Liverpool 3 Newcastle 1: The Match Review
LIVERPOOL versus Newcastle United has in recent years been an emotional not battling fixture, if for our own nostalgic rather than footballing reasons. A returning Rafa has caused The Kop to sing for the opposition, and our civility has been extended to a group of...



Liverpool 3 Newcastle 1: The Match Ratings
GOODFELLAS helicopter morning, there. Woke up white-wined by the biggest removals van I’ve ever seen that unsurprisingly got stuck in the street. Beeping it’s fucking head off... Got up, went the shop, got back, started chopping stuff to marinate lamb, chopped me...



Liverpool v Newcastle: The Big Match Preview
“FOOTBALL is fantastic when it’s a morning match…” (Frank Sidebottom, “Football Is Really Fantastic” - 1983) I’ve quoted the late great Chris Sievey (aka Frank Sidebottom) before for this column. I love Chris/Frank, a man out of and ahead of his time, but he’s...



Newcastle’s Turmoil Is A Reminder Of Darker Times At Anfield
WITH Newcastle United due at Anfield tomorrow – and the name Gillett linked to the ownership of an English football club once more – memories of the all-too-recent darker ownership days at Liverpool came flooding back this week. Take your pick from the lowlights, from...



Gini Wijnaldum: Liverpool And The Netherlands’ Positional Chameleon
WHAT came first, the chicken or the egg? Just how vast is the galaxy? What is Georginio Wijnaldum? With two late goals for his native Netherlands during the international break against both Germany and Estonia, he has looked every inch the class act he often portrays...



Liverpool 3 Newcastle 1: The Match Review
LIVERPOOL versus Newcastle United has in recent years been an emotional not battling fixture, if for our own nostalgic rather than footballing reasons. A returning Rafa has caused The Kop to sing for the opposition, and our civility has been extended to a group of...



Liverpool 3 Newcastle 1: The Match Ratings
GOODFELLAS helicopter morning, there. Woke up white-wined by the biggest removals van I’ve ever seen that unsurprisingly got stuck in the street. Beeping it’s fucking head off... Got up, went the shop, got back, started chopping stuff to marinate lamb, chopped me...



Liverpool v Newcastle: The Big Match Preview
“FOOTBALL is fantastic when it’s a morning match…” (Frank Sidebottom, “Football Is Really Fantastic” - 1983) I’ve quoted the late great Chris Sievey (aka Frank Sidebottom) before for this column. I love Chris/Frank, a man out of and ahead of his time, but he’s...



Newcastle’s Turmoil Is A Reminder Of Darker Times At Anfield
WITH Newcastle United due at Anfield tomorrow – and the name Gillett linked to the ownership of an English football club once more – memories of the all-too-recent darker ownership days at Liverpool came flooding back this week. Take your pick from the lowlights, from...



Gini Wijnaldum: Liverpool And The Netherlands’ Positional Chameleon
WHAT came first, the chicken or the egg? Just how vast is the galaxy? What is Georginio Wijnaldum? With two late goals for his native Netherlands during the international break against both Germany and Estonia, he has looked every inch the class act he often portrays...









