WORKING part-time in retail is, without doubt, one of the most insipid ways to make a living in modern Britain. Your days are repetitive, you’re not engaged. You flog cheap tat to hard-working people, while the conglomerate in control reaps the profits and pays...
IN an interview with German newspaper Die Welt at the weekend, Jürgen Klopp was asked about Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea investing heavily in new players. José Mourinho, Pep Guardiola and Antonio Conte “are not known to go shopping at...
PROMISING youth prospects departing for pastures new in order to play regular first-team football and further their career after struggling to establish themselves at their first major club is nothing new. We’ve seen it at Liverpool on numerous occasions. Dani...
“IF it’s easy in each game in the pre-season, then we get the first problem in the first game in the Premier League. So we want to have the problems in the pre-season and be well prepared in the Premier League.” Although that quote is from Jürgen...
WHEN it comes to everyday life, I’m broadly pessimistic. When the referendum result was announced, for example, I didn’t shrug my shoulders and think, “we’ll make it work”. Instead, I slipped into a rather dark state, fearing what the future will...
ALEX Manninger was on trial with Liverpool earlier this week. He might still be today, but I don’t really know the minutiae of how these things works. Either way, Liverpool decided they needed a third-choice goalkeeper. Manninger offers someone who speaks English, has...
PETER Beardsley cost a British record transfer fee of £1.9million when he was lured to Liverpool in July 1987. After initially struggling at Anfield, he went on to form a formidable partnership with John Aldridge and John Barnes. After that slow start, which yielded...
NATASHA Harding struck her first goal in a red shirt as Liverpool Ladies eased to a comfortable 2-0 win over promoted side Reading FC Women. Both goals came in quick succession during the first half, Laura Coombs had teed Harding up for hers and then netted one of her...
I RECEIVED an email this morning. Some of you may have received the same email. If not, you may have possibly noticed it mentioned in passing on Twitter. To be honest, I found out about it from Twitter before I saw the email. Don’t check my emails that often at...
