by Karl Coppack | Nov 26, 2013 | Footie
I’LL come clean. I’m writing this after a good couple of hours with Red or Dead, David Peace’s behemoth novelisation of Shankly’s life. It’s a remarkable piece of work. Some say it highlights the constant repetition of football life. From game to day...
by Karl Coppack | Oct 31, 2013 | Footie
THERE’S a danger in getting carried away with things. In January 2006 Everton released a DVD to commemorate their strong start. They called it ‘Off To A Flyer’. This was not to herald a decent return for the beginning of the season, mind. Oh no. This was the beginning...
by Karl Coppack | Oct 22, 2013 | Footie
THERE’S scene in the film ‘In The Name of the Father’ where a government official leafs through the prison file of wrongly convicted Guildford Four member Giuseppe Conlon. Conlon is dying while incarcerated and has appealed for compassionate leave...
by Karl Coppack | Oct 9, 2013 | Footie
ONE of the saddest times in the recent history of the club was the day that Kenny Dalglish became a divisive character to Liverpool fans. It’s hard to put your finger on the actual day – possibly the day Carroll signed or maybe Downing and Henderson but...
by Karl Coppack | Sep 24, 2013 | Footie
WEDNESDAY night sees another Cup tie against ‘our friends from the other end of the M62’ (George Sephton, under P.R duress, April 1988) and the continuation of the Scouse-Manc bunfight. It’s the League Cup so no one should be ‘that’ arsed...
by Karl Coppack | Aug 29, 2013 | Footie
“No Scot ever made a bigger impact on a club than Bill Shankly. Others may claim an equal share of trophies and Matt Busby comes to mind with his wonderful record crowned by the European Cup, but not even Matt would claim the kinship with the fans that Bill...
by Karl Coppack | Aug 12, 2013 | Footie
It’s October 2006 and I’m stood outside of an Irish bar in Bordeaux. This is the wine capital of the world and I’m here with about twenty of my mates outside of a ramshackle Irish bar because they sell John Smiths. I have been outvoted. I shake my...
by Karl Coppack | Aug 4, 2013 | Footie
IT’S not easy being a Liverpool fan. We’re given all too brief glimpses at genius and lots of pillow talk from footballing geniuses before they’re whisked away by promises of trophies, wages or ‘better prospects’. The symbiotic...
by Karl Coppack | Jul 14, 2013 | Featured Writing, Footie
In February 1987 Liverpool played an everyday bog standard home game with Southampton. As with many Liverpool/Soton games it didn’t have much to recommend it. Peter Shilton was in goal so the game was automatically relegated to an undercard as the Kop preferred...
by Karl Coppack | Jun 17, 2013 | Footie
By Karl Coppack On a recent Citytalk Neil brought up the subject of the new away kit, the one that looks like a piece of paper warped in the dying throes of a toner cartridge error, and the ‘values’ and ‘brand’ of the club or, to be specific, what those things are....
