FOR me he will always be the personification of Liverpool Football Club. Every characteristic Ronnie Moran possessed was shared and utilised by the club he loved. He could be hard when someone was slacking off and ruthless when a player could no longer reach the...
THIS night began with me nearly being run over outside the HJC shop. My mates and I had been raising some money for a former Liverpool great and would often meet people who wanted to help out. It so happened that on the night of the Madrid game we met a man called...
PHIL Neal is Liverpool’s greatest ever full-back. He just is. In any discussion of our finest Liverpool 11s his name is usually cemented into the number two shirt, even by those who didn’t see him play. It’s just a truism. If you’re tempted to compile a list, write...
IF you’re of sufficient age but are struggling to recall this game it’s generally known as the ‘tear gas game.’ Yes, the Liverpool v Manchester United game that escalated to chemical warfare. The two FA Cup games of 1985, recently covered here as part of ‘The Rivals’...
LET me take you back to a painful day in our recent history. Sunday April 27, 2014. Liverpool 0 Chelsea 2. That one. I was low down on The Kop that day with my mate Tony. Front row, corner flag. We were so close to the action that we could have tapped Iago Aspas on...
BRIAN Tinnion. This is all about Brian Tinnion. Younger readers may struggle to recall the highlights of Brian’s career, as his is a name which isn’t easily recalled by many of their generation so the salient facts are these. He played the majority of his football...
HOW many emotions can you go through while watching the game? If I can chart my own during the Swansea game they would chronologically run as follows; excitement (the Reds were playing) followed by a slight concern, a sense of unluckiness, boredom, more boredom, a...
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...
How The Reds Measure Up To Champions League Rivals: TAW Midweek Extra
With the first fixtures of this years Champions League upon us, on this weeks ‘Midweek Extra’ we look at the squad strength of the other British teams in the years competition and compare them to what the Reds have at their disposal.
John Gibbons is joined by Adam Smith, Kiefer MacDonald and Kev Reilly.