IN 1987-88 domestic season football briefly stopped becoming competitive. Liverpool were so dominant at this point that, thanks to the signings of John Barnes, Peter Beardsley and, a year earlier, John Aldridge, the league was a foregone conclusion come Christmas....
ALL wins are equal, but some wins are more equal than others. The nominal value of a League victory never changes. The same amount of points were awarded to Liverpool last night as they were to, say, the Sunderland game. Three. No more, no less. You don’t get bonus...
THE hours following a defeat are never pleasant, particularly after displays such as those final 15 minutes on Sunday. It’s a terrible thing to watch an inevitable act play out before your very eyes and, as Liverpool’s grip slipped from 2-3 to 3-3 to 4-3, there was an...
IN April 1990, Liverpool beat QPR 2-1 at Anfield. A John Barnes penalty won the game and, by extension, the league with two games to go to finally see off the threat of – yes – Aston Villa. All wrapped up to the extent that Kenny brought himself off the bench for the...
I DON’T like it when players leave. I don’t mean any specific player either. I mean just any player. It saddens me that something hasn’t worked out and whoever it is lacked what we need to win things. Well, okay that may not be completely honest – I did breathe a sigh...
I’M always intrigued by the answer to the question ‘What was your first Liverpool game?’ If it were a Cup final or semi or famous win you can raise an eyebrow and nod a ‘Nice’ to them. If it’s an absolute stinker you can grimace and applaud their fortitude for getting...
THE emergence of James Milner in his new defensive role has temporarily ended a litany of unusual/mad/incapable/certifiable left-backs we’ve had going back some 30 years. Although this is not what he signed up for, he has already settled in and has become a key...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUGzgo4PWkQ ON September 27, 1999 in Liverpool L4, Everton striker Kevin Campbell brought down Franny Jeffers’ through ball and slotted it past Sander Westerveld at the Kop end. The game was just four minutes old and Everton led against...
ON July 31, Gerry McIver, the backbone of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign and stalwart of the HJC shop on Walton Breck Road, Anfield, passed away at his home following a long battle with illness. He was 81. If you’ve ever dropped into the shop, which sits opposite...
IT was revealed yesterday afternoon that Mamadou Sakho had been told that he has to find a loan club in order to play regular first team football, as he is unlikely to find it with the Reds. Many have hoped that there would be a solution to this farrago, but it seems...
After Liverpool fell to defeat at Stamford Bridge Trent Alexander-Arnold announced the news that many had seen coming, that he would not be renewing his contract and would be leaving Liverpool this summer.
Joining Neil Atkinson to dissect the news and look back the the defeat to Chelsea are Abi Rudkin, Mike Kearney, Mo Stewart and Rob Gutmann.
