EVERYBODY talks about 1988. They’re right to. It was a joyous time to be a Red. The double was still in the memory and we made two enormous signings the previous summer to go alongside John Aldridge and the curious Irish-Scottish crossbreed of Ray Houghton, who...
LAST WEEK Red Issue, the United fanzine, announced that their January edition would be their last. After 25 years of following the most successful period in their history, they, like Ferguson, have called it a day. I’ve never read it and I won’t be lamenting its...
IT all started in October 2013. I’m doing an Anfield Wrap podcast the day after our 3-1 home win against Crystal Palace. The game marked the return of Luis Suarez, a gem of a goal by Daniel Sturrridge which, due to there being so many last season, has been lost...
TWO wins on the bounce. Ah yes, I remember this. Wins by two clear goals. Must be Christmas. Leicester City was great. A nice pub before the game, a load of mates going up, something called a ‘Morrissey burger’ beforehand and, in my case, a new ground. Hi, my name is...
OURS is a club of extremes. We’re either in or out, up or down, black or white. The middle path is the one least travelled. We sway from the darkest cynicism to checking out next May’s Berlin hotel availability an hour after we’ve just been gubbed by Real Madrid. We...
I MIGHT as well tell you now – this isn’t going to be popular. Four years ago today, Fenway Sports Group/New England Sports Ventures took over Liverpool Football Club and delivered us from evil. For many it was like the last few minutes of Return of the Jedi....
https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldGlory/status/511972310530928640 https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldGlory/status/510859691770273792 I’M sorry, but you’ve driven me to this. I don’t want to shout but I’ve really got to say something. Something about Liverpool fans....
FERNANDO Torres is about to pack his bags and head off to Italy. He’ll leave a rich man, he’ll leave with almost every honour in the game and, if he has any humanity, he’ll leave with a sense of waste. He’ll be replaced at Chelsea by a man who failed a medical at...
LIVERPOOL manager Bob Paisley paid a British record £440,000 to bring Kenny Dalglish south from Celtic. As a player at Anfield, Kenny won six league titles, two FA Cups, four League Cups, three European Cups and one Super Cup. It’s widely recognised as the best...
I MIGHT be guilty of over-doing the Ray Kennedy stuff. There will be mates of mine who are cackling at that sentence. Might be? I’ll come clean. I’m more than guilty. I never shut up about him. Growing up, Ray was my favourite player. Kenny came close and...
