FEAR, SILENCE AND SHAME
SITTING in a room filled with darkness and the quiet crackle of the radio wondering where, when and what the next noise will be. Somewhere in the distance – or it could be closer - a cat screeches. A dash to the window, a quick search, a deep breath out. An oblivious...
The La’s
IT'S Thursday, July 21st, just before 10pm. I find myself above The Old Blue last in Shoreditch awaiting a hastily arranged gig by the man Noel Gallagher once described as the only contemporary songwriter who scares the shit out of him. Liam is also in attendance,...
This week in 1974
OUR most successful manager was about to take charge for his first season. Twenty trophies in nine seasons, and he didn't really want the job, what a genius. I somehow reckon he was worth the £10 signing-on fee and his £5 weekly wage back in 1939. Liverpool’s current...
Why Aquilani the artist makes a mockery of our memories
THERE is a mantra which swirls around English football these days, one of those phrases that has been repeated often enough to make itself a truth. It pays no heed to evidence, requires no proof. It simply is. It has always been. It goes like this: you can only win...
THE GOOD (SCOUSE) BEER GUIDE
BEER and football go together. Both have been demonised and sneered at over the years. And some people have fallen for it. Wine drinkers. Two of the worst trends in British society over the last 25 years have been football's move upmarket and the creeping mythology...
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FEAR, SILENCE AND SHAME
SITTING in a room filled with darkness and the quiet crackle of the radio wondering where, when and what the next noise will be. Somewhere in the distance – or it could be closer - a cat screeches. A dash to the window, a quick search, a deep breath out. An oblivious...
The La’s
IT'S Thursday, July 21st, just before 10pm. I find myself above The Old Blue last in Shoreditch awaiting a hastily arranged gig by the man Noel Gallagher once described as the only contemporary songwriter who scares the shit out of him. Liam is also in attendance,...
This week in 1974
OUR most successful manager was about to take charge for his first season. Twenty trophies in nine seasons, and he didn't really want the job, what a genius. I somehow reckon he was worth the £10 signing-on fee and his £5 weekly wage back in 1939. Liverpool’s current...
Why Aquilani the artist makes a mockery of our memories
THERE is a mantra which swirls around English football these days, one of those phrases that has been repeated often enough to make itself a truth. It pays no heed to evidence, requires no proof. It simply is. It has always been. It goes like this: you can only win...
THE GOOD (SCOUSE) BEER GUIDE
BEER and football go together. Both have been demonised and sneered at over the years. And some people have fallen for it. Wine drinkers. Two of the worst trends in British society over the last 25 years have been football's move upmarket and the creeping mythology...