THE chippy was shut. That wasn’t good. Everything had to be right and in its place. I’d met my mates, we’d shook hands and we’d discussed who would miss out in the midfield. I was a bit worried about the lack of Allen and felt that Coutinho...
SIX to go. The last bend navigated and we’ve straightened up for the finish. The destiny of the title in our hands. This is different; very different. Rewind to a year ago. The 2012-13 Liverpool FC will forever be damned by black and white statistics. When people,...
By David Segar IF they didn’t know then, they know now. Brendan Rodgers’ mighty band of crazy bastards are not only in the Premier League title race, they’re leading it. You want to know how barmy football is? Why all the predicting and forecasting in the world is...
SHERWOOD wasn’t the only one. We bristled with indignation at the very suggestion. Asked who he was, with his comedy cob ons and misplaced arrogance, to question Liverpool’s title credentials. Brendan Rodgers spoke publicly to turn the tables back on a club that had...
WHEN the final whistle went in The Excelsior last night after City/Arsenal all I heard was people saying to each other: “It’s in our hands. It’s in our hands.” Today we grabbed it. Seized it. Knuckles white, grip tight. In our hands. We are Top...
THE nerves, the tension, the joy, the fear – for the title-chase of 2014 see the Champions League run of 2005, says DAVE MARTINEZ. Tuesday May 3, 2005 Whether you were there in body or simply in spirit, you will never forget it. The greatest night in Anfield’s...
The following was originally written as a blog for The Times. Well, no, that’s not true. It was actually the middle section of a blog about something else written for The Times, and then brutally and ruthlessly cut down by heartless sub-editors. I felt it warranted a...
NEVER been to Aintree? You can bet you’re missing out, says MIKE NEVIN. ORGANISED horse racing in the UK predates professional football by more than 100 years and the Grand National – first run officially at Aintree in 1839 and won by an aptly-named beast called...
EVEN when we win ugly, it’s beautiful. Yes, the 2-1 win against Sunderland was an undeniably nervous one, but in many respects that shouldn’t have come as any surprise. Liverpool have just come off the back of a run of five league games, four of them away...
AND on we go. And on we fucking go. That wasn’t nice. That wasn’t fun. That wasn’t Brendan Rodgers’s Tricky Reds. That wasn’t the People’s Champions. That was the Champions Elect. They didn’t play well. It wasn’t pretty....
Salah’s future, summer exit talk, and inside insight from Lewis Steele, plus January pressure on Liverpool to add bodies. Guehi, Branthwaite, Wharton, Konaté’s contract, and who’s really on the radar.
Rob Gutmann hosts John Gibbons, Josh Sexton and Mike Kearney…
