band of hired coaching guns with him in his wake, with the little matter of one Rafael Benitez Maudes nestling his prodigious footballing cojones in the blue plastic … Continue reading
by Roy Henderson // 30 September 2012
IN recent years, supporting Liverpool FC has been a bit like visiting your dominatrix and realising she’s forgotten your safe word.* “BANANA!”, you whimper. Nobody hears. The ball rebounds off the woodwork for the umpteenth time. A referee denies a … Continue reading
by Roy Henderson // 20 September 2012
IT’S “Year Zero” so we’re told. The tag to some extent absolves those who run Liverpool Football Club from harsh judgement as we’re encouraged to ‘give them time’, and ‘let them learn from their mistakes’, and other such notions. Give … Continue reading
by Roy Henderson // 29 August 2012
One of the happy by-products of this summer’s changes at Liverpool Football Club is that I find myself completely at ease as we near the end of the summer transfer window. Commolli is gone, half-assed statistical notions of what constitutes … Continue reading
by Roy Henderson // 19 August 2012
The modern day Liverpool supporter is not unlike Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket. Born to fight for the collective cause, but with a peace sign on the side of his helmet. We want Liverpool to grow, and to win, … Continue reading
by Roy Henderson // 16 July 2012
LAST Friday, the Chairmen of the senior clubs in Scotland’s lower tier leagues did what most media commentators and pundits told us would be akin to turkeys voting for Christmas – they demanded that the club formerly known as Glasgow … Continue reading
by Roy Henderson // 3 June 2012
WITH a demonstrably cerebral manager at the helm and (I personally believe) a squad that’s both strong and well balanced at his disposal, I firmly believe that with a couple of tweaks, and some coaching nous, we’ll soon be having … Continue reading
by Roy Henderson // 30 May 2012
AND so it would appear (time of writing 2.15pm, Wed 30th May 2012) that Brendan ‘B-Rod’ Rodgers will be the new manager of Liverpool Football Club. Jorge Valdano will be pleased. “I remember a wonderful banner in the Liverpool stands … Continue reading
by Roy Henderson // 10 May 2012
AS the season draws to a close, with everyone looking for some closure on the draws, I’m going to make a case for a summer of simple integration at Liverpool Football Club. It’s my contention that, like Humpty Dumpty, Liverpool … Continue reading