AFTER the excitement of 85/86 WWCH changes pace to one of the more curious seasons in Liverpool’s recent history. Gerard Houllier, just back from his heart illness, manages Liverpool to a start to the season full of good results but not always terrific...
LAST season ended badly, writes NEIL POOLE of the We Are Liverpool fanzine. Very badly. It seemed like the manager was sinking with along with his team. Yet FSG have given Brendan Rodgers a second chance. Something that — in the modern game at least —...
HOW many times have we heard it? A new high-profile signing arrives and the heightened expectation kicks in. We don’t mean to get carried away, not again. But we can’t help ourselves. Before we know it, the words have escaped and we’re back once more in that old...
FOURTEEN years ago today a little bit of derby history was made. Everton came to Anfield under Walter Smith to face Gerard Houllier’s Liverpool and – perhaps more importantly for our blue brethren – Nick Barmby in the first Anfield derby of the Millennium....
by SACHIN NAKRANI – “Gerard was really close to his players; at times it felt like having a father” – Steven Gerrard – “Houllier couldn’t deal with players expressing any anger or questioning any of his decisions” – Robbie Fowler – “ Gerard turned me from a boy to...
