LIVERPOOL versus Newcastle United has in recent years been an emotional not battling fixture, if for our own nostalgic rather than footballing reasons. A returning Rafa has caused The Kop to sing for the opposition, and our civility has been extended to a group of...
GOODFELLAS helicopter morning, there. Woke up white-wined by the biggest removals van I’ve ever seen that unsurprisingly got stuck in the street. Beeping it’s fucking head off… Got up, went the shop, got back, started chopping stuff to marinate lamb, chopped me...
“FOOTBALL is fantastic when it’s a morning match…” (Frank Sidebottom, “Football Is Really Fantastic” – 1983) I’ve quoted the late great Chris Sievey (aka Frank Sidebottom) before for this column. I love Chris/Frank, a man out of and ahead of his time, but he’s...
WITH Newcastle United due at Anfield tomorrow – and the name Gillett linked to the ownership of an English football club once more – memories of the all-too-recent darker ownership days at Liverpool came flooding back this week. Take your pick from the lowlights, from...
WHAT came first, the chicken or the egg? Just how vast is the galaxy? What is Georginio Wijnaldum? With two late goals for his native Netherlands during the international break against both Germany and Estonia, he has looked every inch the class act he often portrays...
A CALL has been made for fans attending this Saturday’s game with Newcastle to show their support for local merchants and vendors by wearing their merchandise. This has nothing to do with an attack on the club, though many may see it as that. There will be no walkout...
THIS might be the worst time of the football season. You’re just about getting into the swing of things and *BAM*, it all comes to a shuddering halt as the first of three international breaks in three months begins. The only positive about this one for Liverpool fans,...
IT’S been an interesting few weeks for some of Anfield’s former flings. From surprisingly under-the-radar loan moves, to inflammatory agent statements, being left out of Champions League squads and even bad publicity surrounding book releases. Say what you want about...
LIVERPOOL top of the league. Unbeaten, unruffled, a fresh new trophy in the club cabinet, the ground buzzing, the positives flowing, the routine back and the weekends filled once more. And then you go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like, “international...
MICHAEL Owen achieved some pretty remarkable feats during his career as a footballer. Winning almost every major honour the club game has to offer — barring a glaring Champions League triumph of which many on Merseyside are only too happy to remind him about — Owen’s...
We get stuck into the big talking points in football finance, with a focus on the financial implications of Salah’s departure from Liverpool, and the ticket price increase.
John Gibbons hosts football business journalist Dave Powell.
