Author: Nick Harman

The Slippery Slope: Against Modern football

8th March 2018

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 […]

Port(o) in a Storm: Mission Complete

7th March 2018

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 […]

Shankly: The Making of Liverpool Football Club

3rd March 2018

The 2nd of September 1913 should be a date etched into every Liverpool fans mind. This was the day Barbara Shankly gave birth to a baby son who was to be christened William and go on to lead Liverpool Football Club from a run-down club going nowhere, to the heights of domestic and European football. […]

Those Were The Days My Friend

24th February 2018

New Years Day 1977 will be a date forever etched within my memory. Yes, my first match at that mythical place called Anfield. I was only 8 but I had been surrounded by relatives who had talked about Bill Shankly this and Inter Milan that. It was a place I had only seen on a […]

Looking Back at the 2006 Cup Final

23rd February 2018

It started as a joke a few weeks ago before the 2006 FA Cup Final. ‘What about camping in Cardiff?’ we said and the idea soon gained momentum, especially with the lack of hotel beds in the city centre. We found a campsite just outside Cardiff, so that was booked promptly. A week before the […]

Raining Goals in Porto

19th February 2018

Well, well, well, here we go again. Another get up at an unearthly hour must mean only one thing, a European away day with my beloved reds. It had been a long time coming with the Champions League draw taking place even before the Christmas decorations went up. Travel and hotel in Porto booked, the […]