With the World Cup in full flow, the big story around the England football team is the publishing of training ground notes which appeared to give the team away for England’s upcoming game against Panama. Several British newspapers printed the pictures, but were...
THE story of England at Italia 90 cannot be told without considering happenings off the field, writes SIMON HART in a chapter from his new book, World in Motion: The Inside Story of Italia 90. Only five years had passed since the Heysel Stadium disaster, when a surge...
I’M not a fan of international football. I wrote about why that is the case back in June, so I won’t bother going over all the same ground again here. I’ve been really interested to watch the press’s reaction to England’s situation recently, though. As a non-lover of...
I USED to love shit horror films, blissfully ignoring the shortcomings — bad acting, poor plot, unrealistic stunts — and sticking with it for the good bits; that it was kind of entertaining and some of it made you jump. A classic of the genre in the 1980s...
Midnight Caller is where we grab people to talk about issues across general football which have caught our eye. It can be anything, from the rise of China to the threat of B-Teams in English football. It is simply finding someone who knows their stuff to talk with us...
IF the August transfer window ends with Joe Allen still a Liverpool player, he will be starting his fifth season in a Liverpool shirt. Allen has been one of the stand-out performers in Wales’ incredible run to the semi-finals of Euro 2016, where they face Portugal...
FOR many Reds, the best news to emerge from the European Championships so far Daniel Sturridge coming back injury-free. That he boarded the plane with nothing more serious than slightly damaged pride and a fair dose of regret should be a blessing for all of us who...
WELL, I’ve had the chance to take the piss out of old Roy this week. The “Hodgecast” has gone down a storm such is the willingness to lay into Hodgson, erstwhile Liverpool manager and known fraud of this parish for some years. But, there’s a serious side to the damage...
“THESE things happen.” They do. They did. They happened in 2012. They happened in 2014. These things happen. They happened in Liverpool, Blackburn and Inter Milan. They happened, these things. They happen. The facts about these things, the things which happen, all the...
OUR special show on the Euros; a look at who is impressing, what games were tactically fascinating, great goals, and good laughs at the summer tournament. We’ll have guests from across the country and beyond. Post England. Post Hodge. Neil Atkinson hosts as John...
With Liverpool once again falling to defeat from a position of strength in pre-season, we pick out the positives and negatives from the performance against Monaco at Anfield before having a chat about potential investment from a consortium for a minority stake in the club.
