by John Gibbons | Jan 9, 2017 | Footie
I MADE a series of fundamental mistakes for Liverpool v Plymouth. The first of which was saying I would go to every game this season months ago. I should have been very clear on every league game. Very clear indeed. But more on that later. My first mistake on the day...
by John Gibbons | Jan 5, 2017 | Footie
SUNDERLAND was a tough one. Character required. I wanted nothing more than a nice day under the duvet watching films with my wife before we all went back to work. An alarm that said six something wasn’t exactly what I needed. I got up at 3:30pm after Manchester...
by John Gibbons | Jan 2, 2017 | Footie
THIS is the one we’ve waited for. Like a beacon at the end of the diary. The year ends with Manchester City at home. Big game, big day, big drink, big everything. There was a lot of talk of it making or breaking a night. I was more worried about starting 2017...
by John Gibbons | Dec 30, 2016 | Footie
BOXING Day was a bit rubbish, wasn’t it? Footy-wise at least, all the eating and drinking was sound. But no Liverpool game and having to sit there watching everyone else win, even bloody Everton and they’re shite, was a bit galling. Well. We know what to...
by John Gibbons | Dec 22, 2016 | Footie
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...
by John Gibbons | Dec 16, 2016 | Footie
MIDDLESBROUGH. Eight-seater car. By Wednesday morning, that is about as far as we got. No-one seems to know who is driving or really how far Middlesbrough is. Mick Clarke reckons it’s “only two hours”, but he also wears shorts in November, so his...
by John Gibbons | Dec 13, 2016 | Footie
A WONDERFUL night at 10 Bands 10 Minutes at Invisible Wind Factory means a rather lazy morning on Sunday. I need to get going, though. Mum is doing Christmas Dinner. There is a reason behind this madness. My cousin is a West Ham fan and has married a Liverpool fan....
by John Gibbons | Dec 5, 2016 | Footie
FOUR am alarm clock. Four am. This is a time to get in, not a time to go out. In fact, as I leave my building a fella is coming in and he looks very surprised to see anyone, not least someone dressed to go out for the day. I just say “Bournemouth, mate”...
by John Gibbons | Dec 1, 2016 | Footie
IT’S Tuesday in work and Neil is gasping for a pint. “We’ll just do this thing and then nip back for a bit and then we’ll get out, Gibbo.” “Not going to be long on that, are you? Just need to sort one thing then I’m done...
by John Gibbons | Nov 28, 2016 | Footie
MY HEAD HURTS. Friday night was The Tea Street Band at Camp and Furnace. Afterwards some impossibly good DJs came on and I danced round Coats with Kyle Percy and his missus until there was no one else there. I don’t know what time I got in but it wasn’t...
