LIVERPOOL FC: MAKING ODDBALLS OUT OF EVERYONE

LIVERPOOL FC: MAKING ODDBALLS OUT OF EVERYONE

“TO a New Yorker like you, a hero is some kind of weird sandwich.” – Oddball to Crapgame; Kelly’s Heroes. 1970. Crapgame portrayed by Don Rickles. THE greatest line from the greatest war movie ever made –  the 34th best war movie ever made, according to Channel...
THAT’S FOOTBALL GENIUS, DAVID MOYES

THAT’S FOOTBALL GENIUS, DAVID MOYES

A REGULATION 3-0 away win against average and limited opposition? We can laugh, and of course we do, but if truth be told, it was a regulation 3-0 away win against an average and limited opposing manager. No team that can boast forward players of the calibre of Robin...
COUNTDOWN TO OLD TRAFFORD: GIVE IT SOME BEANS

COUNTDOWN TO OLD TRAFFORD: GIVE IT SOME BEANS

“HP baked beans; they’re the beans for me.” BANG! More than just a slogan to sell haricot beans in a tasty tomato sauce. It’s an early 1980s visit to Old Trafford – that most friendly and hospitable of away grounds for the discerning travelling Red to tip up at...
PREMIER LEAGUE – WE’RE HAVING A LAUGH….

PREMIER LEAGUE – WE’RE HAVING A LAUGH….

THIS 2013/14 variation of Liverpool FC seems to have attained the power of humour most surreal. In the days following the wins against Arsenal and Swansea, whenever the manner of those victories flashed across my mind – even upon beautifully random occasions...
JEEPERS KEEPER AND THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE

JEEPERS KEEPER AND THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE

BEFORE we took to the field against Swansea City I’d felt the need to state the case for the defence of the defence. Having sat through the startling, entertaining – at times bewildering – and certainly nervous laugh-provoking 4-3 win against our opponents from South...