IT’S January 2019. Nathaniel Clyne, signed for £12.5m from Southampton in July 2015, has already made two appearances for his new club Bournemouth — in which they’ve conceded five goals. Those two consecutive starts are his first back-to-back games since May...
HERE we are again. The crucial Christmas period. When the games come thick and fast, and when every squad, no matter how strong or deep, is tested to the limit. It’s a time when some of the less-heralded traits of elite footballers come to the fore. How fast can they...
I’VE often pondered what constitutes a captain’s performance in football. There are some which instantly spring to mind, Steven Gerrard in the 2006 FA Cup final, Roy Keane away to Juventus in 1999 and Tony Adams against Everton on the final day of 1997-98. All of them...
HOW do you fancy being in with a chance of winning two tickets to see James Milner, Luis Garcia, Dirk Kuyt and a host of ex players in action at Celtic Park on September 8? Thanks to our friends at Laduma, we’re giving away 20 pairs of tickets to the “a...
JAMIE CARRAGHER played 737 times for Liverpool, showing staying power that left him second only to Ian Callaghan in the list of players who have made the most appearances for the Reds. In more than 16 years of being in the first-team squad, Carra won the Champions...
“MILNER’S a phenomenon, a guy with big balls…” That was Manuel Pellegrini back in March 2015, quite literally talking bollocks. Three years and five months later, the Chilean was reminded of just how big James Milner’s are. Significantly more so than Jack...
LOOK at these men, writes CAOIMHE O’NEILL. These men, in their red ties who have fancifully danced us into the elite ballroom of a European Cup final. Another European Cup final and it’s about time. The players have fought tooth and nail to get us here,...
THE city of Liverpool is alive right now. There is currently an energy and magnetism in the city which makes it feel like an epicentre of admiration across Europe’s cultured landmarks and beyond. Liverpool Football Club has awoken something that carries with it a...
LIVERPOOL don’t get many routine wins. When The Reds triumph 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1, it feels like a rare occasion. That is in no way a criticism because this Liverpool team are perfectly capable of routine wins, it’s just that their idea of a routine win appears to be to...
A moment please, to reflect on the majesty of James Milner #PORLIV — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) 14 February 2018 JAMES Milner has never let Liverpool football club down. There are times when a certain player’s career in the red shirt can hibernate in your...
