LIVERPOOL: MOURINHO, KLOPP AND THE SEARCH FOR RESPECT
CHELSEA supporters love Jose Mourinho. They love the absolute bones of him. They will sing his name on Saturday at their game. They will say things on social media that will be mocked because they are deemed over the top or too emotional. They will be angry with their...
LIVERPOOL: THE CHRISTIAN BENTEKE CONUNDRUM
AN international player once told me: “One of the hardest and most annoying things is when you feel like some of your team-mates are playing in a completely different game on a completely different pitch to you.” These words often smack me across the face when I watch...
LIVERPOOL: IN DEFENCE OF DANIEL STURRIDGE
“NOW I know what everybody is talking about.” You can interpret Jürgen Klopp’s quip post six goals at Southampton in two ways. The first is the realisation that statistically the finest goals-to-game finisher in Liverpool Football Club’s history of competing in the...
LIVERPOOL: KLOPP’S RESOLUTION SHOULD BE AN ANFIELD AWAKENING
ON the opening day of the Premier League football season, three quarters of the pitch at Goodison Park was bathed in sunshine while the remainder rested in shade, such is brooding presence of the Main Stand. I was on duty for The Sunday Telegraph, covering the game...
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME? ROTHERHAM UNITED
IN SURVEYS that ranked league grounds around the country, Rotherham United’s Millmoor home was consistently (and probably fairly) ranked at number 92, writes ANNA WALSH. It was situated next to the former club owner’s scrapyard, and opposite a surprisingly luxurious...
LIVERPOOL: MOURINHO, KLOPP AND THE SEARCH FOR RESPECT
CHELSEA supporters love Jose Mourinho. They love the absolute bones of him. They will sing his name on Saturday at their game. They will say things on social media that will be mocked because they are deemed over the top or too emotional. They will be angry with their...
LIVERPOOL: THE CHRISTIAN BENTEKE CONUNDRUM
AN international player once told me: “One of the hardest and most annoying things is when you feel like some of your team-mates are playing in a completely different game on a completely different pitch to you.” These words often smack me across the face when I watch...
LIVERPOOL: IN DEFENCE OF DANIEL STURRIDGE
“NOW I know what everybody is talking about.” You can interpret Jürgen Klopp’s quip post six goals at Southampton in two ways. The first is the realisation that statistically the finest goals-to-game finisher in Liverpool Football Club’s history of competing in the...
LIVERPOOL: KLOPP’S RESOLUTION SHOULD BE AN ANFIELD AWAKENING
ON the opening day of the Premier League football season, three quarters of the pitch at Goodison Park was bathed in sunshine while the remainder rested in shade, such is brooding presence of the Main Stand. I was on duty for The Sunday Telegraph, covering the game...
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME? ROTHERHAM UNITED
IN SURVEYS that ranked league grounds around the country, Rotherham United’s Millmoor home was consistently (and probably fairly) ranked at number 92, writes ANNA WALSH. It was situated next to the former club owner’s scrapyard, and opposite a surprisingly luxurious...









