Dying For A World Cup: The Reality Of Qatar 2022

THE World Cup is, and should be seen as, a great event. Once every four years a host country has the world’s eyes cast upon it. It becomes an opportunity to showcase the country and a source of pride for its citizens. Many hundreds of thousands of football supporters...

LIVERPOOL’S TICKET PRICES: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY

I’M a cynic by nature. People ask if I am really an old man. But it’s just a natural curiosity about things — wondering why someone might be doing something, asking questions why. I have been like this about going the match and about Liverpool FC in the past. My...

Why we won’t play on 15th April

I WILL make it clear – before anyone points it out – that I wasn’t at Hillsborough that day. I was two years old. I didn’t lose any family members, or people who I knew. But I do know those who lost loved ones, who experienced that day, and who still...

“It’s only the internet”

THE MUCH used and quite frankly daft comment that gets bandied about when someone gets wound up by something they have seen or read online. It’s easy to say. It is the internet. It is something that you can switch off. Yet it isn’t that simple to do or take on board....

Is this your first time?

“IS this your first time?” she asked me as she held my hand and looked me in the eye. “Yeah,” I excitedly replied, not quite sure if there were any words I could use to describe what had just happened. She looked at me again, her of at least 60...