STEVEN GERRARD: WRITING LIVERPOOL’S WRONGS
VERSION three. I keep starting this and it comes out all wrong. I've tried my usual tricks of starting with a point that seems unrelated to football and then revealing the direction that I was always going in, in a frankly smart-arsed manner. I wrote a whole thing...
LIVERPOOL: A LESSON FROM JUVENTUS – THE VALUE OF EXPERIENCE
I WATCHED with amusement and frustration as Manchester City’s players, having been beaten by Juventus, avoided speaking to the media in the Etihad Stadium last night. All of the classic tricks were performed. Samir Nasri, refusing to make eye contact, nuzzled his...
YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO… WATCH IT ON THE TELLY
I FIRST remember all this back in the Comprehensive days. The scrunched-up face and scowl from a kid who was too cool for school: "You're an armchair, lad." At the time, aged about 13, I was. Violins out, but I've never been to a match with my old man. He's not into...
THE ‘SACK BRENDAN RODGERS FUND’ AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT LIVERPOOL FANS
I REMEMBER the glory days of crowd-funding. Bands allowing you to pay for an album before it is made so they can record it. Young film-makers who can't get the interest of production companies trying to make their first movie. Giving the public the chance to support...
BRENDAN RODGERS: FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL?
BRENDAN RODGERS: "That was part of my reflection when I left Reading, that I did veer from my philosophy under pressure for results, I wasn't being true to myself. I can adapt and be pragmatic of course, but I had success all my life as a coach working with players...
STEVEN GERRARD: WRITING LIVERPOOL’S WRONGS
VERSION three. I keep starting this and it comes out all wrong. I've tried my usual tricks of starting with a point that seems unrelated to football and then revealing the direction that I was always going in, in a frankly smart-arsed manner. I wrote a whole thing...
LIVERPOOL: A LESSON FROM JUVENTUS – THE VALUE OF EXPERIENCE
I WATCHED with amusement and frustration as Manchester City’s players, having been beaten by Juventus, avoided speaking to the media in the Etihad Stadium last night. All of the classic tricks were performed. Samir Nasri, refusing to make eye contact, nuzzled his...
YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO… WATCH IT ON THE TELLY
I FIRST remember all this back in the Comprehensive days. The scrunched-up face and scowl from a kid who was too cool for school: "You're an armchair, lad." At the time, aged about 13, I was. Violins out, but I've never been to a match with my old man. He's not into...



THE ‘SACK BRENDAN RODGERS FUND’ AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT LIVERPOOL FANS
I REMEMBER the glory days of crowd-funding. Bands allowing you to pay for an album before it is made so they can record it. Young film-makers who can't get the interest of production companies trying to make their first movie. Giving the public the chance to support...
BRENDAN RODGERS: FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL?
BRENDAN RODGERS: "That was part of my reflection when I left Reading, that I did veer from my philosophy under pressure for results, I wasn't being true to myself. I can adapt and be pragmatic of course, but I had success all my life as a coach working with players...









