by Karl Coppack | Feb 10, 2014 | Footie
THE latest application from the South Yorkshire Police to receive public funds to meet legal costs of the new Hillsborough inquest has been met with disdain amongst Liverpool fans. The families themselves received no such monies during their long fight for justice so...
by Karl Coppack | Jan 19, 2014 | Footie
This has been an extraordinary season. Logic and order have taken a back seat as we’ve rode the steepest of roller coasters. A flying start, a rival bested early on, the routine hammering of the dross, two narrow defeats against title contenders and the utter...
by Karl Coppack | Dec 19, 2013 | Footie
THIS is not The Old Trafford Wrap. I appreciate that. Yes, I know there’s the ‘who is obsessed with who’ thing going on but this is a special case. It’s not often you get to write about United having a poor season so I’m grasping the nettle while it’s available. I...
by Karl Coppack | Dec 11, 2013 | Footie
THE old saying is true. Never meet your heroes. For every Titan from your youth who you’d watch week in, week out and wondered just how they could cope with being in their own skin, there’s the embarrassment of idiotic pundits, casual racists or those possessing...
by Karl Coppack | Nov 26, 2013 | Footie
I’LL come clean. I’m writing this after a good couple of hours with Red or Dead, David Peace’s behemoth novelisation of Shankly’s life. It’s a remarkable piece of work. Some say it highlights the constant repetition of football life. From game to day...
by Karl Coppack | Oct 31, 2013 | Footie
THERE’S a danger in getting carried away with things. In January 2006 Everton released a DVD to commemorate their strong start. They called it ‘Off To A Flyer’. This was not to herald a decent return for the beginning of the season, mind. Oh no. This was the beginning...
by Karl Coppack | Oct 22, 2013 | Footie
THERE’S scene in the film ‘In The Name of the Father’ where a government official leafs through the prison file of wrongly convicted Guildford Four member Giuseppe Conlon. Conlon is dying while incarcerated and has appealed for compassionate leave...
by Karl Coppack | Oct 9, 2013 | Footie
ONE of the saddest times in the recent history of the club was the day that Kenny Dalglish became a divisive character to Liverpool fans. It’s hard to put your finger on the actual day – possibly the day Carroll signed or maybe Downing and Henderson but...
by Karl Coppack | Sep 24, 2013 | Footie
WEDNESDAY night sees another Cup tie against ‘our friends from the other end of the M62’ (George Sephton, under P.R duress, April 1988) and the continuation of the Scouse-Manc bunfight. It’s the League Cup so no one should be ‘that’ arsed...
by Karl Coppack | Aug 29, 2013 | Footie
“No Scot ever made a bigger impact on a club than Bill Shankly. Others may claim an equal share of trophies and Matt Busby comes to mind with his wonderful record crowned by the European Cup, but not even Matt would claim the kinship with the fans that Bill...
