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Chris Rowland
Camper Van to Madrid, Part 1
Just a year after that Kiev adventure, we’re off our insane travels again. For me and a few others,…
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Chris Rowland
Missing the Title By the Width of an Aspirin?
11.7 mm. The tiny slice of the arc of a football that video technology said was not quite over…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Chelsea (H) April 14th
So another Sunday graveyard shift – in terms of kick off time anyway, though not in terms of the…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match (and the Match I Didn’t Make) – Tottenham (H) March 31st 2019
1 – By Chris Rowland: After the Sunday late slot at Goodison then the Sunday breakfast kick-off against Burnley,…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Burnley (H), March 10th 2019
1 – By Chris Rowland. So we’re now 4 points behind. Now the pressure really is on to win…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Derby – Everton v Liverpool, March 3rd 2019
It’s my first derby at Goodison for a while now. When tickets are scarce – Liverpool have an allocation…
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Chris Rowland
My Day and Night at The Pit of Hate – Man City v Liverpool, Jan 3rd 2019
So here it is then. The media have been in overkill mode for days about it. The hype machine…
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Chris Rowland
My Night at the Match – Burnley (A), Dec.5th 2018
Burnley is the nearest Premier League – or indeed league – ground to where I live. About 12 miles…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Derby – Everton (H), December 2nd 2018
For me there’s always an extra buzz about derby day. The facts that they haven’t won at Anfield since…
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Chris Rowland
We Go Again – My Day at the Match – West Ham Utd (H), August 12th 2018
And we’re off – for the first competitive game since Kiev. Not that this journey takes quite as much…
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Chris Rowland
How Much Do Liverpool’s Owners Put Their Hands In Their Pockets? Their Season-By-Season Transfer Record
Liverpool’s American owners haven’t put their hands in their pockets deep and often enough in the transfer market. That…
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Chris Rowland
32 Teams, 12 Stadia and 8 Reds – The 2018 World Cup
The 2018 World Cup is almost upon us. Regardless of your thoughts on international football, the World Cup usually…
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Chris Rowland
My Five Days at the Match – Kiev
Thursday May 24th. The day finally arrives. The culmination of all that planning, arranging, booking and confirming, checking in,…
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Chris Rowland
The Days Before My Days At The Match In Kiev!
The first mention of Kiev comes after we’ve drawn but before we’ve played City in the quarter-final: “forty quid…
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Chris Rowland
Liverpool FC In The European Cup Final – A 41 Year Journey
The 25th of May should be a date that’s ingrained on every Liverpool supporter’s heart. The date we won…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – No Not THAT Match! – Blackpool v Walsall, Feb 10th 2018
Look, it wasn’t my idea, OK? It was my old mate Neil. Neil from school. Neil a Reds fan.…
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Chris Rowland
Effing Reffing Takes The Headlines Again
When referees keep getting more post-match discussion than goalscorers and goalkeepers, you know something’s wrong. Officials seem to be…
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Chris Rowland
My Day At The Match – Huddersfield Town (A), Jan.30th 2018
When Huddersfield got promoted last May, I was delighted that there was a really local game for me to…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Burnley (A) Jan 1st 2018
Now here’s a first – and not just ‘of January’! Due to circumstances beyond my control, I’m going to…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Leicester City (H), Dec.30th 2017
Amidst the loss of awareness of date and time that comes with what we call the festive period, I…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Huddersfield Town (H) Oct.28th 2017
1 – By Chris Rowland: After last Sunday’s horror show, there’s one bit of good news. Lime Street station is…
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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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…