The Twenty Third Men – Part Two
PART one in this was about Steven Gerrard’s potential usefulness to Liverpool as a 23rd man in the squad. But Liverpool’s actual number 23 is potentially at a crossroads. Jamie Carragher’s spent the summer demonstrating what we thought - he’s a sharp observer of...
The Twenty Third Men – Part One
IT seems that one challenge Brendan Rodgers has as Liverpool FC manager is going to be reducing or perhaps reconfiguring the wage bill while sustaining a push for a top four finish. Therefore it may seem counterintuitive to argue that one of the squad’s key players,...
GIG OF THE WEEK – COLD SHOULDER @ THE DOVEDALE SOCIAL 12/07/12
The Dovedale Social spectacularly launched last Thursday night with The Tea Street Band. You were probably there to see it. It felt like everyone in Liverpool was crammed into The Dovey that night, and I think we were directly responsible for a 10% downturn in...
1990: THE THIRD SUMMER OF LOVE
THE Stone Roses and the Euros made this a great summer for an older generation of footie fans who love music in equal measure but MARK DONAGHY remembers the “Third Summer of Love” of 1990, when football, fashion and pop beautifully collided to produce the subculture...
EURO 2012: A COMMENT HATER’S NIGHTMARE
I DON’T know what Alan Hansen thinks about football. I mean, I know he’s in favour of power and pace, and most definitely against terrible defending, but I don’t know what a team that Alan Hansen can get behind looks like. I don’t know how it approaches the game, what...
The Twenty Third Men – Part Two
PART one in this was about Steven Gerrard’s potential usefulness to Liverpool as a 23rd man in the squad. But Liverpool’s actual number 23 is potentially at a crossroads. Jamie Carragher’s spent the summer demonstrating what we thought - he’s a sharp observer of...
The Twenty Third Men – Part One
IT seems that one challenge Brendan Rodgers has as Liverpool FC manager is going to be reducing or perhaps reconfiguring the wage bill while sustaining a push for a top four finish. Therefore it may seem counterintuitive to argue that one of the squad’s key players,...
GIG OF THE WEEK – COLD SHOULDER @ THE DOVEDALE SOCIAL 12/07/12
The Dovedale Social spectacularly launched last Thursday night with The Tea Street Band. You were probably there to see it. It felt like everyone in Liverpool was crammed into The Dovey that night, and I think we were directly responsible for a 10% downturn in...
1990: THE THIRD SUMMER OF LOVE
THE Stone Roses and the Euros made this a great summer for an older generation of footie fans who love music in equal measure but MARK DONAGHY remembers the “Third Summer of Love” of 1990, when football, fashion and pop beautifully collided to produce the subculture...
EURO 2012: A COMMENT HATER’S NIGHTMARE
I DON’T know what Alan Hansen thinks about football. I mean, I know he’s in favour of power and pace, and most definitely against terrible defending, but I don’t know what a team that Alan Hansen can get behind looks like. I don’t know how it approaches the game, what...