RAHEEM, lad, stop messing, writes MELISSA REDDY. Throwback to five years ago, and Raheem Sterling — shy and self-conscious — was fidgeting around in his suit from Next as he waited to collect an award. He was 15, had no media experience, and was terrified...
FOOTBALL — perhaps more than any other industry — loves its heroes. It loves creating them, it loves rewarding them, it loves showing them off and, ultimately, it loves to destroy them. Fuelled by a combination of supporter adulation, media hype and...
THERE was a time when it looked like it wouldn’t happen for Peter Crouch at Liverpool. Arriving at the home of the reigning European Champions from Southampton for a fee of £7million, the 6ft 7ins striker from Macclesfield was written off by many before he even...
HAVE you ever looked up Barcelona’s honours list? I just did. I knew it would be good. But for the record it reads: 22 times La Liga Champions, 26 times Copa del Rey winners, four times European Cup winners (smiles) and four times European Cup Winners’ Cup winners....
FINALLY free. You, me and Fernando, writes MELISSA REDDY. There was a delay of a few seconds; unintentionally deliberate and dramatic. The song, that song was being sung again. Lips were moving and ‘Fernando Torres, Liverpool’s number nine’ was loudly in motion, but...
AT least we had the sense to get out of it before Christmas, we could see what was coming — Madrid had already shown us. R.I.P English Football, we’ll be back down to three qualification spots before you know it, writes BEN McCAUSLAND. With the hand-wringing,...
FIRST of all, Brendan Rodgers is NOT “a fraud”. It seems madness that after a first defeat since December in the league many have reverted to levelling this at the manager once again. Constructive criticism, discussion and analysis is fine, but some of the...
I’M not sure why I’m here today. What exactly is this game? I’m broadly aware there’s a charity involved. Hasn’t Gerrard already had a testimonial? I’ve heard some people refer to it as “the Gerrard memorial game”, but...
I’VE read a few articles recently where people have reminisced about their favourite players of yesteryear and it evoked memories of my own personal idol, Paul Anthony Walsh, writes GILL NEVIN. My adoration for him during his time at Anfield and for some time...
ACCORDING to the always excellent LFCHistory.Net, Liverpool FC has scored 9,408 goals in 5,456 competitive matches. So for a goal to live long in the memory for a lot of Reds, it has to be a bit special. This was a bit special. On this day 31 years ago, after a dour...
