THE hours following a defeat are never pleasant, particularly after displays such as those final 15 minutes on Sunday. It’s a terrible thing to watch an inevitable act play out before your very eyes and, as Liverpool’s grip slipped from 2-3 to 3-3 to 4-3, there was an...
IN April 1990, Liverpool beat QPR 2-1 at Anfield. A John Barnes penalty won the game and, by extension, the league with two games to go to finally see off the threat of – yes – Aston Villa. All wrapped up to the extent that Kenny brought himself off the bench for the...
I DON’T like it when players leave. I don’t mean any specific player either. I mean just any player. It saddens me that something hasn’t worked out and whoever it is lacked what we need to win things. Well, okay that may not be completely honest – I did breathe a sigh...
I’M always intrigued by the answer to the question ‘What was your first Liverpool game?’ If it were a Cup final or semi or famous win you can raise an eyebrow and nod a ‘Nice’ to them. If it’s an absolute stinker you can grimace and applaud their fortitude for getting...
THE emergence of James Milner in his new defensive role has temporarily ended a litany of unusual/mad/incapable/certifiable left-backs we’ve had going back some 30 years. Although this is not what he signed up for, he has already settled in and has become a key...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUGzgo4PWkQ ON September 27, 1999 in Liverpool L4, Everton striker Kevin Campbell brought down Franny Jeffers’ through ball and slotted it past Sander Westerveld at the Kop end. The game was just four minutes old and Everton led against...
ON July 31, Gerry McIver, the backbone of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign and stalwart of the HJC shop on Walton Breck Road, Anfield, passed away at his home following a long battle with illness. He was 81. If you’ve ever dropped into the shop, which sits opposite...
IT was revealed yesterday afternoon that Mamadou Sakho had been told that he has to find a loan club in order to play regular first team football, as he is unlikely to find it with the Reds. Many have hoped that there would be a solution to this farrago, but it seems...
NOT every good season starts with a win, just as not every poor one begins with a defeat, but there are wins and there are statement wins. Sunday felt like one such. A top-four opponent so one of the harder grounds to visit (Liverpool had won just once there before...
IF there’s one thing that infuriates me about this club it’s the overwhelming affection. That’s sounds wrong, doesn’t it? Let’s try again. If there’s one thing that infuriates me about this club it’s the unconditional love and support for the manager and certain...
Press Conference Extra looks at the wider context around Arne Slot’s media briefing before Liverpool’s Champions League tie against Real Madrid at Anfield.
