by Rob Gutmann | May 14, 2016 | Footie
THERE’S no hiding it. It’s going to be a tough one, this one. A game we are going to have to heave over the finishing line of a league season sadly long departed. It would be hard to fashion a contest as potentially uninspiring and lacking in relevance as this....
by John Gibbons | May 12, 2016 | Footie
TOUGH one to score to be honest, mates. A game that mattered less than Sky’s Super Sunday this weekend. Actually thought we started well. We were passing it round nicely and I was wondering when, not if, a goal would come. But then we fell off a bit, Hazard...
by Neil Atkinson | May 12, 2016 | Footie
INJURY-TIME equalisers never go out of fashion. Never have, never will. There’s something fabulous about them. But before we get stuck into this — next season, next season, next season… Next season: Chelsea will be good. Chelsea will be very good....
by Rob Gutmann | May 7, 2016 | Footie
AS he punched the Anfield air on Thursday — again and again – you had that feeling that this was how it was always meant to be. Like it will be from now on. We’ve waited a long time for him. A very long time for him. So long that some of our number will have...
by David Segar | May 3, 2016 | Footie
TWO years ago I decided to start writing a book. It was to be a work of fiction and would centre around a lowly football club that would defy the odds to win the league title. They would be a team of misfits brought together by an inspirational manager to overcome the...
by Martin Fitzgerald | May 1, 2016 | Footie
All right, everyone. Here are my five thoughts on Swansea City 3 Liverpool 1: 1) A Rival I was at a service station on the way to Swansea, queuing up for a coffee, when I sensed his presence. Turning around, uneasily, I confirmed what I suspected – Kristian...
by John Gibbons | May 1, 2016 | Footie
YEAH, that was rubbish. Going to put as much effort into this as the players did. Danny Ward: 7 Conceded three but still our best player. Couple of really good saves. Should maybe come for the first, but others were more at fault. Nathaniel Clyne: 6 Thought he was ok....
by Neil Atkinson | May 1, 2016 | Footie
THERE are loads of mitigating circumstances. Loads and loads. You know them all and you can even probably include the weather, which Liverpool never got to grips with, and the fact that Martin Skrtel is on the pitch. But, to enjoy ourselves, shall we pretend there...
by Rob Gutmann | Apr 30, 2016 | Footie, Hillsborough
ONE of my oldest and bestest friends is from Swansea. I met my friend — let’s call him Ross — when we were both fresh faced 18 year olds dropped into mid-80s Liverpool as undergraduates at Liverpool University. I think Ross was originally studying...
by Martin Fitzgerald | Apr 17, 2016 | Footie
ALL right, everyone. Here are five thoughts on (spoiler alert) Liverpool beating Bournemouth by 2 goals to 1. 1) Email Address On the coach down I overheard some fella having a conversation on the phone. I’m not really sure what it’s about, something about...
