
FERNANDO MORIENTES BROKE MY HEART
DOES anyone remember Clubcall? I don't know if it's still going but I used to ring it when I was at work. It was a phone service which gave you club rumours and interviews 'direct from Anfield'. I can still remember the opening bars and a poorly edited insert of...



BECOMING BRENDAN RODGERS
NEIL SCOTT had his doubts when the current Liverpool manager was appointed two years ago but now he’s a believer THERE will be a time, and it won’t be too long coming, when they will make a film about Liverpool’s 2013/14 season. Some kind of fantasy action adventure...
IN DEPTH: JAPAN AND THE WORLD CUP
With less than a week to go until the 2014 World Cup gets under way in Brazil, J-League expert Dave Phillips has an in-depth at look Group C hopefuls Japan, analysing the squad in detail in all areas of the pitch as well as taking a look at likely tactics and the...
AUSTRALIA (II): How The Socceroos Will Play
WHEN I set about researching the current Aussie team, its manager, and the tactical side of things, it quickly dawned on me how little I knew. There were only four players whose names I recognised (one of them spending the latter part of the season injured at my...
ALGERIA (I) – Desert foxes and ghosts of the past
By Hari Sethi INJUSTICE INJUSTICE is rife throughout the history of professional football; the best team doesn’t always win, the best players don’t always get what they deserve. Yet whilst injustice initially results in an enveloping sense of despair and anger, it can...



FERNANDO MORIENTES BROKE MY HEART
DOES anyone remember Clubcall? I don't know if it's still going but I used to ring it when I was at work. It was a phone service which gave you club rumours and interviews 'direct from Anfield'. I can still remember the opening bars and a poorly edited insert of...



BECOMING BRENDAN RODGERS
NEIL SCOTT had his doubts when the current Liverpool manager was appointed two years ago but now he’s a believer THERE will be a time, and it won’t be too long coming, when they will make a film about Liverpool’s 2013/14 season. Some kind of fantasy action adventure...
IN DEPTH: JAPAN AND THE WORLD CUP
With less than a week to go until the 2014 World Cup gets under way in Brazil, J-League expert Dave Phillips has an in-depth at look Group C hopefuls Japan, analysing the squad in detail in all areas of the pitch as well as taking a look at likely tactics and the...
AUSTRALIA (II): How The Socceroos Will Play
WHEN I set about researching the current Aussie team, its manager, and the tactical side of things, it quickly dawned on me how little I knew. There were only four players whose names I recognised (one of them spending the latter part of the season injured at my...
ALGERIA (I) – Desert foxes and ghosts of the past
By Hari Sethi INJUSTICE INJUSTICE is rife throughout the history of professional football; the best team doesn’t always win, the best players don’t always get what they deserve. Yet whilst injustice initially results in an enveloping sense of despair and anger, it can...