Scouse Identity and England’s Football Disconnect
When England named their latest squad for the World Cup qualifiers, there was something striking about the absence of Liverpool players. For the first time in four years, no one from Anfield was selected. This comes despite Liverpool having been crowned Premier League champions recently and enjoying a perfect...
As it's only a few days until England kick off their World Cup campaign, I thought I would get into the patriotic spirit and put it down into words why, I would say, a large number of Liverpool fans, especially local fans, do not get behind the national team.
In the 1970s, before Margaret Thatcher’s...
During my 21 years on the planet, the Liverpool fanbase has always been a divergent lot. Chasms of opinion have existed over matters both trivial and sincere. In the age of Football Twitter the various factions of Liverpool support have become increasingly clear and ghettoised, united and divided by opinions on various issues of support,...
