Where’s the drama? Where’s the turmoil? Where are the stories of in-fighting and back-stabbing? Where are the leaked stories, planted in the press? As a Liverpool FC writer, February 2011 has not proved a golden period; as a fan, it’s been a long overdue period of stability and sanity. It’s had great results (winning at [...]
A week after making his European debut as Liverpool manager in Prague, Kenny Dalglish took charge of his first ever European match at Anfield. Sparta made one change from last week, star winger Libor Sionko replacing Keric. By contrast, Dalglish and assistant Steve Clarke had major selection headaches. Injury problems reduced their options in midfield, [...]
DATE: 27/2/2011 VENUE: Upton Park KICK OFF: 13.30 Preview: Liverpool should head into Sunday’s clash with West Ham in good spirits, following our progression to the last 16 of the Europa League. Dirk Kuyt’s late winner over Sparta Prague – in Kenny Dalglish’s first European game in charge of Liverpool at Anfield – gave us [...]
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of Kenny Dalglish’s resignation. First time around, his obvious high was 1987/88. Although 1985/86 – his first season in charge – led to more silverware, the ’87/’88 team remains the benchmark for footballing brilliance at the club. But how does it compare to the current strongest XI? A team is [...]
By Andrew Beasley (‘Beezdog’), with thanks to @bojochris for providing the bulk of the statistics No doubt you’ve probably had similar conversations to me lately. Me: “Good to see Liverpool have signed a decent striker, he’s scored over 100 goals for Ajax” Others: “Isn’t he that cheat from the World Cup? Who bit someone? And [...]
By Graeme Riley. After the long winter hibernation, the Europa League commences again with the round of 32. The teams who have reached this stage have either progressed through the group stage (24 teams) or were relegated from the Champions League (8 teams) as they could only finish third in their respective group. Liverpool have [...]
With all the talk this week of Suso, Conor Coady and, in particular, Raheem Sterling, I thought I’d look back and create my own Liverpool FC ‘prodigy’ XI, comprised of the particularly youthful talent that has made a mark at the club during my time as a supporter. Goalkeeper Goalkeeper is perhaps the position in [...]
Chris Rowland, one of The Tomkins Times’ ‘staff’, released his first football book in 2009 – From Where I Was Standing: A Liverpool Supporter’s View of the Heysel Stadium Tragedy. The book has now been released on Kindle, and can be bought from the following Amazon stores: UK: £4.13 US: under $5 Or order a [...]
Pre-match The Czechs are on their winter break at the moment, not getting back into their league season until the end of the month. So, Sparta came into the game with a lot less preparation than Liverpool. However, much like Shakhtar, they have been playing warm-up friendlies (five, in fact) in a bid to get [...]
By Taf McDonald (Invincible Bastion). As matters on the pitch improve, matters off the pitch returned to the spotlight recently following the announcement about the creation of a fans’ committee. Such a committee had been on the cards since the NESV (now FSG) takeover. The recent announcement has been almost universally well received by the fan [...]
