What Steven Gerrard’s return to Anfield with Aston Villa told us about the past, the present and the future of Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool… I’VE often wondered if there’s a footballing equivalent of synaesthesia — the act of experiencing one...
With a big difference in the generations of Liverpool’s support, where would this side rank among the best the older generation had seen? I HAD plenty of room to celebrate when Diogo Jota knocked in his second-minute goal for Liverpool on Saturday. My...
Liverpool’s midfield has seen a serious amount of chopping and changing this season, but will it be able to sustain continued upheaval? HOW do you control fate? How do you herd cats? On the way to the game on Saturday I heard Radio 5 Live discuss the...
With Manchester United’s CEO of Media speaking out about footballers’ social media, what do we expect from them in terms of fan engagement? IN the 1990s, Duncan Ferguson was a guest at a press day for the launch of a new range of Mitre boots. As he...
Liverpool’s defeat to West Ham was their first competitive loss in seven months, but despite the bigger picture it was still hard to take… THERE’S every chance that you’ll read this in a more placid mood than the one in which I write. You may have...
Despite falling to a disappointing draw against Brighton & Hove Albion, Liverpool can bounce back quick so long as they keep showing humility… I WAS in Brighton a few weeks ago. My mate Matt lives near there so, as a birthday present, I bought us...
It was a historic day at Old Trafford as Liverpool put five past Manchester United, but where does it rank among The Reds all-time wins? WELL… I mean… Well… What do you say about that? How do you sum that up in a thousand words? How do you channel 30-plus years...
Despite another convincing win and display on Saturday, Liverpool remain third favourites for the title. Yet we, the fans, like it this way… KEEP talking about Manchester City. Keep talking about Chelsea. Make everything about Manchester United, Ronaldo...
After six years at Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp has managed to achieve what his predecessors couldn’t – in more ways than one… SIX years is a long time for any manager to be in place. Not many make it that far. In our recent history, only Rafa...
Assessing Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Manchester City at Anfield – now that the dust has settled are we more prepared to see it as a good point? LAST week I wrote about how draws are defeats nowadays. It’s never good to take the lead twice and come...
The third episode of season one of The Pub Crawlers Podcast was recorded in Nottingham, as Rob Gutmann hosts Steve Graves and Martin Fitzgerald to discuss the local pub scene, Indian restaurants, students, and more…
The Pub Crawlers Podcast represents a quest to find the very best authentic UK pubs, filmed on location inside some of the finest boozers across the UK and Ireland.
Well, sort of. It’s equally about friends having three to four pint-fuelled, quintessential pub conversations, on any subjects that damn well occur to them, in a range of outstanding boozers across the land. So, really, it’s as much about what we get up to in pubs as the pubs themselves.
The shows are presented by self-styled boozer connoisseur and long-time pub designer and owner, Rob Gutmann, who is on a mission to find the very best pubs in the UK and to define the essence of the ‘true’ pub.
Featuring a wide range of guests (mainly Rob’s mates), we’ll be visiting pubs the length and breadth of the country, bedding into the very best of them, and chatting about our lives lived in and around boozers.
The first season of the Pub Crawlers focuses on the North of England, taking in Chester, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, and even a brief foray to the north side of the Midlands in Nottingham.
Plug yourself in to the ongoing conversation as it disappears down all manner of tenuously pub-related worm holes, with your new mates at TPC. And you don’t need a pint to enjoy us, but it might help…
