IT’S only a few days away now. On Wednesday evening Jordan Henderson will get his hands on the Premier League trophy, all wrapped in red, and lift it high above his head to mark the end of an agonising wait. The title will once again reside at Anfield. It will be...
LIVERPOOL Football Club. The Premier League Champions. European Cup holders and Club World Champions. It’s a story that’s not going to get old anytime soon, is it? Whatever happens from here on in, what was for so long 18 and four, then 18 and five, is now 19 and six....
FEBRUARY 15, 2011. Kenny Dalglish was the manager of Liverpool Football Club. The Reds were sitting in sixth place in the Premier League after a home draw with Wigan Athletic halted a run of four wins on the spin under the guidance of The King, including victory over...
I LOVE the derby. I’ve always loved the derby. And while this one is undoubtedly going to be weird, it’s another derby nevertheless. Something to feast on after a football famine. And another way to beat Everton. In the summer. In June. On my birthday. It’s a time of...
“A SLUM sport played in slum stadiums increasingly watched by slum people, who deter decent folk from turning up.” That was how football, and football supporters, were described in a Sunday Times leader reacting to the Bradford City stadium fire, which...
THE Premier League’s Project Restart has had its ups and downs, it’s fair to say. Conflicting ideas, contrasting plans, rabid self interest, understandable health concerns, leaks to the media, faceless comments and more. Even with the sport on hold, we’ve been able to...
FOR all that the actual football grabs us, there’s always something more. Something surrounding, something special: a story that we grab on to and hold dear. Last weekend, Bundesliga resumed and the sniff of something new in a world stuck on repeat provided a welcome...
A LIVERPOOL starting XI made up of players from the last 11 seasons, one for each season. Ok, sound. Boss these, aren’t they? When you can’t even remember last week or last month, never mind games 11 years ago. But go ‘ed, my go. Fucking *hours* later: Done it. Takes...
I’M a big fan of Villa Park. It’s a proper, traditional football ground. It looks great and it’s got some soul, unlike some stadiums these days. It’s a good away, too, not least because in normal circumstances it’s easy enough to get to from Merseyside and, more often...
LET’S have it right here from the very beginning… Liverpool’s win at Wolves on December 21, 2018, was NOT my favourite match of last season. But you know, we are where we are. Mr Friday Column is left with the breadcrumbs after everyone else this week has feasted on...
