John Henry
I start this piece knowing full well I am standing against the strongest of currents. Here I am, in my privileged position, as a writer and as someone who is fortunate enough to go to Liverpool and watch my team play, dictating how to support my/your/our team, Liverpool Football Club. It’s a strange position to […]
There is no doubt that Fenway Sports are investors first and sports fans second, but new owners would be far less likely to bring the riches of Gulf oil or Russian politics to the table and much more likely to take the club in the same direction as Aston Villa, Cardiff City and Portsmouth. Mo […]
Today, I read a popular article on the Echo website titled ‘FSG – how much have Liverpool’s owners really invested in players?’. It’s undeniably an interesting read, but one that is misleading – though I do not hold the writer culpable for this. The very nature of the premise ‘how much have Liverpool’s owners really […]
Sorry, I didn’t quite have space to write my full title: Why FSG and Klopp Must Go On as Before. Now that I have your attention, I’m going to take you back a short while. On the morning of August 31st, ‘Liverpool Twitter’ was a happy place: Liverpool were still in for Lemar and Van […]
The transfer window is not even officially open yet, it’s only on the latch, but already I feel like closing the window, locking it, throwing away the key and drawing the curtains. Then, I can lie in a darkened room, wrap myself in a duvet and eat chocolates as I watch footage of seasons past […]
In October of 2010, Fenway Sports Group purchased Liverpool FC for £300 million. In his first statement as owner, John Henry claimed, ‘We’re here to win and we’ll do whatever is necessary.’ Fast-forward almost seven years later, and fans are still divided as to whether FSG have been good owners for the club, and whether the […]
Following the announcement yesterday that the Centenary Stand will soon bear the exalted name of Kenny Dalglish, it was interesting to note the response from some fans. For many of an older vintage, like your columnist, there was an understandably emotional reaction to the honouring of a man we had worshipped on the field and […]
With exam season almost upon us, I was reminded of an old teacher of mine who, when presented with a sea of anxious faces, used to say, “pressure is for tyres, lads.” Now, plainly, he wasn’t the most insightful or sensitive of gents, and no doubt he felt as though he was imparting something of great […]
Fenway Sports Group completed the takeover of Liverpool Football Club on the 15th of October 2010, after the disastrous ownership and mismanagement from Hicks and Gillett.  As my colleague has excellently wrote about Liverpool and its financial stature throughout the FSG era here, our annual net spend had declined from £40M in 2008 to -£8.6M in […]
On Monday, Ian Ayre announced that he will step down as Liverpool’s CEO at the end of the 2016/17 season. The reaction amongst Liverpool fans was understandably uncertain: Ian Ayre manages to simultaneously give off the aura of a childish buffoon and a competent professional. Given the announcement and the emotional ambiguity felt towards it, […]
