by Michael Nevin | May 26, 2017 | Footie
I MUST admit to a slight envy of Manchester United this week. Seeing them carry off the beautifully crafted former UEFA Cup, by dint of winning the undervalued Europa League put a real gloss on United’s hitherto uninspiring season. Jose Mourinho’s manic escape from a...
by Dan Morgan | May 25, 2017 | Footie
“LET it not be said that achievement is no less rewarding without the material gratification of a tangible reward.” It’s alright that, isn’t it? I’ve just made it up. Nevertheless, I hope it stirred up some form of resonance with you, until you realised it was as far...
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 Andy Heaton | May 21, 2017 | Footie
WHAT a difference a few minutes can make, albeit with 15 minutes of half-time in the middle. Got to be honest, the head nearly fell off. NO, YOU FUCKING CALM DOWN. Simon Mignolet: 7 Rocking the new Sensible Soccer green goalie top — may as well have been on the...
by Neil Atkinson | May 21, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
“BE kind. In the first place try to be nothing but kind.” My mental note where I start all of these things. Seasons are fractured. Shall we do our best, one last time? Let’s go, Reds… — As a city Liverpool only makes complete sense in an...
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 David Segar | May 19, 2017 | Footie
SO here it is. An entire season comes down to this. It may not be the prize we were all dreaming of when Gini Wijnaldum slammed home number six against Watford in November, but it nonetheless represents an advancement of this football team and the next stage in Jürgen...
by John Gibbons | May 18, 2017 | Footie
FRIDAY night I drove to Nottingham with The Shipbuilders. It was fun but I couldn’t drink and it was a late one because Nottingham is always slightly further than you think. I also woke up on Saturday earlier than I wanted to and couldn’t get back to sleep...
by Phil Blundell | May 17, 2017 | Footie
LAST week Jürgen Klopp claimed the gap to Chelsea was not as large as the table suggests, it’s a comment that is always going to be met with howls of derision. I typed words along these lines in to Twitter to gauge the reaction and was met by an Evertonian accusing...
by Gareth Roberts | May 14, 2017 | Footie
“WE’RE the best behaved supporters in the land (when we win),” goes the chant. “We’re a right shower of bastards when we lose,” it adds. Perhaps it’s time for amendment to that last line in 2017. Because that’s been an accurate description of much of the...
