by Roy Henderson | Jan 29, 2012 | Footie
Another tsunami of self-righteous indignation crashed upon our virtual shores this morning in the aftermath of the weekend’s FA Cup ties. This time, the surge was triggered by the ‘offshore quakes’ at Loftus Road and Anfield, by cancelled handshakes...
by Roy Henderson | Jan 10, 2012 | Footie
CHARLIE ADAM. It’s been a funny old start, hasn’t it? When he signed, and in the weeks shortly after that point, we saw references ranging from “the Scottish Redondo” to “Xarlie Adamso” over the length and breadth of the Red web....
by Roy Henderson | Dec 21, 2011 | Footie
WE ALL have our little patterns in life. Me? I make a slice of toast. I butter it and spread on some strawberry jam. Before I set it on the plate, I take a bite out of the corner. I don’t even know I’m doing it. That’s one of my little patterns. I...
by Roy Henderson | Dec 9, 2011 | Footie
There’s not much to this post really – just a list of hyperlinks. But the links point to the parts of what I believe is the finest sporting documentary ever made. I’d searched for it for years having lost my VHS copies when a mate who’d looked...
by Roy Henderson | Nov 9, 2011 | Footie
“Trust in me, just in me Shut your eyes and trust in me You can sleep safe and sound Knowing I am around.” Kaa the Python – The Jungle Book — Trust. Right now, that’s the word that rings around my head whenever I think about Liverpool...
by Roy Henderson | Oct 30, 2011 | Footie
“Lord, grant me chastity and continence… but not yet.” – St Augustine — Norwich. A happenin’ place, inhabited by a curious race of mustard-making yokels wot talk like Wurzels, and bankrolled by (possibly quite literally) the mother...
by Roy Henderson | Oct 13, 2011 | Footie
THERE was a time not so long ago when just about every bit of negative news emanating from Liverpool football club was attributed to the alleged incompetence of one man: Mr Rick Parry. From being the powerhouse of English domestic and European football, the...
by Roy Henderson | Oct 2, 2011 | Footie
I WAS at the Emirates last Wednesday night. I was sat eating my lunch, and next thing you know one of my workmates has offered me their season ticket for nowt. “Why not?” I asked myself. It’ll be like making a wildlife documentary. So I donned my...
by Roy Henderson | Sep 20, 2011 | Footie
JOHN HASSAY. He’s pleased to meet you. In fact, of the people I’ve met in my life so far, it’s probably fair to say there are few people who have seemed more pleased to meet me than he was. John Hassay has that rare gift of making you feel...
by Roy Henderson | Sep 20, 2011 | Footie
IT’S a horrible, gut-wrenching feeling, isn’t it? A day that started well (kids ate their toasty soldiers over the Barca v Osasuna highlights) has stumbled and stuttered towards its midpoint, and shows every sign of trundling down the proverbial gurgler...
