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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...

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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...

EURO 2012 – DISTILLED QUALITY

By Konrad Kay WITH Platini carrying on about possible experimentation with the Euros (while simultaneously ignoring the parts of the game which need urgent experimentation) these Euros may be the last of their kind. When asked the motivation for a 24 team-tournament...

THE FOOD HERE IS TERRIBLE, AND THE PORTIONS ARE TOO SMALL

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Rodgers' philosophy can help us bridge the quality gap

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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...

EURO 2012 – DISTILLED QUALITY

By Konrad Kay WITH Platini carrying on about possible experimentation with the Euros (while simultaneously ignoring the parts of the game which need urgent experimentation) these Euros may be the last of their kind. When asked the motivation for a 24 team-tournament...

THE FOOD HERE IS TERRIBLE, AND THE PORTIONS ARE TOO SMALL

The Euros are over, the fixture list’s out and Brendan Rodgers has finally had chance to meet a few of the players. There’s no denying we’re now firmly in pre- rather than post-season. Football matches, proper serious football matches, are fast approaching. We have a...

Rodgers' philosophy can help us bridge the quality gap

By Andy Gargett LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB have the quality to compete for top four but not to expect it. Theoretically they could go further if we can get some heroic performances from Suarez and Gerrard in particular. However, the cold hard truth is that over the...