By Simon Steers In our opening league game of the 2010/11 season (under Roy Hodgson against Arsenal at Anfield), the average age of the match day 18 was 26.6 and represented a total cost of £105.6m. Within that squad we had seven outfield players at 28 years or over, five in the first XI. To [...]
3 – 6 – 76 – 96 On April 12th, a team of six runners and their support team will assemble outside Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield (and maybe inside it, on the pitch at the Leppings Lane end, if Sheffield Wednesday’s agreement is forthcoming), and set off in a westerly direction, followed by their support vehicles. Over the next [...]
As we’re going to Wembley for the first time since 1996 – I believe it’s been mentioned, unlike the eight appearances at Cardiff in six seasons, and that FA Cup semi finals weren’t held at the same ground as the final back then – I thought a delve back into our illustrious record in this [...]
It’s almost a cliché that the Christmas period shapes how a season unfolds. Those at the top at New Year usually win the league, those in the relegation spots usually get relegated etc etc. With games coming thick and fast whilst the rest of the country is wedged and bloated on the settee and either [...]
So apart from losing 0-4, having two men sent off and one taken off injured, everything went according to plan at White Hart Lane then! It was a sobering defeat and awful performance alright, the sort we don’t get too often, mercifully, and on a par both quantitively and qualitively with the worst of them. [...]
Part 1 – 1992-2000 As transfer speculation is one way of whiling away the summer – well if you’re not changing managers or owners anyway – I decided to take a look back at our summer transfer activity over the years to see how well it’s worked out and what effect the summer signings had. [...]
The 25th of May is a very special day for all Liverpool supporters. Rome ’77 and Istanbul ’05 -possibly – no, make that definitely – the two most celebrated occasions of Liverpool FC’s history – occurred on that same magical date. One or the other will be on top of the ‘Best Ever’ list for [...]
By Chris Rowland. Before Kenny’s return was announced, I like many had been unsure whether it would be the right move, whether it would be regressive, whether he was in touch with the football world of now. But the announcement brought an instinctive surge of elation and a lightened up sense of having my connection [...]
The epic tale of how Liverpool Football Club was born in the wake of the split of Everton Football Club, by Chris Rowland.
Ahead of our semi-final encounter with Atletico Madrid, I thought it would be interesting to look back on the other occasions when we have reached this stage of the competition, as well as previewing the game against Maxi and Torres’ former team.
