by John Gibbons | Dec 13, 2016 | Footie
A WONDERFUL night at 10 Bands 10 Minutes at Invisible Wind Factory means a rather lazy morning on Sunday. I need to get going, though. Mum is doing Christmas Dinner. There is a reason behind this madness. My cousin is a West Ham fan and has married a Liverpool fan....
by Paul Cope | Dec 13, 2016 | Footie
“LIES, damn lies and statistics.” I first heard that phrase in my A-Level maths class while, ironically, studying statistics (my teacher was the funniest Evertonian I’ve ever met, whose teaching style was to treat his students like adults and let us...
by John Gibbons | Dec 11, 2016 | Footie
I THOUGHT this was going to be my glorious return. Where I get to wax lyrical about footballers with hilarious ditties after a wonderful victory. Instead the Reds were a gang of dickheads. Almost like they did it on purpose. Fuck off, Liverpool. Loris Karius: 3 Feels...
by Rob Gutmann | Dec 9, 2016 | Footie
AUGUST 29, 2015. West Ham turn up to Anfield with a renewed sense of optimism. Big Sam has gone — with the Three Lions and pints of wine firmly within his future aspirations. The hipster’s choice Slaven Bilic is in, along with a couple of new faces. That was the...
by Josh Sexton | Dec 9, 2016 | Footie
AHEAD of this weekend’s clash with West Ham at Anfield, we spoke to DAVID BLACKMORE from BLOWING BUBBLES to get the latest on Liverpool’s next opponents. Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself and Blowing Bubbles Blowing Bubbles has a simple aim of...
by Michael Nevin | Dec 9, 2016 | Footie
DURING Liverpool’s halcyon days, when league titles were ten-a-penny, shocking defeats – akin to last week’s numbing loss to Bournemouth – had the media pitying the fate of our next opponents. It seemed inevitable that the affronted Reds animal would unleash fearful...
by John Gibbons | Dec 5, 2016 | Footie
FOUR am alarm clock. Four am. This is a time to get in, not a time to go out. In fact, as I leave my building a fella is coming in and he looks very surprised to see anyone, not least someone dressed to go out for the day. I just say “Bournemouth, mate”...
by Ian Salmon | Dec 5, 2016 | Footie
IT took nearly 30 seconds. Practically the moment that the final whistle blew on Sunday lunchtime’s capitulation, my Twitter timeline kicked into life. Suddenly, I was seeing Twitter screenshots of an article that I wrote here back in August (“We Will Win The League...
by David Segar | Dec 5, 2016 | Footie
SINCE my dad did his fatherly duty and ensured that I cared more about watching football than I did watching cartoons (“You’re 27 for fuck sake!”), I have suffered plenty of heartache. In fact, as my morning has largely been spent trying to figure out just who the...
by Ben Johnson | Dec 5, 2016 | Footie
I’M typing this before kick-off on Sunday morning on the hottest train in Europe to watch the Mighty Reds in town. You forget that during a season like this one every game becomes massive. A must win game. The nerves creep up on you from nowhere. On Saturday I...