THERE’S a certain irony that on the same weekend Liverpool take on Arsenal at Anfield, one plan for an extension of the famous old ground is hopefully abandoned for another. Arsenal, of course, ditched their traditional home of 93 years – Highbury – for...
LIVERPOOL and Manchester City will not play Premier League football at the same time again until the last day of this season. That’s a prediction rather than a fact at the moment, but Sky and BT have not paid £5billion to miss a second of this title race now. If you...
FOOTBALL can be so cruel. I’m finding it hard to be disappointed in any member of this Liverpool side after last night. These lads were the best team in the Champions League this season, but come away from the final without the trophy to show for it. For a team that...
WHATEVER club you support, we all have our pre-match routines: attire adorned, stomach lined, bets placed, mates met, ale sank, turnstile clicked, adrenaline pumping, form forgotten, writes JOEL ROOKWOOD. With kick off imminent you become consumed by the impending...
“LIVERPOOL are a big club, we have to bring Liverpool back in the Champions League, because it’s where it has to be.” That was Philippe Coutinho last month, responding to yet another round of questions about interest in his services from Barcelona. That Liverpool are...
OCTOBER 17, 2010. What a time to be alive. Mediocre Liverpool managed by a mediocre manager resided in the relegation zone — floundering in an unthinkable 19th place in the Premier League with just six points won from eight games played. A depressing figure of...
WATCHING the Reds has been tough over the past month because of poor results and the feeling of the momentum being killed, writes PHIL SMITH. Wednesday night was hard to take and there was a lot of bitterness and anger in the aftermath of the game. On the pitch it was...
I’M always intrigued by the answer to the question ‘What was your first Liverpool game?’ If it were a Cup final or semi or famous win you can raise an eyebrow and nod a ‘Nice’ to them. If it’s an absolute stinker you can grimace and applaud their fortitude for getting...
LIVERPOOL fans are on the crest of a wave right now. A newly-expanded Main Stand is finally open. We have one of the best managers in world football signed on a long-term contract and he has the Reds playing scintillating stuff, with Jürgen Klopp’s side now...
FOR the first time in almost a quarter of century, The Main Stand is no longer a misnomer. Housing upwards of one third (20,200 to be exact) of Anfield’s new 54,742 capacity, this impressive new monolith dwarfs the Centenary Stand opposite and the famous Kop to its...