“ALLE ersatzteile, jungs?” or for non-German speakers: “Any spares, lads?” Right, you are going to have to go with me on this, it’s been a while, writes KEITH SALMON. For those who don’t know, I wrote the fabulous We Had Dreams And Songs...
HERE’S how this starts: In football, as in life, you’re surrounded by hindsight. It’s everywhere, colouring your outlook, shaping your views. You can’t move for the stuff. All the opinions, all the analysis, all the outrage. All formed with hindsight. All the...
IT wasn’t particularly surprising. Boring is what Liverpool do in European aways. Always have done, and in a two-legged affair it usually works. It’s also evident what they do these days following massive wins. They bring you to a point where you say: “These...
THE recent furore over FSG’s proposed ticket price increases has died down a little in the wake of their almost immediate climbdown and apology, but when we take a step back it is easy to remain cynical about their view of supporters. Let’s face it we were given a...
THERE is a myth that football is entertainment, or that it was once entertaining. We can wear rose-tinted specs when we look at the past — spectacles that are so often false. When I was about 22, Liverpool played Vitesse Arnhem in two games of football...
“DO you fancy doing the numbers tonight, E?” “Yeah, sound, go ‘ed, it’ll be a laugh.” “Ok, all you’ve got to do is fill it with the wit and pith that Gibbo does and be prepared for the internet to hate you.” “Yeah, cool,...
LIVERPOOL go into tonight’s Europa League match with Augsburg with a proud record gainst German sides to protect. The Reds have played 36 matches against German opposition (including sides from the former East Germany), winning 17, drawing 12 and losing seven. Here...
JÜRGEN Klopp thinks Augsburg is “really cool” and he’s right you know. It’s an attractive city with its cobbles and spires, but also has this gritty feel to it. “Real” was another word the manager used as a description and it’s bang on. There’s a Irish bar...
MOMENTS that change things. I was working in a record shop. Late eighties. Mentioned this before. Lots of times. 1988 going into 89. That summer of 89 when all we did was tell anybody that looked like they’d ever seen a guitar that what they really needed in...
THE rumours began to circulate on Sunday morning. I watched, listened and read as the word spread further and further but I could not allow myself to believe it until the team-sheet was published on Twitter around 1pm Daniel Sturridge, Phil Coutinho and Roberto...
