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Chris Rowland
The Tomkins Times’ Tribute to Ray Kennedy
Former Reds midfielder Ray Kennedy has passed away at the age of 70 after suffering from Parkinson’s Disease for…
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Chris Rowland
Farewell Sir Roger, and Thanks For Everything
in Chris Rowland, Free / / 26 commentsSo today we say goodbye to another club legend. Roger Hunt has departed at the age of 83. He…
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Chris Rowland
My Away Days at the Match – Part 2: in Manchester and At Home
As I said in Part 1, this mini-series is mostly about away matches. And over the years we’ve seen…
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Chris Rowland
My Away Days at the Match – Part 1
in Chris Rowland, LFC History, My Day at the Match, Personal Thoughts, Subscribers Only / / 16 commentsIn this two-part series I wanted to concentrate on two things – I’m deliberately avoiding the showpiece games, the…
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Chris Rowland
The Euros 2021 – a TTT Guide (Is Anyone Bothered?)
OK, let’s proceed on the assumption that we are interested, if only slightly. After all, several Liverpool players will…
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Chris Rowland
What Next for Liverpool’s Squad? (and What Would Shankly Have Done?)
It’s February 21st 1970. Struggling in the league, Liverpool travel to 2nd Division Watford in the FA Cup quarter…
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Andrew Beasley
Ranking the Reds’ Premier League Seasons, Worst to Best: #2 – 2000/01
#2 – 2000/01 A note from Paul Tomkins: Ranking the Reds’ Premier League Seasons, Worst to Best, should really mean…
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Chris Rowland
RIP Ray Clemence – Tribute to a True Liverpool Legend
“England’s England’s number 1, England’s number 1”. I wonder how many times Ray Clemence heard that cascading down from…
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Chris Rowland
All You Ever Wanted To Know About The Premier League Transfer Window In The Year Of Covid
So on October 5th we closed, locked and shuttered up the summer/autumn 2020 transfer window ahead of what could…
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Chris Rowland
Book Review – The Lost Shankly Boy- George Scott’s Anfield Journey, by George Scott with Jeff Goulding
George Scott arrived at Anfield in 1960 as a 15 year-old poor boy from Aberdeen, just after Bill Shankly’s…
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Chris Rowland
Book Review – Shanks, Yanks and Jürgen, by Bob Holmes.
Shanks, Yanks and Jürgen traces the direct lineage between the two messianic managers who book-end the modern era of Liverpool…
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Chris Rowland
Liverpool and Manchester City: A New Rivalry for Our Times
It’s been said that one thing Liverpool’s fans and Man Utd’s had in common is we both sang about…
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Chris Rowland
The 25th of May. Rome 1977. Istanbul 2005. Rejoice Reds!
By Chris Rowland. May 25th. A magic date for Liverpool supporters. It is captured in the Kop’s version of…
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Chris Rowland
The Match That Meant Most To Me – No.7
By Chris Rowland. Wolves 1 Liverpool 3, May 4th 1976. I was 19, and my left arm was in…
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Daniel Rhodes
Memorabilia Memories: The Stunning Ticket, A Magical Stadium and Liverpool’s First Ever Big Ears
Packed into trains like sardines, with no food or drink and a severe lack of toilet facilities. Sounds like the…
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Chris Rowland
22 Points Ahead! My Day at the Match – Southampton (H), Feb. 1st 2020
So it’s official. No, not that we’re going to be champions, not yet, not quite … although a 22…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the FA Cup Derby – Sunday January 5th 2020
Well going into this year’s FA Cup competition with a 13-point lead in the Premier League and a place…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Wolves (H), Dec. 29th 2019
By Chris Rowland. It’s a long time since I set out for a match with the red star glowing…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Man City (H), November 10th 2019
As usual, there are complications and caveats about getting to the match, and also, since it’s the late Sunday…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Leicester City (H), Oct.5th 2019
It’s a Saturday 3pm kick-off! This means the trains cannot make me miss the match because kick-off is so…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Sheffield United (A), September 28th 2019
“It’s full o’ bloody scarsers” says a rich local dialect. We’re in the marvellous Sheffield Tap on Sheffield station,…
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Andrew Beasley
Ranking the Reds’ Premier League Seasons, Worst to Best: #1 – 2018/19
#1 – 2018/19 Season summary Andrew Beasley: The long and winding road, that leads to your door. When this…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Burnley (A), Aug. 31st 2019
It’s my nearest game. Change from 12 miles away as the crow flies, a little further as the Northern…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Arsenal (H), August 24th 2019
When I read the accounts on TTT from Liverpool supporters in Oman and Kenya and South Africa, and see…
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Andrew Beasley
Ranking the Reds’ Premier League Seasons, Worst to Best: #3 – 2008/09
#3 – 2008/09 A note from Paul Tomkins: Ranking the Reds’ Premier League Seasons, Worst to Best, should really mean…