By Phil Dickinson
Rafael Benitez’s Liverpool limped to the finish line in May, battered and bruised, marked by all the scars of another campaign without a Premier League title. Not only were performances poor, morale low and boardroom tensions severely strained, but uncertainty about the club’s ownership and rumour-mongering in the More >
By Phil Dickinson.
As a Liverpool fan, I had a strange sense of déjà vu last week. 6 summers ago Gérard Houllier departed Anfield after a 6 year tenure at the club and there were a mixture of emotions in the air.
I remember being pleased, excited by the prospect of More >
By Phil Dickinson.
Liverpool’s nightmare season finally came to an end on Sunday in a 0-0 stalemate that again typified the sense of frustration hanging in the Anfield air. Liverpool twice struck the woodwork but were unable to break down an already relegated Hull City at the KC Stadium. The More >
By Phil Dickinson.
As a Liverpool fan, it absolutely pains me to occasionally have to give Alex Ferguson credit. The sight of his blotchy, weather beaten face, as he furiously gnaws a whole packet of Wrigleys Extra and taps his watch suggestively at the referee, usually has me reaching for More >
By Phil Dickinson.
Liverpool brushed aside a despondent West Ham United at Anfield last night, hauling themselves back into 6th place with 3 Premier League games to play.
For the most part, it wasn’t a particularly fluid or free flowing performance from The Reds, but an opening goal within 20 minutes More >
By Phil Dickinson.
On this day in 1989, 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough Stadium during an FA Cup semi-final with Nottingham Forest.
The football world sorrowfully remembers what remains the most deadly football stadium disaster in British history and, along with the Bradford City Fire More >
By Phil Dickinson.
Liverpool’s hopes of securing Champions League football next season were all but ended yesterday after they failed to break down a dogged Fulham side at Anfield, Benitez later admitting to the press that fourth place was “a little bit far away”.
Despite resting a number of key first team More >
By Phil Dickinson.
Liverpool progressed into the semi finals of the Europa League last night after an emphatic 4-1 victory against Portuguese champions elect, Benfica, finally putting to rest the ghost of their 2006 Champions League exit.
And The Eagles started the game like a team 6 points clear at the More >
By Phil Dickinson.
Another disappointing result, another blow to Liverpool’s Champions League ambitions, another Monday morning inquest from fans and press. It’s been a very familiar story for Rafa and his Reds this season, far too familiar.
But this time around, the team’s failure to secure an away day victory and More >
By Phil Dickinson.
When clubs of genuine European pedigree clash, thoughts inevitably turn to encounters gone by.
When Manchester United squared off against Champions League opponents Bayern Munich yesterday, memories of United’s Barcelona smash-and-grab in 1999 understandably were brought to mind, the unavoidable comparisons drawn.
For players, these past encounters matter very More >