by Neil Atkinson | May 1, 2016 | Footie
THERE are loads of mitigating circumstances. Loads and loads. You know them all and you can even probably include the weather, which Liverpool never got to grips with, and the fact that Martin Skrtel is on the pitch. But, to enjoy ourselves, shall we pretend there...
by Rob Gutmann | Apr 30, 2016 | Footie, Hillsborough
ONE of my oldest and bestest friends is from Swansea. I met my friend — let’s call him Ross — when we were both fresh faced 18 year olds dropped into mid-80s Liverpool as undergraduates at Liverpool University. I think Ross was originally studying...
by Martin Fitzgerald | Apr 17, 2016 | Footie
ALL right, everyone. Here are five thoughts on (spoiler alert) Liverpool beating Bournemouth by 2 goals to 1. 1) Email Address On the coach down I overheard some fella having a conversation on the phone. I’m not really sure what it’s about, something about...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 17, 2016 | Footie
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...
by John Gibbons | Apr 17, 2016 | Footie
BEFORE the game everyone just wanted to talk about Thursday. Saw our mate James Cutler and he said he wasn’t over it. That was the general feeling. We won and then we drank and now we’re here. It must have felt like that for the players, too, so Jürgen was...
by Martin Fitzgerald | Apr 10, 2016 | Footie
ALL right, everyone. You know the drill by the now, here are five thoughts on the game of football that happened earlier. 1) Pre-Match I caught up with Neil Atkinson and Rob Gutmann before the game while Leicester continued their bizarre march to the Premier League...
by John Gibbons | Apr 10, 2016 | Footie
A STRANGE day. A lot of lads turned up in “I’ve been to Dortmund” caps and a lot of lads turned up with “I’ve been the National” hangovers. A few lads didn’t turn up at all. Those still feeling the effects of Germany and...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 10, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL’S most comfortable league home performance of the season did everything Rob Gutmann told you it would. It announced one young talent, reaffirmed another and allowed the manager to experiment. Liverpool played as many shapes as they scored goals and...
by Rob Gutmann | Apr 9, 2016 | Footie
STOKE at home. Nothing to play for. Only Stoke at home. Nothing to play for. Might as well not go. When I was 12, I went to my first match at Anfield. It was a League Cup game on a midweek night against Portsmouth. They were then, as now, mired somewhere in football’s...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 2, 2016 | Footie
TONIGHT at Anfield we watched two of the best 20 teams in Europe go head to head. Being honest, being frank, we probably watched two of the sides that would rank fifth to 20th in Europe go head to head. Bayern, Real and Barca a solar system away; Juventus and Atletico...
