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My Day at the Match – Man Utd (H), Sat. Oct.14th 2017
Anyone who’s read my My Day At The Match articles will know that the pincer movement of the uncertainties of…
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My Day at the Match – Manchester City (A) Sept 9th 2017
I broke my ‘never in Manchester’ rule on Saturday by going to a match there. Let me qualify that –…
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Progress at a Price?
Imagine a world where there was no mobile phone, no satellite and cable broadcasting, no goals to watch or players…
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How Was Their Season? No.12 – Nathaniel Clyne
by Chris Rowland. Clyne’s a strange one. He’s the opposite of Marmite. Nobody hates him (well except the guy behind…
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How Was Their Season? No.3: James Milner
By Chris Rowland. James Milner is never going to short-change you. He’ll always run the circumference of the Earth and…
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My Day at the Match – Middlesbrough (H) May 21st 2017. Job Done.
By Chris Rowland. One more dance, my friends, one more dance …. Question is, will we be waltzing towards that pesky…
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My Day at the Match – Southampton (H) May 7th 2017. Another Day of Anti-Football
by Chris Rowland. As ever, transport problems dominate ahead of the game itself. It seems not one but two trains…
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RIP Ronnie Moran. A Tribute to the Melwood Sergeant Major.
By Chris Rowland. The word ‘legend is overused, of course it is. In today’s society it is used in a…
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My Day at the Match – Burnley (H). Like Clockwork.
By Chris Rowland. Well the good news is that Lime Street station is open again. The bad news is that…
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Live TV – a Turn-Off For Match-Going Supporters?
by Chris Rowland. First of all it was Sky, and Sunday afternoons. Then came Saturday late, and Saturday early. Sunday was…
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My Day at the Match – Hull City (A) Feb 4th 2017. No Land of Green Ginger, and No Points
By Chris Rowland. This is Liverpool’s fifth league game at Hull’s new home, the KCom (formerly KC) Stadium – but…
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What Really Knocked Liverpool FC Off Their Perch?
By Chris Rowland. I started writing this before January 2017 – our month horribilis. We were second and still in…
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Day Review – Swansea City (H). Another Good Day Out Spoilt by the Match
By Chris Rowland. The alarm goes off at 7am. It’s still dark. It’s still night. In my world, it IS…
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16/17 League Cup Quarter Final Preview: Leeds United (H)
by Chris Rowland. Liverpool v Leeds. All red v all white. Lancashire (sort of) v Yorkshire. Shankly v Revie. Quite…
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How Was Their Season? No.15 – Christian Benteke
By Chris Rowland. There was once a Liverpool striker who was a magnificent physical specimen. A beast no defender would be…
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How Was Their Season? No 5: Lucas Leiva
in Chris Rowland, End of Season Player Review, Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 29 commentsWe asked our ever-growing panel to assess the performances this season of players in the first team group. Using the sweepstake method…
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Basel and the Road Less Travelled
By Chris Rowland. As endurance tests go, I couldn’t have devised a more testing one for myself. The problem with…
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Wilkommen Joel Matip
By Chris Rowland. Liverpool Football Club yesterday confirmed they have reached an agreement to sign Cameroon defender Joel Matip. The 24-year-old…
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Liverpool FC and the January Transfer Window
By Chris Rowland. ‘You can’t get value in the January transfer market’. It’s a Quoted Football Fact. Like 4-4-2 is…
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Three Free Men and a £Million Teenager
by Chris Rowland. So it looks like we’re getting our transfer business done quickly, early and decisively. Since this initial…
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Should They Stay Or Should They Go? (Part 1)
in Chris Rowland, Featured, Interactive, Should They Stay or Should They Go?, Subscribers Only / / 28 commentsBy Chris Rowland and Daniel Rhodes. Part 1 – Goalkeepers and Defence It’s a TTT tradition that each summer we evaluate…
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A Firmino Favourite?
by Chris Rowland. Liverpool have confirmed the signing of Hoffenheim’s Brazilian international forward Roberto Firmino. The 23-year-old’s five-year deal is subject to a medical,…
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Heysel – 30 Years Of Hurt
By Chris Rowland. 30 years ago today, Liverpool and Juventus met in the European Cup final in Brussels. It was…
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A Season to Remember – 1987/8
By Chris Rowland. The Reds team that had been good enough to win the double in 1985/6 had not been…
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A Season to Remember – 1985/6
By Chris Rowland. No season had ever started in circumstances like this one. For any club. For the first season…
