AS a boy growing up in Kirkby, John Coleman played football on one of the best and most natural academies that the English game has known. The pitches at Brookfield School produced not one but two European Cup-winning captains in … Continue reading →

AFTER 23 years of banging their heads against a succession of brick walls put in front of them by an establishment that didn’t seem to care, the Hillsborough families and their supporters have spent the past three months pinching themselves. … Continue reading →

ONE evening in the summer of 2005, Robert Kraft retired to his bed having made a monumental decision – he was going to buy Liverpool Football Club. Talks with David Moores, the then Liverpool chairman had gone better than he … Continue reading →

“The fans were superb. They helped the police as much as anything else. It was their friends, their supporters and their football club that was in trouble and they did everything they could and more,” Kenny Dalglish “The actions of the … Continue reading →

IT has taken the Football Association more than 23 years to apologise for its role in the Hillsborough disaster and when an expression of regret was finally made yesterday it still carried the corporate air of an organisation desperately trying … Continue reading →

IF you want to experience what it’s like when the population of an entire city holds its collective breath, visit Liverpool in the next 24 hours. Look into the eyes of parents who live in hope of truth and justice … Continue reading →