The second in our series of free audio documentaries revisiting notable days in Liverpool Football Club’s history. This time we head back to November 6, 1982 and to Goodison Park for a derby victory Liverpool fans still sing about to this day. Helping us tell...
The second in our series of free audio documentaries revisiting notable days in Liverpool Football Club’s history. This time we head back to November 6, 1982 and to Goodison Park for a derby victory Liverpool fans still sing about to this day. Helping us tell the...
I’VE lost count of how many Merseyside derbies I’ve attended over the years. When the memories come flooding back, of course there are the victorious cup finals and semi-finals and a seemingly endless catalogue of Liverpool glory but one date always sticks in the mind...
JUDGING the collective psyche of thousands of people is always a dangerous game. And yet, it happens every day. Especially in football, or more specifically in football supporter culture. Take the derby this coming weekend. Anfield will be a sellout for the visit of...
SORRY it’s late. I’ve been in the post office. You all bought loads of T-shirts and Christmas subscriptions. Which is very kind of you, but did rather get in the way of, well, just about everything else. It’s not too late to talk about Everton...
ALL wins are equal, but some wins are more equal than others. The nominal value of a League victory never changes. The same amount of points were awarded to Liverpool last night as they were to, say, the Sunderland game. Three. No more, no less. You don’t get bonus...
AHEAD of Monday night’s Merseyside derby, TAW contributors look back at nine of Liverpool’s best derby wins at Goodison Park. Everton 0 Liverpool 3 – December 6, 1969: The Sandy Brown Derby FRIDAY teatime, December 1969. The end of term at St...
Simon Starts CHANCES are you probably know this already, or you expected it to be the case — or maybe you’ve just been living under a rock since Loris Karius let Dimitri Payet kick it into his goal last weekend — but Jürgen Klopp has today confirmed...
THIRTY ONE years ago today. The 1985 FA Cup semi-final. Probably the most raw, intense atmosphere and drama I have ever experienced. I doubt it will ever be beaten. I’m not sure I even want it surpassed for it belongs in a different age when, pre-Heysel and...
GOODISON is something of a guilty pleasure for me. I don’t like to say it out loud too often but it’s a ground with a wonderful feel to it. I like the way it smells. That’s the timber not the Blues. It’s a living museum. One of the last links to another age of...
