Trips, Tension and Toilets

IN 1990, I went on my first ever holiday abroad, aged 17. It was a roller coaster ride. I went to Toronto with my sister and her husband, to meet for the first time the Canadian branch of our family. I saw The Simpsons for the first time. I ate Tim Horton’s donuts for...

Liverpool 3 (THREE) Manchester City 2 (TWO)

WALKING out the ground there is loads of singing. Loads of harassed faces. I bump into Ben Jono.  Collapse on to his shoulder. This is overwhelming. Everyone is exhausted and exhuberant. This is the essence of tired and emotional. I was terrified for Arsenal. A wreck....
RONNY, OH RONNY RONNY….

RONNY, OH RONNY RONNY….

TWENTY four years ago today, Ronny Rosenthal started his first game for Liverpool, coming into the team for the injured Ian Rush to face Charlton Athletic at Selhurst Park. The Israeli international, who initially arrived on loan from Standard Liege, scored a...

INTERVIEW: ROBBIE FOWLER

THE new Liverpool home kit for 2014-15, launched in Liverpool city centre yesterday, was designed with an eye on the classic kits worn by Reds players during the era of legendery forward Roger Hunt in the 1960s. As well as calling on current stars – Simon...

INTERVIEW: SIMON MIGNOLET

SIMON MIGNOLET, Jordan Henderson, Kolo Toure and Philippe Coutinho were called up by the club to help launch the new 2014-15 LFC home kit at an event in Liverpool city centre. After emerging from a shipping container outside the Hilton, the trio of outfield players...

THE RIDER – CONTRARY

NEIL ATKINSON, John, Steph and Adam have all fallen out and begin the process of making up during the show. Surprise songs, GIFs, The Camerons and more feature in this week’s Rider. Brace yourself.’. Buy tickets for Liverpool Sound City 2014 Direct link to THE...

TAW AWARDS AND END OF SEASON PARTY

WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A PARTY…. Oh we are. What a season it has been. What a season. Heads have gone, shirts have come off, your heart won’t stop pounding. You can’t think of anything else. From now until May 11th you will be able to think of nothing else....

BROKEN

I’VE gone. I’m a broken man. I wasn’t nervous before West Ham. I honestly wasn’t. In my head I’ve allocated different percentages of nerves to different games and I had West Ham at 10% panic. No (or little) sweat. Yes, there’s the Carroll...

SOMETHING’S BREWING

THE England rugby squad that won the World Cup in 2003 had a team shout they used at pressure moments in games. Eventually it grew and became second nature for them, but early on, they’d all say, “TCUP”. It stood for “Think Correctly Under...