Liverpool FC’s ‘Directorial’ Debut
In light of Liverpool FC appointing Damien Comolli, Paul Grech of A Liverpool Thing looks at the role of the Director of Football.
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Sale (30% off) – Coming Soon?
When the sales are coming to a retailer near you, you know to hang off a few days before you go and spend your money, don’t you? It’s a real frustration when you see the item you bought a few days earlier now sat on a shelf for half the amount you paid. The more expensive the item the higher the frustration and financial ‘loss’.
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John Barnes, Liverpool legend
It is the 17th October, 1987. Liverpool are playing Queens Park Rangers on a surprisingly warm autumn afternoon at Anfield. Kenny Dalglish’s side, well beaten to the title by local rivals Everton the previous year, have started well.
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20 Reasons To be Cheerful
By Joe Pepper. It’s the end of the season, and unsurprisingly there is an air of despondency engulfing everyone. But for some strange reason, I feel fairly upbeat. So, what better way to celebrate than by listing my top twenty reasons to be cheerful, at least when it comes to LFC. Yes, I know twenty is a lot, but it is a long summer.
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Money For Nothing?
Given the recent publication of the accounts of Liverpool’s trading company, I thought it would be worthwhile performing a review of the figures with two aims in mind; firstly to consider the numbers from the perspective of a non-accountant and secondly to identify any concerns or positives that might be hidden away.
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The Liverpool Investment Conundrum
By Daniel Geey. Daniel works as a solicitor for Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP and advises entities wishing to invest in the football industry, specifically in relation to the fit and proper person test, conflicts of interest, multiple club ownership and third party player ownership. He is a subscriber to The Tomkins Times.
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Talent is Not Enough: A Youth Review
Remember Wayne Harrison? Or Richie Partridge? What about John Welsh? The likelihood is that some, if not all, of those names will sound familiar but certainly not as much as had been expected. In their youth – and we’re talking about when they were just out of school here – all three had been considered certainties to make it.
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Reasons To Stay, Reasons To Go
A look at what Rafa might be thinking, as a difficult season comes to an end – but also, the possibility of a difficult situation (owners, lack of investment, no new stadium) likewise coming to an end, now that the club is genuinely up for sale.
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A Doctor at Hillsborough, by Neil Dunkin
Although he lived in Glasgow and worked as a GP in Lanarkshire, Dr Phillips, 34, had been born and bred in Huyton, Merseyside. A devoted Liverpool supporter, he had achieved the Holy Grail of every fan by obtaining a season ticket for Anfield and travelled down religiously to see the Reds.
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Robbie Fowler, The One and Only
The mid-nineties were a great time to be young in England. You had alcopops in your bloodstream, moody checked shirts on your back, bleach in your hair, Britpop in your speakers and, if you were a Red at least, you found God.
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