FINAL whistle goes and I’m furious. Furious with Liverpool, furious with them for losing when there’s a big Saturday night planned, for placing that in jeopardy. I’m furious with them because Basement Jaxx are playing in Sefton Park and they...
WASN’T expecting that. Maybe a different approach was needed for a home game. Either way, it doesn’t help if you concede after a couple of minutes. Two weeks to have a think for Brendan. Need to figure out how we score goals. Simon Mignolet 6 Didn’t...
IT seems the opening two matches of Liverpool’s campaign — a pair of dogged, 1-0 victories — have Reds in one of two camps. For every supporter that is lauding wins over Stoke City and Bournemouth, there is another moaning about the substance of six points...
ANFIELD is a changing. From open spaces to the north, to the south, east and the west, it is visible because of the machine beast that is suspended above it: the truss — a word that Liverpool’s home has taken ownership of. Anfield’s regeneration is there when...
I LOVE the first home game of the season. First day of term. Everything clean. Everything fresh. Everything red. And I love Anfield. I don’t say it often enough. But it still makes me go weak at the knees. It still has the capacity to take the breath away. It’s a love...
I’VE only written one article for public consumption before this, writes PAUL COPE. In the wake of Suarez leaving and the despondency that followed, I felt the need to get a few things off my chest in what I intended as a bit of a rallying cry (to be honest, I...
AS a Bristol City fan, my first visit to Anfield was as a teenager in November 1977, writes JON DARCH. It was John Toshack’s last game before leaving to take over as manager at Swansea. Kenny Dalglish gave Liverpool an early lead, but City’s Gerry Gow beat...
ANFIELD’S atmosphere was once a source of pride for Liverpool fans but now it’s perceived by many match-goers to be a problem. This season in particular, the atmosphere – or lack of it – has rarely been off the agenda for Reds at the game. The debate among...
CAN you imagine the conversation? Because I can’t. “Alright lads, yeah, what we’ll do is all chip in and get an aeroplane to fly over Anfield with a banner on the back saying ‘Rodgers out Rafa in’.” In any group of Liverpool fans I...
THOSE lads celebrating the final whistle in front of an exultant Kop. Those lads — chests stuck out, saluting each others indefatigability. Those lads learning how to win together. I love those lads. Liverpool decided, as teams sometimes do, that they were going...
