I GET all the good ones… I had thought before kick off that an early goal is exactly what we needed. Quieten the crowd and kill their hope. Actually, it arguably worked against us. We drifted through the game from then on rather like a training session and were...
LIVERPOOL have had their share of “cult” heroes. What is the definition of a cult hero? According to the dictionary: “a writer, musician, artist, or other public figure greatly admired by a relatively small audience or is influential despite limited (commercial)...
GET out the way, West Brom. Just move, will ya? Only the European Cup matters. I think only the European Cup has ever mattered. All else is chimera. Can you even be a Liverpool supporter without feeling this way about the European Cup? It defines no English team the...
THE recent positioning from The Government and The Premier League regarding rail seating and the desire of football fans to stand at matches is more than a little odd so far. Not only are the statements and justifications lacking in real detail – for instance, how was...
The second in our series of free audio documentaries revisiting notable days in Liverpool Football Club’s history. This time we head back to November 6, 1982 and to Goodison Park for a derby victory Liverpool fans still sing about to this day. Helping us tell the...
FIFTY-six minutes in at the Etihad and Mo Salah is the coolest person in the ground. The away end had barely finished appealing for a penalty to be given for a foul on Sadio Mane when the Egyptian king deftly lifted the ball over a collapsing Nicolas Otamendi, to put...
RIGHT, I know we haven’t really, but this feels a bit like we’ve got a week off between articles full of drama and references to emojis and Cambridge Analytica, so I think it’s best that we use it productively. To that end, let’s start with a bit of admin. For those...
“LIVERPOOL need a 20-goal a season striker.” That has been a dominant narrative perpetuated throughout the post-Luis Suarez era, with any hopes of Daniel Sturridge taking up that mantle scuppered by persistent knocks and strains, curtailing the his ability to fulfil...
WHAT a strange week of football that was. Manchester United beating Manchester City with a second-half turnaround, Roma coming back from 4-1 down to beat Barcelona, Juventus nearly doing similar to Real Madrid, Red Bull Salzburg coming from 5-2 down on aggregate with...
A FRIEND’S dad has made it a hobby of his to religiously run the rule over Liverpool’s up-and-coming talent. It’s his bit of “me time” – when he escapes from the family and plays amateur scout for a couple of hours. Watching the club’s academy sides at Kirkby, he...
