Anfield Road

HAD a brief snooze. Saw Torres score a hat-trick. Chelsea’s Torres. Was I still asleep? Went out. The car said it was three degrees and flashed its warning about ice. There were bits of tree all over the road, at least in the bits of road that weren’t under water, and it’s May in a couple of days. Maybe I […]

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On April 15th 1989 an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest was, like yesterday, like any semi-final, the cause of much anticipation and excitement for supporters of the two teams involved. It wasn’t quite as much of an early start as yesterday – instead of heading 200 miles to Wembley for a 12.30 kick-off the 1989 semi was […]

PEPE REINA ran to Brad Jones to congratulate him at the end of today’s FA Cup Semi-final, one of many signs of the obvious camaraderie on display at Anfield, not to mention the popularity the Australian international has with his team mates. Jones was in between the sticks for Liverpool as Reina served the last of his three-match suspension and […]

PEPE REINA ran to Brad Jones to congratulate him at the end of today’s FA Cup Semi-final, one of many signs of the obvious camaraderie on display at Anfield, not to mention the popularity the Australian international has with his team mates. Jones was in between the sticks for Liverpool as Reina served the last of his three-match suspension and […]

THE FA Cup semi-final derby sees Liverpool start with their third-choice keeper protected by a strong back-four. That’s assuming it lines up as a back four – with Daniel Agger in for Jose Enrique there’s a possibility of three at the back but Agger did play at left-back in his recent games coming back from injury. Brad Jones is the […]

IT might only be the semi-final but tomorrow’s FA Cup semi-final has already got the feel of being a final in its own right. Liverpool against Everton at Wembley, no cup to lift but no better way of lifting the spirits of whichever side wins. And this is not time to talk about what it will do the side that […]

THERE was a sense that something had to change before too long but Damien Comolli’s departure wasn’t expected today, two days before the FA Cup semi-final, and Comolli’s departure wasn’t necessarily seen by all as the change that needed to be made or the one that would be made. Comolli arrived shortly after FSG took the club over and was […]

STEPHEN FRY’S QI sidekick, former star of Jonathan Creek, Arsenal fan. Alan Davies is probably known for more than that but without getting Wikipedia out that’s enough to introduce him. The reason he’s getting mentioned on here in the first place is because of comments he made on a podcast he does, “The Tuesday Club”. The podcast is by – and […]