BORDEAUX v LIVERPOOL PREVIEW

BORDEAUX. Just arrived that bit too early for me this autumn. Can’t justify this Thursday to be in amongst the vineyards. Were we playing it when we go to Kazan, well that could be quite different. Means it’ll be the telly for me watching this, though...
THE RIDER – UNRAVELLING

THE RIDER – UNRAVELLING

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...

STEVEN GERRARD: WRITING LIVERPOOL’S WRONGS

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...

YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO… WATCH IT ON THE TELLY

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...
THE COACH HOME: CHERRY EAGLES

THE COACH HOME: CHERRY EAGLES

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...