THERE’S a reason Nike fought so hard for Liverpool. It isn’t just because they’re world, European and soon to be domestic champions. It is because Nike loves the idea of selling fairy tales of achievement, resolve and making the impossible possible. They, therefore,...
I WONDER if you’re one of those people who attributes the glory of Istanbul to a mere half-time substitution. I wouldn’t blame you if you did, but you’d be barking up the wrong tree. It’s not your fault. You can’t possibly know the truth behind the greatest comeback...
I HAD a strange relationship with Liverpool’s 2004-5 Champions League campaign. I didn’t watch the Olympiakos game live. It was a friend’s 18th birthday party and I felt obligated to go, coupled with being too nervous to watch the game, so I recorded it with the aim...
John Gibbons, Neil Atkinson, Damian Kavanagh and Ian Ryan talk through the anniversaries on May 25, including Liverpool’s first European Cup win in Rome in ’77 and their fifth in Istanbul in ’05… If you're already subscribed, click here to...
Helping you find a footie fix, as Gareth Roberts, Mo Stewart, Kev Walsh and Connor Phillips get stuck into ‘One Night In May’, the Sky documentary on Liverpool’s 2005 Champions League triumph…
IF we played a game of Liverpool FC word association, and I threw at you the words “beach ball”, then there’s only one player that’s going to come to mind, writes GREG POWER. But even before Pepe Reina’s injustice at Sunderland in 2009, I associated a very...
Liverpool celebrated a famous victory in the ICC to put them top of their group. Here are your ratings. Mignolet 6 Had literally nothing to do all game, could have had a deck chair, pipe and slippers. Alexander-Arnold 7 (Sub 45) Another assured performance from the...
IT’S Istanbul Day, and while we all know the tale of Liverpool’s dramatic comeback to lift the European Cup for a fifth time, there’s another story to tell: that of the fans. Gareth Roberts is joined by Stephen Evans, John Gibbons, Jon Jones and John...
THE Wrap Up is our daily subscriber show focussing on the latest LFC developments. Today guest host Melissa Stevens is joined by John Gibbons to round up all the day’s news. Liverpool have finally announced their pre-season tour. Melissa and John bring you the...
I’M going to let you in on one of my (many, very, very many) idiosyncrasies: I like order. Specifically, I like order in terms of dates, in terms of history. I like things to tie up, to be neat and tidy and…well, orderly. I used to have this history...
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Weekender: Can Liverpool Find Their Home Comforts?
John Gibbons is joined by Adam Smith, Karl Coppack and Alison McGovern to look back at the Real Madrid loss and ahead to the Aston Villa game.
Also on the show Lizzi Doyle speaks to Director of Culture for Liverpool Claire McColgan on pilot events and things coming up for the city, and John Gibbons speaks to director Rod Dixon about Homebaked: The Musical.
