Liverpool: Give us our St Etienne
AS THE late spring sun shone down and the deafening sounds of the crowds around me echoed through the narrow streets off Anfield road, it suddenly felt like we had rediscovered what it is to support Liverpool. Lining the roads shrouded in smoke, we were reminding...
Liverpool: A club at a crossroads
OKAY, first things first about Basel. You pass through passport control at the airport. You arrive at a sign. There are flags and colours. Take the left turn and you will end up in Germany or France – in Freiburg or Mulhouse. Take the right turn and you are in...
Liverpool: We’re The Greatest Team In Europe And We’re Going to Switzerland…
HERE we go then. Gathering cups in May...hopefully. The waiting is over. The planning done. Put the laptop away and turn off the phone. Christmas-type fervour is in full effect. The Reds are coming up the hill, boys. Liverpool in Europe just feels right. Part of what...
Liverpool FC V Sevilla: Match Preview
I'M NOT going to Basel. A week of tossing and turning. Thrashing in the darkness. Trying to still a restless mind. I’m not going to Basel. I can’t go to Basel. I really wish I was going to Basel. Circumstance is my enemy. You surely know me well enough by now, to know...
Liverpool FC V Sevilla: Sevilla Scouting Report
THE next instalment in a series where I watch a football team so you don't have to. This time it is Liverpool's Europa League Final opponents, Sevilla FC. Sevilla have had a fairly eventful season, with a slightly disappointing seventh place in the table, eight points...
Liverpool: Give us our St Etienne
AS THE late spring sun shone down and the deafening sounds of the crowds around me echoed through the narrow streets off Anfield road, it suddenly felt like we had rediscovered what it is to support Liverpool. Lining the roads shrouded in smoke, we were reminding...
Liverpool: A club at a crossroads
OKAY, first things first about Basel. You pass through passport control at the airport. You arrive at a sign. There are flags and colours. Take the left turn and you will end up in Germany or France – in Freiburg or Mulhouse. Take the right turn and you are in...



Liverpool: We’re The Greatest Team In Europe And We’re Going to Switzerland…
HERE we go then. Gathering cups in May...hopefully. The waiting is over. The planning done. Put the laptop away and turn off the phone. Christmas-type fervour is in full effect. The Reds are coming up the hill, boys. Liverpool in Europe just feels right. Part of what...
Liverpool FC V Sevilla: Match Preview
I'M NOT going to Basel. A week of tossing and turning. Thrashing in the darkness. Trying to still a restless mind. I’m not going to Basel. I can’t go to Basel. I really wish I was going to Basel. Circumstance is my enemy. You surely know me well enough by now, to know...
Liverpool FC V Sevilla: Sevilla Scouting Report
THE next instalment in a series where I watch a football team so you don't have to. This time it is Liverpool's Europa League Final opponents, Sevilla FC. Sevilla have had a fairly eventful season, with a slightly disappointing seventh place in the table, eight points...









