I TELL you what. That was quite the journey. I went from thinking it was just a victory that we were getting to watch The Reds again when so many were so desperate for it not to be happening, to Liverpool making me tear my hair out, to being happy with a point, to...
I LOVE the derby. I’ve always loved the derby. And while this one is undoubtedly going to be weird, it’s another derby nevertheless. Something to feast on after a football famine. And another way to beat Everton. In the summer. In June. On my birthday. It’s a time of...
IT sounds beyond a cliche to categorise supporting Liverpool Football Club as a rollercoaster ride. We seem to all but constantly be at the mercies of the extremities of fate. Our relationship with the team is not a normal one. The average ‘sports fan’ does not go...
I’VE spent most of the week redecorating. To the point where the Premier League return crept up on me inexplicably, despite the fact I’ve remained working within the confines of football’s dystopian world throughout and had three months to prepare...
I’VE been doing a lot of thinking lately. Let’s be honest, we’ve all had plenty of time to do just that during the last 12 weeks or so. I got to thinking about football and what it means to me, how much of a role it plays in my life and how much it has given me over...
YOU don’t miss it till it’s gone. That’s what they always say. There comes a time when a healthy interest develops into an obsession and then, ultimately, into an addiction. I’m lucky, I can hide my own folly in plain sight, even from myself if I must, but take it...
THERE hasn’t been much to celebrate so far in 2020. However, the increasingly palpable presence of young footballers’ voices has certainly been a source of refuge in recent times. Marcus Rashford became an instant hero for Manchester United fans upon scoring on his...
TODAY is Jürgen Klopp’s 53rd birthday, but he won’t be treating it any differently to any other day. The Liverpool manager will be hard at work preparing for the resumption of the Premier League, and Sunday’s Merseyside derby against Everton. I am sure it will not...
THIS generational Liverpool side, perhaps the best we’ve ever seen and will ever see, has some great stories. Trent Alexander-Arnold, the local lad from Liverpool whose dreams came true in Madrid. Jordan Henderson: a player once considered the poster boy for the...
FIRST things first: Happy Birthday, Mo Salah. I can imagine all the lads led by his bezzie Degsy Lovren and the manager gathered round at a social distance singing a song for our Egyptian King today. I can imagine his beaming smile and the shy hands-in-the-sleeves...
