By NEIL SCOTT “You need to forget about what you know, that’s your problem. Forget about what you think you know about life, about friendship, and especially about Mark Lawrenson.” (Tyler Durden, ‘Fight Club’) (Kind of) I’M under no illusions here. This is a...
by ADAM SMITH IN APRIL, the City of Liverpool will once more play host to The World’s Greatest Steeplechase: The Grand National. Perhaps the recent horse metaphors being used in relation to the race for the Premier League crown have, therefore, come a little too...
By PAUL McCABE A LOT can quickly change in football. Nine years ago, Liverpool were on course for winning the Champions League. Five years ago it looked like the League was a possibility, and only four years ago the club flirted with extinction. Success, following...
IT’S one of my all-time favourite football clichés; classic manager-speak to polish the turd of cup failure. But, for once, the phrase ‘concentrate on the league’ really does mean something for Liverpool. Today’s FA Cup defeat means there are 12 games – six home, six...
by STEVEN SCRAGG CAN you hear the drums, Fernando? A bumpy, playful but satisfyingly successful night out in West London it turned out to be for Liverpool at Craven Cottage – an area of the world not too far from where an old friend by the name of Fernando Torres...
by TERRY CLAGUE AS A child, some friends and I founded LFC. That is to say that we started a fan club. We made badges and adorned a folder with the greatest drawing of a Liver Bird you’ll ever see. Like many of the best things in life, it had rules. At some...
DEMONS. All day. Demons. They won’t shut up. Fulham away. I hate Fulham away as a fixture. Hate it. The formbook goes out the window. For every Yossi there is Lee Mason sending a billion of ours off. All day the demons. Rory Smith saying Liverpool won’t...
By DAVID SEGAR THAT was the January transfer window that wasn’t. At the end of 2013, every Reds fan seemed to be in agreement that Liverpool needed more players. However, that didn’t appear to be the opinion of Brendan Rodgers, or the transfer committee,...
by RILEY BEVERIDGE EVEN accounting for rising inflation, £93 should cover the majority of necessities. Maybe it will supply you with groceries for a month, or petrol for a fortnight. It’s a sum that will accommodate most aspects of everyday life – apart from football....
by NEIL POOLE TWENTY minutes of vigorous Arse-slapping at Anfield followed by 70 minutes of teasing left The Gunners red cheeked and Liverpool with a huge victory few had predicted. Now – all being well at 3pm today of course – Liverpool travel to Craven...
