THE grass isn’t always greener on the other side. A phrase I used in this column last Monday in reference to some former Liverpool players who weren’t having the same nice time that the current crop of Reds are, which it could be argued was down to the way they left...
IT’S been an interesting few weeks for some of Anfield’s former flings. From surprisingly under-the-radar loan moves, to inflammatory agent statements, being left out of Champions League squads and even bad publicity surrounding book releases. Say what you want about...
LIVERPOOL beat Manchester United 4-3 with a last-minute own goal at the weekend. That sentence would usually be common knowledge by this point on a Monday, but this was a game between the rivals’ under-18s sides that took place at The Academy in Kirkby on Saturday...
IT’S hard to know what to take from Friday night. While it felt as though Liverpool could have been 6-0 up at half time, it also felt like Norwich were able to get in behind more times than anybody in the home end would have liked – and of course they eventually...
IT’S mad how even a game of football you convince yourself you aren’t arsed about can draw you in like that. Make no mistake, winning that game meant everything until the final whistle blew. You wouldn’t catch many Liverpool supporters moping around after the fact,...
THE emotions are still so raw. When the final whistle blew in the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, I collapsed into my seat, attempting to hold back tears of despair. When the final whistle went in the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, I collapsed onto my knees, unable to...
SINCE August 2008, Manchester City’s ownership have had designs on becoming the best in the world. Their guerrilla strategy involved getting the best minds in place from the top down and using their wealth to get whatever and whoever they wanted. What they perhaps...
I’M gonna have to apologise. Firstly, I apologise that Neil Atkinson can’t bring you these words. That you don’t get to read the absolute poetry he could conjure up in the aftermath of a whirlwind of football like that. I apologise if these words don’t do that for...
SO is this just what we do now? Thousands of scousers taking over a European city, painting it red, drinking it dry and making it dance to the tune of Dirty Old Town or one of the other modern classics. The lads on the pitch doing the business. Them doing it for us....
THIS is nice, isn’t it? With the intensity of a league title challenge threatening to push us all to breaking point, it’s nice to get chance to breathe, take a step back and appreciate the scale of what this team is achieving. Most supporters would tell you they want...
Getting stuck into the big talking points in football finance, this time looking at Gianni Infantino and his plans to sell off the beautiful game to the highest bidder.
John Gibbons hosts football business journalist Dave Powell.
