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My Earliest LFC Memories

Growing up I was Liverpool mad. My room was coated in red paint with a Liverpool border around it. My first watch was bought from the Anfield Megastore. And the first book I read was the Official Liverpool FC Annual of 2004. I was always the one who brought a football to school, and that […]

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How An Emphasis Between The Lines Will Lead To Triumph Over United

It does not get much bigger than this. We play United this weekend and as always we will look to not only defeat them but to downright embarrass them. It will be an early kickoff at Old Trafford, as we already played them at home (0-0 draw). We currently sit at third, two points behind […]

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The Optimist Friends of Liverpool

The ‘impressed’ Optimist

Two games, two wins. There’s not much more you can ask for from one hundred and eighty minutes of football. At the end of the day statistics don’t win games, goals do. Passing stats don’t gain you points, wins do. Don’t get me wrong, dominating the play and having impressive passing stats is nice (Liverpool […]

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Jurgen Klopp

5 Reasons To Believe That Jurgen Klopp Is Building A Side Capable Of Winning The League Next Season

The date was October 9th 2015.  Just 5 days after the sacking of Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool Football Club’s new manager was making his debut in front of the media; his name was Jurgen Klopp. Mesmerised by the German, journalists wondered if he could be the next manager to take the Premier League by storm. Comparisons […]

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Friends Of Liverpool

The Slippery Slope: Against Modern football

What’s happened to the game I fell in love with, kicking that rag ball around the streets and dreaming of scoring a goal in front of my adoring fans? Yes, being young you have innocent dreams but those dreams came about by pretending to be my hero on a muddy field and not in the […]

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Friends Of Liverpool

Port(o) in a Storm: Mission Complete

It was a weird feeling on the way to Anfield. The first leg demolition of Porto had left the tie almost over even before the second leg had started. My nerves, even with a ¼ final beckoning, were non-existent. Even Liverpool couldn’t mess this one up. The news on the radio and social media was […]

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Talking Points

Positives and negatives after dismal Porto draw

It was a somewhat disappointing result for Liverpool as they held out for a 0-0 stalemate in their return leg with Porto in the Champions League last 16, yet fans left Anfield upbeat in the knowledge that their club had progressed safely into the next round. Jurgen Klopp rested several key players ahead of the […]

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Man of the Match Friends of Liverpool

A Solid Performance from the Liverpool Defence

The game didn’t matter as much as the surrounding fixtures, with Porto already beaten the 0-0 draw wasn’t a disappointing result for either side. Sérgio Conceição knew his side would struggle to beat this in form Liverpool side, and maybe concentrated on other fixtures knowing very well both teams have highly important league commitments. So, […]

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Player Analysis Liverpool

Quiet Liverpool Performers on a Drama Free Night at Anfield

Liverpool Loris Karius – 6 Collected a number of high balls and played the ball out well a times – starting to establish himself in the Liverpool goal, another clean sheet. Joe Gomez – 6 Was not as attack-minded as Alexander-Arnold normally is, but defended well on the right side. Joel Matip – 6 Played […]

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The Kop Table Interview

Looking forward to Porto and Manchester United after defeating Newcastle

Peter sits down with our regular guest Paul Smith to discuss the week’s events at LFC What were your thoughts on the performance against Newcastle? A tactical one. We knew Rafa would come and make it hard and his plan worked for 40 minutes. It was a patient game and one where a mistake would […]

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