Author: Big Red
Liverpool Pre-Season Games and Plans Summer 2026
A new era has begun at Liverpool under the leadership of highly-rated Spanish head coach Andoni Iraola. However, due to the World Cup, the Reds’ pre-season preparations will be slightly delayed. That means that the Reds won’t have their first friendly until they face Sunderland on 25th July at Geodis Park in Nashville. However, Liverpool’s […]
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The seven Liverpool players at the 2026 World Cup
As we all know, Liverpool’s squad is a mix of players from all over the world. It’s not surprising that the Reds have a strong contingent of players at the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Initially there were eight players heading from Liverpool to the World Cup, however, that dropped to […]
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How Liverpool’s Manager Hiring Process Works: From Shankly to Slot
Liverpool Football Club’s managerial appointments have defined not just the club’s trajectory but, in some cases, the trajectory of the sport itself. The process by which the club has identified, approached, and ultimately appointed managers across different eras reflects the specific ownership and sporting structures of each period, and understanding those structures helps explain why […]
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The Anfield Experience: What Makes Liverpool’s Home Ground Unlike Any Other
There are football grounds that are big. There are grounds that are modern. There are grounds that are historic. Anfield is all of these things, but none of them fully explains why people who visit it for the first time so frequently describe the experience as unlike anything they had anticipated. The atmosphere at Anfield […]
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Hitting 21: The Most Memorable Players to Wear the No. 21 Shirt for Liverpool
Football numbers used to be simple geography. You wore the number three shirt, you stayed on the left. The number nine stood in the middle and scored. The 1993 season smashed that old system to pieces. The Premier League mandated permanent squad numbers overnight. Digits on a player’s back suddenly turned into personal brands. Liverpool […]
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Liverpool Confirm Andoni Iraola as Next Manager
Whether Liverpool were fair in sacking Arne Slot or not, what’s done is done. Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards made the decision, so the next thing that they had to do was make sure that they got the choice of the Dutchman’s replacement correct. We know that Xabi Alonso was off the table, with Fenway […]
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Liverpool FC 2025-2026 Season Review: Disappointing and Difficult Campaign Shrouded in Mourning
The 2025-2026 season was one filled with both sadness and disappointment. Having won the Premier League title just a few months before, many were hoping that Arne Slot could continue in the same vein, proving himself to be the Bob Paisley to Jürgen Klopp’s Bill Shankly. Whether that would have happened or not is something […]
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Kenny Dalglish Confirms Cancer Diagnosis
It has not been a good few days for news from Liverpool’s former superstars. Yesterday, Kevin Keegan confirmed that he had stage four cancer, after having announced he was suffering from the illness in January. Stage four, of course, is the worst form of cancer, meaning that it has spread to other parts of the […]
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Former Liverpool Player James Milner Retires
Is it right to refer to someone who has played for as many clubs as James Milner has as a Liverpool legend? That is the issue that I wrestled with when writing the title of this piece. The midfielder was a brilliant addition to the team in 2015, having signed from Manchester City on a […]
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Konaté Departure Leaves More Work For Liverpool This Summer
Ibrahima Konaté hasn’t been the perfect defender for Liverpool, but he’s been a bloody good one. He arrived from RB Leipzig in 2021, with the Reds having shelled out £35 million to secure his signature. Having made 183 appearances for the Anfield side, rumours were that he was close to agreeing a new deal before […]
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