by Neil Atkinson | Feb 25, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL qualify for the next round. They progress. Without progress. Repeatedly Liverpool should put the football match to bed. Repeatedly they don’t do so. Many passages of play have some glorious touches but only Milner’s early penalty offers us a...
by John Gibbons | Feb 25, 2016 | Footie
I MISSED the first 15 minutes because six o’clock kick offs are daft. Left poor old IT Matt on the side of the street waiting for his ticket while I sent him pictures of traffic jams. Good at penalties though Jimmy Milner, isn’t he? Maybe he should imagine...
by Melissa Reddy | Feb 25, 2016 | Footie
IN a recent interview, John Barnes referenced a culture of wanting to win matched with the culture of ensuring a win as a primary reason behind Liverpool’s golden past. It didn’t matter who the opposition were, what ground the game was at, or which competition the...
by The Anfield Wrap | Feb 21, 2016 | Footie
“ALLE ersatzteile, jungs?” or for non-German speakers: “Any spares, lads?” Right, you are going to have to go with me on this, it’s been a while, writes KEITH SALMON. For those who don’t know, I wrote the fabulous We Had Dreams And Songs...
by Neil Atkinson | Feb 18, 2016 | Footie
THERE is a myth that football is entertainment, or that it was once entertaining. We can wear rose-tinted specs when we look at the past — spectacles that are so often false. When I was about 22, Liverpool played Vitesse Arnhem in two games of football...
by Ian Salmon | Feb 18, 2016 | Footie
“DO you fancy doing the numbers tonight, E?” “Yeah, sound, go ‘ed, it’ll be a laugh.” “Ok, all you’ve got to do is fill it with the wit and pith that Gibbo does and be prepared for the internet to hate you.” “Yeah, cool,...
by Melissa Reddy | Feb 18, 2016 | Footie
JÜRGEN Klopp thinks Augsburg is “really cool” and he’s right you know. It’s an attractive city with its cobbles and spires, but also has this gritty feel to it. “Real” was another word the manager used as a description and it’s bang on. There’s a Irish bar...
by John Gibbons | Feb 2, 2016 | Footie
ROBBO’s article for Mirror Football caused quite the stir yesterday. Apparently suggesting that a football team should sacrifice the battle for sixth place in a bid to win a cup is quite controversial. Someone even tweeted him telling him to hang himself. Have a...
by John Gibbons | Dec 10, 2015 | Footie
THE most 0-0 game ever. Both teams seemed fine with the draw, and a draw is what we got. Sion’s reaction after showed the limit of their ambitions. If we had have known, maybe we would rested even more. But six changes, a week after six against Southampton,...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 10, 2015 | Footie
LIVERPOOL face Sion in black kits. Sion red; red and starred. Liverpool dark and trim. The darkness sweeping around the place. The pit. The pit. The game starts. The selection. We can’t go on like this. That’s what you think. Questioning. How did we? The...
