SECOND half Liverpool remembered they were Liverpool. Everton were left with the stark reality of being Everton. Redshite that sentence? Perhaps. But this is what happened. One football side expressed superiority over the other and that superiority drained and drained...
BOUNCING. Absolutely bouncing. Everyone around me, bouncing out of the Riverside after Liverpool scored three goals against Middlesbrough and conceded none. Afterwards, the Liverpool squad came over and showed their appreciation and had that appreciation returned to...
THERE are nights when I am jealous of those who can come to massive conclusions. I just don’t have it in me after that. If you want big bold criticisms, I probably have this one: Liverpool aren’t aggressive enough at 0-2 and 1-3. They don’t do enough...
ONE of my favourite Liverpool stories — and it really does come up over and over again — is the number of people whose dad said that Ian Rush wouldn’t make it at Liverpool. No-one is saying that about Ben Woodburn. Nor though, and the Liverpool...
HUNG on at the whistle. Hung on to give one more ‘is right’ and one more ‘cop for that’ and one more ‘up the Reds’. Hung on to see the manager and the captain in the middle of the pitch and to see them give it the big one, and I...
I THOUGHT long and hard about writing this piece, writes NEIL WILBY. Over the past four years I have made friendships that I deeply cherish amongst the bereaved families, survivors and vanguard campaigners of the Hillsborough Disaster — and I would never,...
WELL well. The inevitable points dropped. They were going to be dropped somewhere. And they couldn’t be dropped better than that; couldn’t be dropped with greater elan and panache. That’s the strange thing. Process and outcome. We have a manager in...
THE Reds. Top of the league. This: – They deserve to be. – Only 11 games gone. – Book nothing for March and April and May. Make no plans. Expect to travel long distances. Prepare to resolve all situations. There is nothing but this right now. How do...
THERE are two important things to take from the game of football: 1. Liverpool are currently the best team in the country. 2. Liverpool think they are the best team in the country. Both of these things are equally important. Don’t get me wrong – Liverpool have a...
SOME of you won’t remember much about Ian Rush. You’ll have heard stories, seen clips. You’ll know about the camera sent tumbling in the back of the Everton net, the four goals at Goodison in the Glenn Keeley derby. You might even have commemorated it in song. You’ll...
