I remember so vividly our last visit to Wembley 16 years ago, it was the 1996 FA Cup final against Manchester United and I was eleven. That season was particularly tormenting for me, my father had always brought me up as Liverpool fan and that season I had my first full kit bought for my [...]
Liverpool produced a disciplined performance at the Etihad Stadium to move a step closer to a first appearance at the New Wembley. Reds’ skipper Steven Gerrard converted an early penalty to give Kenny Dalglish’s men a 1-0 Carling Cup Semi-final first leg victory and set them up nicely for the return leg at Anfield in [...]
Liverpool 1-1 Manchester United Javier Hernandez came off the bench to score as the honours were shared at Anfield. Reds’ skipper Steven Gerrard, returning to the line-up after a six-month lay-off, gave the hosts a 68th minute lead, only for substitute Hernandez to score from close range with 9 minutes left. [...]
Liverpool ran out 2-0 winners in the 216th Merseyside Derby, in a game overshadowed by a shocking decision by referee Martin Atkinson. When Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell clearly won the ball in a 23rd minute challenge with Luis Suarez, Atkinson surprised the 39,000 crowd at a sun-baked Goodison Park, by brandishing a straight [...]
This coming Saturday will be the first meeting of the year between Liverpool and Everton. Liverpudlians and Evertonians alike circle these dates each year on their respective calendars for the famed Merseyside Derby. The upcoming occasion marks the 39th time they’ve met in Premier League competition and the 185th time overall in Engand’s top flight. It is called the “Friendly Derby” by [...]
Successive defeats to Stoke City and then, in embarrassing circumstances, Tottenham Hotspur, have not so much set-off panic alarms at Anfield, but have almost certainly dampened the early season optimism that had engulfed the football club. The opening day draw with Sunderland was labelled merely as a blip, as Liverpool produced a fine first-half, only [...]
“Please Get off the stage or you will die” was the cry coming over the tannoy system. The stage which had been erected to provide pre-match entertainment, had been taken over by the travelling Kop. The Turkish organisers were in a frantic panic, worried it was going to collapse. But the joyous reds fans ignored [...]
If Hillsborough was the worst day of my Liverpool supporting life, then the trip to Istanbul on 25th May 2005 was definitely the best. When Liverpool won the 1984 European Cup against AS Roma, I remember, as a 6-year old, sitting on my dad’s knee watching the TV as the penalty shoot-out unfolded. When Alan [...]
The Liverpool Players and Families on the end of season Lap of Honour at Anfield after the Liverpool v Tottenham game –
A few weeks ago we published Istanbul 2005, 48 Hours in the Life of an Armchair Supporter Part 1. Now you can read the exciting 2nd part of the story written by Ian Young! The Fourth was there for us I wanted it so badly, “We’re going to win this now dad i can see [...]