A CALL has been made for fans attending this Saturday’s game with Newcastle to show their support for local merchants and vendors by wearing their merchandise. This has nothing to do with an attack on the club, though many may see it as that. There will be no walkout...
AND so the records fall. Liverpool’s dismantling of Burnley saw Jürgen Klopp’s men record their 13th successive league win and thus surpass Kenny Dalglish’s record of 12 from 1990. Afterwards, the manager claimed that he had no idea that the record so much as existed,...
THE acquisition of a sixth European Cup comes not only with a sense of pride and joy for Reds all over the world. It also comes with an Owen-esque hand rubbing from Liverpool’s commercial department with the rumours of a possible switch from New Balance to Nike....
PICTURE the scene. It’s early on in the season and Liverpool face an away game they can well do without. There are nervous conversations about the opposition as it’s not the easiest place to go and we’ve been embarrassed there before. Liverpool find themselves two...
“FOR me, he can be one of the most exciting talents in world football. I genuinely believe that. “You see a lot of good players, but this kid – for 19 years of age – he burst onto the scene at the World Cup, but we’d tracked him before that,...
HOW was your break? Did you have one? Go anywhere nice? There are people who can’t have footballing holidays. For them there’s no respite once the final ball of the season has been kicked or, in our case, the trophy has been lifted to an expectant crowd one more time...
ON the whole, Liverpool supporters aren’t keen on Alan Smith. For that matter, neither are a lot of Leeds fans. The Yorkshire born striker/midfielder joined a list of players who have sworn loyalty to one club only to join their most hated rivals. It shouldn’t really...
HISTORY is littered with background people. For every moonwalking Neil Armstrong there’s a Michael Collins hidden away in the lunar module. For every John, Paul, George and Ringo there’s a George Martin staying behind to patch it altogether with just a mug of Horlicks...
MAY is anniversary month. Last week saw the celebration of ‘Istanbul Day’ and Reds of a certain age took to social media to share clips of the Gerrard goal and Dudek’s save. A day later Arsenal fans celebrated “Michael Thomas” day while, on the same day, United...
THERE was a moment at the end of the game where someone from BT Sport came onto the pitch, shoved a microphone under Sadio Mane’s nose and asked him a question. His response will live with me forever. He mumbled a few half-formed words then he went quiet. Then he...
Getting stuck into big talking points within the world of football finance, discussing fifteen years of FSG and domestic league games being played abroad.John Gibbons is joined by football writer Dave Powell.
