RAY HOUGHTON was hailed as the final piece in the jigsaw of Kenny Dalglish’s side when he signed for Liverpool from Oxford United in October 1987. Most would say the class of 2014 is missing more than one piece, and an improbable title challenge has puzzled many. We...
CAN LIVERPOOL FC win the league? That’s the question every Red is asking themselves, their mates, their family and anyone else that will listen. So it would have been rude to not ask the very same question of a player who was in the Liverpool side last time the...
FOOTIE players at the top level carrying a bit of timber are as rare a sight these days as semi-flared cords on The Kop. Many would argue both developments are no bad thing. But as a wearer of said cords back in the day (so?) – and a devout fan of the often gloriously...
THIRTY one years after The Pale Fountains released their debut single Something On My Mind – and seven since the last Shack album, The Corner of Miles and Gil – Mick Head is back: gigging, releasing an EP and planning an album with The Red Elastic Band. Telling the...
IT’S one of my all-time favourite football clichés; classic manager-speak to polish the turd of cup failure. But, for once, the phrase ‘concentrate on the league’ really does mean something for Liverpool. Today’s FA Cup defeat means there are 12 games – six home, six...
WOULD you swap a win here for three in the league? Would you rest Suarez and Sturridge? It’s only the FA Cup… I want Liverpool to win everything. Every game. Every cup; from The Liverpool Senior Cup to The Champions League. I want silverware tied up in red and white,...
IF there’s one thing guaranteed to annoy football fans, it’s bullshit. And there’s a lot of it around. As the powers-that-be – the football authorities and the Government – have saw fit to idly stand by and let any old tycoon get their mitts on our beloved clubs, many...
IT’S shortly before 10am on Wednesday and I’m parked up on a motorway bridge in Skelmersdale waiting for a man I’ve never met to turn up in a Vectra; I’m yet to work as a drug dealer but it felt like I was doing a deal. How did it come to this? It should have been...
DO we dare to dream now? It’s been a strange season so far. While Liverpool have been racking up results, briefly topping the table and maintaining a top four spot throughout, nagging doubts have remained about whether the attempt to finish in the Champions League...
IT used to be Fortress Anfield – now it’s the place where a Liverpool side performed so badly it cost a legend his job. GARETH ROBERTS looks at home advantage – and asks whether the changing face of the average supporter has played a part in its demise. IT goes...
