WITH several other journalists, I was invited to interview Phil Jagielka at a high school in Halewood ahead of the last Merseyside derby. Autumn had almost arrived and Jagielka was flourishing again in the centre of the Everton defence after what he admitted had been...
I’VE always thought the derby is a bit like going for a periodic medical. It’s not entirely necessary that it should be occurring on the particular scheduled date, but the simple fact of it happening raises blood pressure, and implies a phase of self assessment...
DIVOCK ORIGI celebrated his 21st birthday yesterday. Celebrated is the correct term, the week and a bit leading up to his was by far the most impressive of the young man’s career so far. Goals home and away against the mighty Borussia Dortmund sandwiched a two...
BOURNEMOUTH — the most obliging away in a long time. On the pitch today and in the bars last night. Bournemouth delightful. A delightful series of wins, crowned by a 10-man changed Liverpool eking out three deserved points. It’s a lovely place determined...
WE’RE hoping for some weather. Seven men in a van going for a knees-up in a seaside town. The life the Reds give you. I’m getting this done at half six on the morning before the game. Getting picked up in three hours. Driving down in handsome John Gibbons’...
THE board had just gone up showing four minutes of added time as Daniel Sturridge fed James Milner in the penalty area, writes JOEL RABINOWITZ. His first touch was heavy, just keeping the ball in play as he floated the ball to the back post, where Dejan Lovren,...
Dortmund (h) Morning seems strange, almost out of place. Searched hard for you and your special ways. These days, these days Ian Curtis (Joy Division & England, 1980) God knows what Ian was on about. He was mooching about in Macclesfield/Manchester neck of the...
THERE is always a then and now. Regardless of the ever-changing landscape of the game, that juxtaposition is one of football’s constants. Even the profession of covering the sport has its sepia-tinted throwback and high-definition reality. Journalists reporting on a...
BRENDAN Rodgers resisted the ray of warm sunshine that flashed through the window in front of him by wearing a long, grey coloured mac. Perching himself on a table he began to confidently explain how his Swansea City team had secured their Premier League future...
THURSDAY brings with it Liverpool’s biggest European game since the 2010 UEFA Cup semi-final with Atletico Madrid. Little did we know when Diego Forlan was denying us the chance to batter Roy Hodgson’s Fulham in the final that it would be the last time the Reds would...
