PROGRESS REPORT
By Ben Feltham IT’S funny, but it seems that for the entirety of Rodgers reign Liverpool fans have been searching the Anfield pitch, or TV screens or wherever for an answer to this almost existential question – is this progress? It’s an earnest question, and the...
A Meditation on Xabi Alonso
You’ve probably seen that video on the BBC website where Xabi Alonso, in his dreamy Basque-English accent, wistfully reflects on Liverpool, a club he still feels ‘attached to’ and one which he still claims to support: “I still feel really attached to Liverpool and I...
Is grassroots football dying?
AS a boy growing up in Kirkby, John Coleman played football on one of the best and most natural academies that the English game has known. The pitches at Brookfield School produced not one but two European Cup-winning captains in Phil Thompson and Dennis Mortimer,...
(JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER
By Karl Coppack IT'S the day of the home leg against Zenit, six months into the season and I'm still not sure. I've sat through 5-0 wins, I've seen us be an aberration of a back pass and a walkabout goalkeeper away from beating the League champions home and away but...
Welsh Wisdom, Swans Sense
IT was truly a delight to open this morning"s papers to the news that "Bayern Munich are a bit good, aren"t they?", with balanced and reasonable commentary of both the game, and of what it means for Arsenal"s standing in the European game. Actually, I"ve lied there. I...
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PROGRESS REPORT
By Ben Feltham IT’S funny, but it seems that for the entirety of Rodgers reign Liverpool fans have been searching the Anfield pitch, or TV screens or wherever for an answer to this almost existential question – is this progress? It’s an earnest question, and the...
A Meditation on Xabi Alonso
You’ve probably seen that video on the BBC website where Xabi Alonso, in his dreamy Basque-English accent, wistfully reflects on Liverpool, a club he still feels ‘attached to’ and one which he still claims to support: “I still feel really attached to Liverpool and I...
Is grassroots football dying?
AS a boy growing up in Kirkby, John Coleman played football on one of the best and most natural academies that the English game has known. The pitches at Brookfield School produced not one but two European Cup-winning captains in Phil Thompson and Dennis Mortimer,...
(JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER
By Karl Coppack IT'S the day of the home leg against Zenit, six months into the season and I'm still not sure. I've sat through 5-0 wins, I've seen us be an aberration of a back pass and a walkabout goalkeeper away from beating the League champions home and away but...
Welsh Wisdom, Swans Sense
IT was truly a delight to open this morning"s papers to the news that "Bayern Munich are a bit good, aren"t they?", with balanced and reasonable commentary of both the game, and of what it means for Arsenal"s standing in the European game. Actually, I"ve lied there. I...