LIVERPOOL 1 CRYSTAL PALACE 2: PLAYER RATINGS
SUCH a frustrating day, especially with others dropping points. The Palace fans sang: “You must be sick of us." They’re not wrong. Then we all got absolutely soaked. Brilliant. Maybe international breaks aren’t so bad after all. Simon Mignolet: 4 If your USP is saving...
TALKING BALLS: IS THE CRAFT OF COMMENTARY A DYING ART?
THE greatest moments in football history are often remembered by replaying the iconic bellowing of the commentator. They can be that extra sprinkling of something that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. “Some people are on the pitch, they think...
LIVERPOOL IN KAZAN: A 2,500-MILE DIARY FROM RUSSIA
AN ESTIMATED 200 Liverpool fans travelled to Russia for the Reds' Europa League match with Rubin Kazan on Thursday. With no official travel packages or direct flights on offer, supporters -- who also had to give officials their fingerprints and pay up to £150 for a...
LIVERPOOL v CRYSTAL PALACE: PREMIER LEAGUE PREVIEW
GHOSTS roam the stadium in Anfield. I see them every game. I see a Kenny Dalglish-shaped apparition: arms aloft, teeth, hair, smiling like a kid. Running towards The Kop. I see Bill Shankly: be-scarfed, arms aloft, teeth clenched, jaw proud. Striding towards The Kop....
LIVERPOOL: THE CAPTAIN QUESTION
THE return to Merseyside this week of former skipper Steven Gerrard, at first sparking speculation that a Reds reunion of some sort was on the cards, brought some thoughts to mind of the short and long-term issue of the Liverpool captaincy. The idea that Gerrard would...
LIVERPOOL 1 CRYSTAL PALACE 2: PLAYER RATINGS
SUCH a frustrating day, especially with others dropping points. The Palace fans sang: “You must be sick of us." They’re not wrong. Then we all got absolutely soaked. Brilliant. Maybe international breaks aren’t so bad after all. Simon Mignolet: 4 If your USP is saving...
TALKING BALLS: IS THE CRAFT OF COMMENTARY A DYING ART?
THE greatest moments in football history are often remembered by replaying the iconic bellowing of the commentator. They can be that extra sprinkling of something that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. “Some people are on the pitch, they think...
LIVERPOOL IN KAZAN: A 2,500-MILE DIARY FROM RUSSIA
AN ESTIMATED 200 Liverpool fans travelled to Russia for the Reds' Europa League match with Rubin Kazan on Thursday. With no official travel packages or direct flights on offer, supporters -- who also had to give officials their fingerprints and pay up to £150 for a...
LIVERPOOL v CRYSTAL PALACE: PREMIER LEAGUE PREVIEW
GHOSTS roam the stadium in Anfield. I see them every game. I see a Kenny Dalglish-shaped apparition: arms aloft, teeth, hair, smiling like a kid. Running towards The Kop. I see Bill Shankly: be-scarfed, arms aloft, teeth clenched, jaw proud. Striding towards The Kop....
LIVERPOOL: THE CAPTAIN QUESTION
THE return to Merseyside this week of former skipper Steven Gerrard, at first sparking speculation that a Reds reunion of some sort was on the cards, brought some thoughts to mind of the short and long-term issue of the Liverpool captaincy. The idea that Gerrard would...









