A LITTLE under 12 months ago, Ragnar Klavan lined up alongside Dejan Lovren at the centre of the Liverpool backline against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. The Estonian’s presence in the starting 11 that afternoon was enforced; with Joel Matip injured, Klavan...
I’M somewhere in Western Ukraine. The arid flatlands, with their pallid yellow grass, stretch beyond the horizon. The belt of tarmac we’ve been tumbling along for 12 hours is the sole sign that civilisation has made its mark on this part of the planet....
I AM a man on the move. Ever since I was fortunate enough to be offered a season ticket in my own name at the beginning of the 2016-17 season, due to some admirable initiative as a 13-year-old, I have lacked a true feeling of home. A debut season at the Kop corner...
FINALLY. It’s over. We’re there. The Reds have done it. The sun is shining and top-tier European football is on the horizon again. As goal after goal was racked up against the almost unbelievably feeble Middlesbrough at Anfield, and as the full-time whistle blew, the...
ONE league game left to go and there’s actually something left for Liverpool to play for. Feels weird, doesn’t it? After a comfortable win over Rule Britannia FC West Ham United, and with the league’s lowest scorers Middlesbrough coming to Anfield this Sunday, the...
ON a Monday night in May, the ball drops to Sebastian Prödl a few yards from goal, on the volley, unmarked, my heart races, and I think, “Oh not a-fucking-gain.” I feel as if I’ve seen it too many times already this season. Liverpool ahead, comfortable, but not...
I’M still struggling with the events at Anfield the last time the Reds played, y’know. I mean, if you’d have said to me before kick-off that Liverpool would struggle to break down Crystal Palace, would concede from a corner, and would only be able to bring lads...
WHAT about them Reds, eh? Just when you decide to write them off as a bloody good-for-nothing gang of divvies following the points dropped against Bournemouth and the insipid shitshow that was the first half at the Brexit Bowl Britannia Stadium, they go and pull you...
I’LL level with you. I’m a bag of nerves. A dead big bag of nerves. A Bag for Life of nerves. The Big New Ground Blues will cross Stanley Park this weekend on the back of a great start to this calendar year, boasting one of the best records of any side in the division...
HERE you are, everyone. Some respite. A safe haven. This article is one of very few pages circulating on the internet this week which will not contain some sort of self-righteous/offensive hot take about terrorism. Quite why the immediate reaction of so many people in...
Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Rob Gutmann and Paul Senior for our free podcast looking back on Liverpool’s 0-0 draw with Manchester United in the Premier League…
