by Gareth Roberts | Aug 23, 2017 | Footie
THERE’S no doubt that Jürgen Klopp was tempted to Liverpool because he spotted something special about the club; something different, something he could work with and use to his advantage. Behind the smiles and the stony stare, the quips and the takedowns, in...
by Gareth Roberts | Aug 15, 2017 | Footie
IT’S always a special moment when a local talent tipped to come good at the football club you support does just that. There has been a buzz about Trent Alexander-Arnold for some time now — his name being touted around by those that watch Liverpool at every...
by Rob Gutmann | Aug 14, 2017 | Footie
I’M penning this on a plane. You may never get to read it. If Hoffenheim knock Liverpool out of the European Cup you won’t hear from me again either. The stakes, they are high. I’m looking down on you but we’re in this together. Just right now,...
by Adam Smith | May 25, 2017 | Footie
THE season is over, the season is done. After 38 league games, a handful of cup matches and numerous moments of panic, the Premier League has come to its conclusion for another year. For some it will be seen as something of a disappointment, believing that we were in...
by Phil Blundell | May 24, 2017 | Footie
IT feels a bit strange to say that a club with 18 domestic league titles is defined by their European success, but that’s the case for Liverpool. It’s also the case for a whole host of top clubs. Off the top of your head, think about how many European Cups Real Madrid...
by Josh Sexton | May 24, 2017 | LFC News
LIVERPOOL’S final-day flourish to secure fourth place in the Premier League means The Reds will have to navigate a two-legged playoff this month before a Champions League group-stage spot is in the bag. While it could be seen as another potential banana skin in...
by Rob Gutmann | May 19, 2017 | Footie
THE last day of term, then. Always a strange feeling. The sense that something is ending, changing, and that life is going to be a bit different from here on in. I’ll locate the season tickets – cleverly hidden at the back of a drawer no burglar would ever think to...
by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 16, 2017 | Footie
IT HAS to rank as one of the most famous moments in the history of Liverpool Football Club. David Fairclough — off the bench — receiving that pass and scoring that goal — the strike that sealed his nickname, and put Liverpool on their way to a first...
by Neil Scott | Dec 7, 2016 | Footie
ONE of the things about a birthday, a thing no-one really warns you about as you surf the waves of youth, is the feeling of existential dread it can trigger. The more birthdays you have, the greater the sense of impending doom. Mortality becomes a series of fading...
by Phil Blundell | Nov 23, 2016 | Footie
I’M considering asking Robbo to change the name of this column to ‘Stuck between a rock and a hard place’. Given the paucity of midweek football the Reds are going to play this year it can be a bit difficult to write something about the weekend’s football just gone...
