THERE’S a reason Nike fought so hard for Liverpool. It isn’t just because they’re world, European and soon to be domestic champions. It is because Nike loves the idea of selling fairy tales of achievement, resolve and making the impossible possible. They, therefore,...
I WONDER if you’re one of those people who attributes the glory of Istanbul to a mere half-time substitution. I wouldn’t blame you if you did, but you’d be barking up the wrong tree. It’s not your fault. You can’t possibly know the truth behind the greatest comeback...
I HAD a strange relationship with Liverpool’s 2004-5 Champions League campaign. I didn’t watch the Olympiakos game live. It was a friend’s 18th birthday party and I felt obligated to go, coupled with being too nervous to watch the game, so I recorded it with the aim...
FOR all that the actual football grabs us, there’s always something more. Something surrounding, something special: a story that we grab on to and hold dear. Last weekend, Bundesliga resumed and the sniff of something new in a world stuck on repeat provided a welcome...
FIRST and foremost, I didn’t have a team of choice as so many seemed to. If you heard any of The Anfield Wrap Weekender or Wildcard shows from last week you will have heard me flip flop between saying I don’t care for any other team and tentatively picking one as a...
CITIES with a troubled past are often the best. Look at Paris, home of an art revolution and civil unrest; London, changes of order and riot; and Rome, once the capital of the entire world. It’s even better if that city has a port as you’ve a nice mix of culture...
FOOTBALL is back. Lovely, efficient, German football. Josh asked each of us to pick a Bundesliga team to throw our full support behind on the first weekend back in the German top flight. After much contemplation, I opted for Borussia Moenchen… Borussia Moenchengl…...
IT was like Christmas Day morning… Well, Christmas Day morning if it had been postponed for two months. And it wasn’t the real Father Crimbo, just some random old fella with a beer belly and some grey stubble. And instead of the latest games console with all the best...
FIRST of all, you have to own it. The Premier League by its sheer existence demands as much. The league has become a monster nobody can currently control. It has almost taken on an artificial lifeform as a being that defines a whole existence for many of us. And here...
THE latest meeting of the Premier League took place earlier this week. As expected, nothing much was decided other than future talking points and a rejection of the notion of neutral venue games. That’s fine. It’s important not to make snap decisions when this and...
Getting stuck into big talking points within the world of football finance, discussing FGS’s Plans for expansion…John Gibbons is joined by football writer Dave Powell.
