LET’S GET ANGRY

by | Apr 28, 2014 | Footie

AS The Kop poured into the streets with leaden shoulders and a collective stooped gait, a lone voice roared above the hubbub. ‘Libpool, Libpool – top of the league. Libpool – top of the league.’ It was an act of defiance. It spoke of a heart...

LIGHT v DARK

by | Apr 28, 2014 | Footie

by Dave Martinez  ‘It appears to me that the dark has a lot more territory’ THE final scene of the phenomenal HBO drama True Detective sees Woody Harrelson’s character – Marty Hart – utter that sentence with a resigned, pessimistic tone as he looks up at...

THE VALUE OF HARD LESSONS

by | Apr 28, 2014 | Footie

WE woke this morning to headlines alternately heralding a tactical masterclass from Mourinho, alongside claims that Brendan Rodgers had thrown bitter barbs in Mourinho’s direction, highlighting his ‘two buses parked’ comment. The reality is different...

This is my truth. Tell me yours.

by | Apr 27, 2014 | Footie

By Ian Salmon WE all have stories. We all know what we did today. This is mine. I wasn’t there. I tried to be there but I wasn’t. I was in The Sandon. It was the next best thing. There was alcohol. No food. Alcohol. There was the fact that I didn’t have a ticket....

Liverpool 0 (NIL) Chelsea 2 (TWO)

by | Apr 27, 2014 | Footie

IT’S HEARTBREAKING, IT REALLY IS. Liverpool pushed all they had but sometimes you can be shut down and stopped. Football is about choices, a series of choices, made by footballers and by football managers. Football isn’t moral. We get far too hung up on...
THE SPIRIT OF 05

THE SPIRIT OF 05

by | Mar 29, 2014 | Footie

THE nerves, the tension, the joy, the fear – for the title-chase of 2014 see the Champions League run of 2005, says DAVE MARTINEZ. Tuesday May 3, 2005 Whether you were there in body or simply in spirit, you will never forget it. The greatest night in Anfield’s...

FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON IS SUNDAY

by | Nov 18, 2011 | Footie

This season has done my head in. The lack of European football combined with the aching gaps for internationals has left me feeling like things have never really got going. Liverpool are next playing in a beard, in a yonk, some time after the next ice age we’ll kick...