RETURNING TO THE NIGHTMARE OF HILLSBOROUGH
I wrote this in The Times in 2009. A lot of people will not have seen it. I’m not sure I can say anything to add to it. Nothing has changed since I wrote it. I still go back there, too often. God knows what the people who really suffered go through. THE last time I...
HILLSBOROUGH: Why The Truth Will Come Out
JUSTICE can be delayed but not avoided, the truth hidden but never truly buried, the facts obfuscated but never fully erased. RESPONSIBILITY. It’s the word on everybody’s lips in response to the rioting which spread around the UK last week. Particularly keen on the R...
My 10 greatest trainers ever
LAST week on The Anfield Wrap you may have stumbled across a piece I wrote about how I'd somehow fallen out of love with trainers; how these days I'm more likely to go out and buy a pair of suede Clarks Originals than the latest 'must-have' adidas Originals re-issue...
Interview: Steve James – Hoop Dreams
AS you’ll hear in a minute when you press play on that thing that accompanies this thing, there will be two voices. One is mine. One isn’t. You’ll soon discover which is mine and which is that of the award winning documentary maker, Steve James. And when you make that...
GLEN McLEOD COOPER JOHNSON – AN APPRECIATION
FOR Liverpool FC fans there was an interesting footnote to the spree of arson and looting which took place in parts of the city early last week. In a commendable if largely tokenistic move, Liverpool and Everton jointly released statements from senior players and...
RETURNING TO THE NIGHTMARE OF HILLSBOROUGH
I wrote this in The Times in 2009. A lot of people will not have seen it. I’m not sure I can say anything to add to it. Nothing has changed since I wrote it. I still go back there, too often. God knows what the people who really suffered go through. THE last time I...



HILLSBOROUGH: Why The Truth Will Come Out
JUSTICE can be delayed but not avoided, the truth hidden but never truly buried, the facts obfuscated but never fully erased. RESPONSIBILITY. It’s the word on everybody’s lips in response to the rioting which spread around the UK last week. Particularly keen on the R...
My 10 greatest trainers ever
LAST week on The Anfield Wrap you may have stumbled across a piece I wrote about how I'd somehow fallen out of love with trainers; how these days I'm more likely to go out and buy a pair of suede Clarks Originals than the latest 'must-have' adidas Originals re-issue...
Interview: Steve James – Hoop Dreams
AS you’ll hear in a minute when you press play on that thing that accompanies this thing, there will be two voices. One is mine. One isn’t. You’ll soon discover which is mine and which is that of the award winning documentary maker, Steve James. And when you make that...
GLEN McLEOD COOPER JOHNSON – AN APPRECIATION
FOR Liverpool FC fans there was an interesting footnote to the spree of arson and looting which took place in parts of the city early last week. In a commendable if largely tokenistic move, Liverpool and Everton jointly released statements from senior players and...









