by Gareth Roberts | Feb 3, 2013 | Footie
FIFTY Shades of Grey isn’t just a glorified porno to reawaken the lost libido of a million bored housewives – it’s also an accurate phrase for what has taken place at Anfield this season. Far too many assessments of Liverpool’s progress or lack...
by Gareth Roberts | Jan 28, 2013 | Footie
THERE’S not much fancy about Oldham Athletic. A pothole-ridden car park leads to a three-sided ground made up of dilapidated stands and limited facilities that have long since seen better days. The club would be the first to admit they’ve fallen a long way since they...
by Gareth Roberts | Dec 28, 2012 | Footie
DANIEL STURRIDGE is likely to run out of the Anfield tunnel wearing a red shirt when Liverpool play Sunderland on Wednesday – and he could soon be joined in the squad by Thomas Ince. The pursuit of both players – Sturridge is 23, Ince is 20 –...
by Gareth Roberts | Nov 26, 2012 | Footie
SORRY Chelsea fans, but you really haven’t thought this one through. Singing “Fuck off, Benitez?” Booing your own manager on day one? Way to go. When the stadium announcer read out the attendance at Stamford Bridge and followed it by thanking fans...
by Gareth Roberts | Nov 3, 2012 | Footie
IF you’re unfortunate enough to work in a customer-focused job, you’ve probably heard a beaut in a suit talking about “going the extra mile”. It’s cringeworthy corporate speak for a pencil pusher making an extra phone call or working...
by Gareth Roberts | Oct 28, 2012 | Footie
LUIS SUAREZ was denied a perfectly-good winning goal as Liverpool’s recent bad luck with referees continued at Goodison in the 219th Merseyside derby. The Reds raced into a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes that left the Blues shell-shocked after they had started the game the...
by Gareth Roberts | Oct 9, 2012 | Footie
WITCH-HUNTS, conspiracies and agendas. All have been suggested regarding the media coverage Luis Suarez has received following his dopey dive against Stoke on Sunday. But Monday’s newspapers were business as usual – the media doing what the media does. It’s an...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 26, 2012 | Footie
IT was scripted as the weekend that football would grow up. The songs about dead fans, football stadium disasters and plane crashes would stop and a football rivalry billed as Britain’s bitterest would become a tiny bit sweeter. It was a big ask. A minority of...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 15, 2012 | Footie
SORRY. Everyone is sorry. David Cameron is sorry. Kelvin Mackenzie is sorry. David Bernstein is sorry. Boris Johnson is sorry. Sir (how?) Norman Bettison is sorry. Sir (how?) Irvine Patnick is sorry. Dominic Mohan is sorry. Sheffield Wednesday are sorry. The Sheffield...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 2, 2012 | Footie
BRENDAN RODGERS couldn’t have made it any clearer. He wanted, expected, and probably demanded that there be additions to Liverpool’s squad on transfer deadline day. Namely, he wanted goalscorers: “I’ve been given as much confidence as I can possibly get that we will...
