The Rider has a guest! An actual guest! Dan Wilson, lead singer of The Cubical has just released his first solo album – All Love Is Blind – and he is in the studio to discuss that, the Beard District and generally just where stuff is. He also plays Ladder...
EPISODE 2 of The Central League saw host John Gibbons joined by Rob Gutmann and Kristian Walsh to talk about the loan policy of young players at Liverpool and how it might benefit the club. They also talked about the players left and how they were getting on in the...
VERSION three. I keep starting this and it comes out all wrong. I’ve tried my usual tricks of starting with a point that seems unrelated to football and then revealing the direction that I was always going in, in a frankly smart-arsed manner. I wrote a whole...
I WATCHED with amusement and frustration as Manchester City’s players, having been beaten by Juventus, avoided speaking to the media in the Etihad Stadium last night. All of the classic tricks were performed. Samir Nasri, refusing to make eye contact, nuzzled his...
I FIRST remember all this back in the Comprehensive days. The scrunched-up face and scowl from a kid who was too cool for school: “You’re an armchair, lad.” At the time, aged about 13, I was. Violins out, but I’ve never been to a match with my...
I REMEMBER the glory days of crowd-funding. Bands allowing you to pay for an album before it is made so they can record it. Young film-makers who can’t get the interest of production companies trying to make their first movie. Giving the public the chance to...
AFTER the Manchester United game Neil Atkinson, Sean Rogers and Paul Cope sit down and drag through the ashes of Liverpool’s disappointing defeat. There’s talk of identity and more on the Tuesday Review.
GARETH ROBERTS was joined by Ian Salmon and Karl Coppack as they run the rule over three Liverpool right-backs. If you're already subscribed, click here to...
BOURNEMOUTH are scoring goals and competing with everyone they face. Crystal Palace are riding high and looking dangerous. Everton beat Chelsea with a Gary Naismith hat-trick! It might be gloomy at Anfield at the moment, but other clubs are managing to have fun in the...
BRENDAN RODGERS: “That was part of my reflection when I left Reading, that I did veer from my philosophy under pressure for results, I wasn’t being true to myself. I can adapt and be pragmatic of course, but I had success all my life as a coach working...
