The Hillsborough Verdicts Isn’t About Football – It’s A National Disgrace
WRITTEN on the day of the verdict from the latest inquest, this was first published on New Statesman's website. IT IS important on days like today to remember that we can't expect one correct response from the thousands of people touched by the national disgrace which...



Hillsborough: Important Lessons Learned – And Not Just For Liverpool
WAKING up on the first morning after the truth has finally been recognised, it would be easy to talk about the front pages of today’s editions of The Times and The S*n. It would be easy to talk about their final parting shot at the 96. But please don’t. Not today....
Villarreal v Liverpool: Europa League scouting report
THIS was a strange one to 'scout' as it was hard to decide which game to watch. The easiest of the Spanish side's recent fixtures to find a full 90 minutes of was the 3-0 defeat to Real Madrid last Wednesday. However, although I watched it, it was hard to learn too...
Hillsborough and Liverpool: The generation gap
THROUGHOUT my childhood Hillsborough was always there -- like a nettle bush prickling at my consciousness in a field of many feelings. I was five years old in April 1989. I can’t remember the afternoon of the 15th at all, the terrible events. Strangely, I remember the...
Danny Ings: Liverpool’s next Dirk Kuyt?
By Dylan DaCosta NOT good enough, impact sub, biggest goal threat, season over. The perception, and perhaps reality, of Danny Ings’ Liverpool career has changed multiple times already - and the lad has only spent a few months on the pitch. In the midst of the lack of...



The Hillsborough Verdicts Isn’t About Football – It’s A National Disgrace
WRITTEN on the day of the verdict from the latest inquest, this was first published on New Statesman's website. IT IS important on days like today to remember that we can't expect one correct response from the thousands of people touched by the national disgrace which...



Hillsborough: Important Lessons Learned – And Not Just For Liverpool
WAKING up on the first morning after the truth has finally been recognised, it would be easy to talk about the front pages of today’s editions of The Times and The S*n. It would be easy to talk about their final parting shot at the 96. But please don’t. Not today....
Villarreal v Liverpool: Europa League scouting report
THIS was a strange one to 'scout' as it was hard to decide which game to watch. The easiest of the Spanish side's recent fixtures to find a full 90 minutes of was the 3-0 defeat to Real Madrid last Wednesday. However, although I watched it, it was hard to learn too...
Hillsborough and Liverpool: The generation gap
THROUGHOUT my childhood Hillsborough was always there -- like a nettle bush prickling at my consciousness in a field of many feelings. I was five years old in April 1989. I can’t remember the afternoon of the 15th at all, the terrible events. Strangely, I remember the...
Danny Ings: Liverpool’s next Dirk Kuyt?
By Dylan DaCosta NOT good enough, impact sub, biggest goal threat, season over. The perception, and perhaps reality, of Danny Ings’ Liverpool career has changed multiple times already - and the lad has only spent a few months on the pitch. In the midst of the lack of...









