Carra: The end of an era

By NEIL SCOTT PERHAPS more than any other sport, football is about individual moments. Those snapshots of genius, of madness, of calamity or despair which, taken in isolation, act as a kind of symbolic shorthand for a particular match, a season, sometimes even a...

HFSG auction: ’96’ jackets

THE second phase of a special auction to bid for the unique ’96’ jackets worn by Liverpool and Manchester United players is now live for two weeks only – with all proceeds raised going to the Hillsborough Family Support Group (HFSG). The first phase of the...

GIT AWARD – 2013

THE GIT Award night was good last year. I remember getting very drunk, watching 10 great acts perform, and having a nice chat with Ian Broudie. As nights out go, I’d class that as a belter. But it wasn’t solely put on for my enjoyment. The idea of the ‘Scouse...

Tickets: We’re paying the price for tribalism

FOOTBALL, as Jimmy Greaves said on more than one occasion, is a funny old game. It still is. But now it’s not just the game that is ‘funny’ – it’s the ever increasing circus that continually performs around it, even when no actual football is being played. Once upon a...

PODCAST: A GOOD POINT

Neil, Rob, Mike, Phil, Kristian, Andy, Mike Nevin and Joel Richards dive into Parr St to mull over the more than deserved point at The Etihad Direct link to PODCAST: A GOOD POINT Podcast RSS feed iTunes [smart_track_player...

Are Reds too black and white to see grey?

FIFTY Shades of Grey isn’t just a glorified porno to reawaken the lost libido of a million bored housewives – it’s also an accurate phrase for what has taken place at Anfield this season. Far too many assessments of Liverpool’s progress or lack...

HJC AUCTION: TWO TICKETS FOR TAW ON TOUR

WITH only two weeks to go to our sold out first-ever gig in Bray with The Tea Street Band, Guillem Balague and Tony Evans and demand still strong, we’re offering you the chance to bid for two spaces on the strictly limited and exclusive guest list. As well as...

CITYTALK: FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN

Neil is joined in the tower by John Gibbons and Kevin Sampson as they look back at the Arsenal game, look forward to City and the weekend as well as revealing details of a second date in NYC at the legendary 11th Street Bar. Tickets available here FIRST WE TAKE...

COUTINHO IS NOT THE NEW LUCAS

YOU can’t fail to get excited by the signing of a 20-year old Brazilian prodigy wearing the iconic no. 10. Some will feel that it is inevitably all downhill from here for Philippe Coutinho; every first touch will be forensically examined, every impartial observer will...