HERE we are again then. Not Easter, eating fish, buying chocolate and pretending to be religious, but an international break. Can’t be arsed with them. I can’t get excited about international football when there’s absolutely nothing riding on it....
SIOBHAN CHAMBERLAIN was the heroine as Liverpool Ladies got their 2016 FA Women’s Super League campaign off to a winning start against Birmingham City Ladies. The new Reds No.1 saved a penalty in the opening five minutes and produced a commanding performance...
IT has been 113 days since Steven Gerrard posted an image of the Liverpool starting line-up that scorched Real Madrid 4-0 at Anfield in March 2009 on Instagram, simply captioned “spine.” It was clumsily cropped and of low quality, but the picture smacked you square in...
WHETHER it’s age or the work I do, I’ve become less emotionally attached to the football I watch as time has progressed. Being paid to sit in football stadiums and report on matches is a privilege. It’s the best part of the job because, for all of the talk in all of...
SUNDAY was a notable day for local players in the north west of England. At 1:30pm, Scouser Jon Flanagan was leading out Liverpool as captain for the first time. A few hours later an 18-year-old striker from Wythenshawe was scoring the winning goal in the Manchester...
A WONDER strike from 17-year old Georgia Stanway and Nikita Parris’s second-half header sent Manchester City Women into the next round of The FA Cup at the expense of Liverpool Ladies. Reds boss Scott Rogers’ first day of the season line-up included seven...
BEING brutally honest with you I’m not entirely sure where to start with that one. Liverpool were simply so dominant but every change made Liverpool weaker while every change made Southampton stronger. Normally you walk out of away grounds and just keep your...
HOW annoying. At half-time we are all laughing and joking and picturing Flanno lifting the Premier League trophy in 2017. At full time we’ve thrown it away, a limp second-half performance that only looked like finishing one way after The Saints equalised. For...
AFTERNOON, everyone. I’ve got loads of thoughts on Southampton v Liverpool but here are five that don’t involve me setting fire to myself. 1) Southampton is so far away it’s basically in the sea. Someone told me my remit here is to convey the...
Stonehenge Where the dogs bark and the cats meow I will take you there I will show you how – D. St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap 1981 STONEHENGE is on the way to Southampton. Just outside Salisbury. It takes forever to get from Liverpool to Southampton so you look for...
