Author: Dean Mannion
Match Report: Crystal Palace 0-2 Liverpool
Pre-season tours can be difficult on the legs of football players. After long hours travelling to some far, flung destination, all the ordinary person would want to do is lie back and wait for the jet lag to take hold. But for footballers there is no time to rest. After arriving in Hong Kong on […]
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Season in Review: 2006/07
When a team wins two major trophies in as many seasons, the pressure to maintain that trend can be immense. Most buckle spectacularly under such strain. They will try too hard to ensure that they end the season with silverware and when they inevitably win nothing, the inquests can be harsh. Liverpool were in such […]
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Pre-Season Match Report: Tranmere Rovers 0-4 Liverpool
In 1892 at the beginning of Liverpool’s first ever season, bunch of rag tag players assembled from different clubs descended on the Anfield sports and athletic grounds to prepare for the clubs first season in the Lancashire combination. Fast forward to 2017 and the club begins its 125th pre-season campaign in stark contrast. Sporting the […]
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Season in Review: 2010/11
This is a tricky one. On one hand, this is one my favourite seasons as a Liverpool fan. Personally, I had a season ticket and got witness some extraordinary things at Anfield. On the other hand, it cannot be ignored that this was an extremely turbulent period in the clubs history. There were points during […]
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Season Review: 1992/93
The 80’s were a glorious time for this club. Players like Ian Rush, Bruce Grobbelaar and Jan Molby would start the decade as young prodigies with bags of potential, and finished it as club legends. But as the 80’s rolled into the 90’s, these players were ageing. With the departure of Kenny Dalglish in February […]
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Season in Review: 2003/04
Some seasons can be really weird for a variety of reasons. We noted last week how 1997/98 was one such season due to its inconsistency and mix of transfers. 2003/04 is also one of those seasons. After an uncertain summer, a mixed bag of transfers and the equally uncertain end to the season, it will […]
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Season in Review: 1997/98
Once in a generation, a player will come along that sweeps everybody off their feet. This is usually a player with innate, natural talent. Some players need a few years to get find their feet in a team. Some don’t peak until later on in their careers. But certain players burst onto the scene. This […]
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Season in Review: 2002/03
Many older readers may remember a show on T.V in the late 80’s and early 90’s, a talk show hosted by Ian St. John and Jimmy Greaves. In the opening credits of Saints and Greavsie, Jimmy Greaves, with his distinctive Cockney accent, would say “it’s a funny ol’ game.” If a season could typify this […]
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A Season in Review: 1999/00
Gerard Houllier in 1998/99 was largely seen as a man who had barged his way into Roy Evans’ job, managing to oust him and proceeding to take the club to one of its worst finish’s in the Premier League era. Going into the 1999/00 season, Houllier still had plenty to prove. At the beginning of […]
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Season in Review: 2004/05, Part Two
The next game which could shape our season was the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park. Benitez decided to rest players following their midweek exertions in the Champions League. The performance was befitting of the attitude. On a wet, dreary early afternoon in Walton, the reds were depressing to watch. A solitary goal from Lee Carsley, […]
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