A TWELFTH European Final for Liverpool FC. And it’s been a right laugh along the way; well at least since the draw paired us with Manchester United in the last 16. The word that keeps springing to my mind this fine Friday is enjoyment. Perhaps the cheaper currency of...
YES the Reds! A thoroughly professional performance with goals by wonderful men at wonderful times. Many of those lads have played better, but as a team they were terrific. They completely bought into the manager’s mindset and game plan. They bought into the...
“HE’S given it. He’s given it.” “It was Lallana in the end.” “He’s given it. It’s been given. And look at Kolo.” Look at Kolo. Look at him. We’re on top of each other, shins burning. But look at Kolo....
THERE’S loads of running involved in football you know, writes MATT KENNY. Absolutely loads. More running in a 90-minute period than most of can even hope to do in a week. And that’s before they even have to worry about being good at football and all that goes...
SOME things I love and hate about weeks like this one: 1) I hate the waiting I hate the way I put my life on hold. The treading water. The way the days just drag. The way my work suffers and my relationships become distractions. I force the time away, in the manner in...
THE fury on social media could not match the fume on the team plane. Margins. The smallest of margins. One minute away from an accomplished European away performance against a Villarreal side incredibly formidable in front of their own fans, the final 60 seconds at...
THERE is an illuminating interview in this month’s edition of FourFourTwo magazine with Gary McAllister, who reveals that not only did he read Liverpool fanzines upon joining the club in 2000, but also that an editorial line from one of them acted as motivation. Full...
IT’S a question we can never truly know the answer to. One we can theorise and ponder over without truly nailing a definitive. What comes first, the passion or the performance? After fearing the trademarked famous European Anfield nights had been lost forever,...
TWO years ago I decided to start writing a book. It was to be a work of fiction and would centre around a lowly football club that would defy the odds to win the league title. They would be a team of misfits brought together by an inspirational manager to overcome the...
WITHIN a football club as decorated as Liverpool, some minor achievements will inevitably get overlooked. It is strange, though, how many people have forgotten the last time Liverpool got to a European semi final. It wasn’t that long ago. It is such a forgotten...
