
A year since Madrid for Klopp's Liverpool
It’s been just over a year since Liverpool lifted their sixth Champions League title in Madrid. And it’s fair to say that it’s been an absolutely unbelievable year in a number of respects. On the field, Liverpool have all but secured their first Premier League title, ending the 30-year drought for the big one.
But off the field, tragedy has struck the entire world, and caused untold misery and death across the entire planet. I don’t want to focus too …

COVID-19 Tragedy and the Wacker, the Spirit of Scouse
I’ve had this piece in mind for weeks.
At first my head was full of jokes; how Corona has been with me all my life, from the Corona Lemonade we had as 80s kids, through to overpriced bottles of Corona pale ale and now this.
Coronavirus.
This isn’t funny anymore. It never was. The jokes rightly should fall on deaf ears.
This week and last we lost Stirling Moss, Honor Blackman and Tim-Brooke Taylor – all talented heroes of mine. …

FSG do the right thing with u-turn in staff furlough decision
Liverpool FC owners FSG overturned their initial decision to furlough non-playing staff members after it was met with huge disapproval by the club's fanbase.
The owners had announced that the club would use the furloughing 'option' so certain non-playing staff would receive up to 80% of their wages from the government. The club would then pay the remaining 20% so none of the staff was down on earnings. However, the decision went down very badly in the football world.
LFC, …

Imagining A Post Apocalyptic Anfield
A small drone whizzes down a deserted street. Two mangy dogs face off over possession of a discarded can. The tin echos as it bounces across pavement and concrete. The camera pans up, past the shuddered businesses and grey landscape as a shimmering, modern stadium comes into focus.
Post apocalyptic Anfield.
Because, no matter what happens to society, football will live on. Right? That is the assumption we're going on at least because if we can't assume Liverpool are coming back to …