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AFTER last weekend’s league defeat it’s back to the cup today for Liverpool and Jamie Carragher makes a his first start since the last round. Daniel Agger makes way, the Dane dropping out of the 18-man squad completely. It’s Luis Suarez’s first appearance since coming back from his ban – and for this one the manager has chosen to go […]

THE DAY Luis Suárez was charged by the FA for the incident with Patrice Evra the media had fallen over each other in a race to condemn Sepp Blatter for a comment he made about handshakes. What he’d said seemed to be along the lines of endorsing racism on a football pitch during a game – as long as the […]

WITH an FA Cup fifth round tie next weekend and a Carling Cup final the weekend after today sees Liverpool play their last league game until March. Their opponents, Manchester United, were knocked out of the FA Cup by Liverpool and so have next weekend off – but they do have a couple of Thursday night Channel Five games to […]

AFTER nine games out Luis Suarez was available for selection again tonight – but he makes his first appearance on a teamsheet in 2012 as one of the subs. Liverpool scored three in the last game, against Wolves, and all three scorers start tonight – Kuyt, Bellamy and Carroll. It’s up to those three to perform well enough to keep […]

WITH the transfer window closing last week it looked like football squads all over the UK had been finalised for the rest of the season…..however with the first set of Bidding positions closing at www.footballaid.com tomorrow there’s still the chance to book your place in the Liverpool starting 11 for 2012! Football Aid promises you a unique opportunity to Live […]

QUESTIONS are being asked about Piara Powar’s suitability as the figurehead of a European anti-racism body after he was accused of making racially abusive comments towards an Asian football supporter. Powar heads up the Football Against Racism in Europe organisation, sometimes referred to as the FARE Network, and has been very outspoken about Luis Suárez, Liverpool FC and Liverpool supporters […]

QUESTIONS are being asked about Piara Powar’s suitability as the figurehead of a European anti-racism body after he was accused of making racially abusive comments towards an Asian football supporter. Powar heads up the Football Against Racism in Europe organisation, sometimes referred to as the FARE Network, and has been very outspoken about Luis Suárez, Liverpool FC and Liverpool supporters […]

ESPN have selected Liverpool’s fifth round tie with Brighton and Hove Albion as one of their live matches meaning the fixture will now be played on Sunday 19 February with a 4.30pm kick-off. With Everton also drawn at home for the fifth round the match might have been moved anyway. Everton now get to play their tie, against Blackpool or […]

Former Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann, the man who scored a penalty in a European Cup final – that European Cup final – with a broken foot, scored the last goal at the old Wembley, played in a World Cup final and knows how much of a boost to confidence and morale a League Cup winners’ medal is (because he’s picked […]

It’s Liverpool’s last game without Luis Suarez as the Uruguayan star serves the last of his eight-match ban for that incident we’ll have to stop talking about sooner or later. Kenny Dalglish has made a couple of changes from the side that despatched Manchester United from one cup on Saturday, bringing back one or two from the side that despatched […]