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For all Liverpool supporters, the sheer gratitude and relief at the demise of Hicks & Gilett’s ownership and the day-to-day appalling mismanagement of Christian Purslow some twenty months or so ago now, was only matched by the return of the living soul of Liverpool, ‘King’ Kenny Dalglish as manager to replace the appallingly inept journeyman … Continue reading »

Twenty-two and a half years have passed, twenty-two and a half years filled with lies, denials, both official and personal, obfuscation, vacilliation, miss-direction, slanders, smears, broken promises, dashed hopes, broken hearts, fury, anger, humiliation and above all always a fierce, unquenchable thirst and determination in the hearts of those of the City of Liverpool, the club, … Continue reading »

This is just a short burst of anger, of outrage at the deceitful destruction of the NHS and ordinary lives by this, self-serving, money-grubbing, elitist-front end Tory Government. Below is the text of Neil Kinnock’s speech in Bridgend, Glamorgan, on 7 June 1983. Almost 30 years on, only the names of the players have changed – … Continue reading »

I’ve restrained from the general flood of early season football musings as many others were fighting for reading space and also because I wanted to see something definitive to write about first, and lo, I have seen the very mixed bag of fortunes that have befallen Liverpool FC so far and so as a first … Continue reading »

My turn to do this on the back of being told about it – so here goes… BEST AND WORST LIST Best advice you ever got: ‘Remember lad, the more the monkey climbs the tree, the more it shows it’s arse’ – Former Head of Dept Les Thornton at NSP where I was a Sculpture … Continue reading »

With the revelations in The Guardian of 4/7/2011 concerning the hacking of abducted and then murdered teenage schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s mobile phone, the ongoing and seemingly unending News of the World phone hacking scandal, plumbed new and more despicable, dangerous, disgusting depths. Hitherto, it had been assumed that the already clearly illegal and unethical phone hacking was … Continue reading »

As promised and to maintain balance, after my ‘Siren of Brixton‘ persuaded ‘10 Things I Love’ of a week or two ago, I now am disposed to reveal what a curmudgeonly old sod I am. With few exceptions and avoiding some obvious targets (for me) such as Hitler and the Nazis, Piers Morgan and Simon … Continue reading »

I wish I could say that this was simply another lefty swipe at the members of a didactic right-wing government, its cronies, proponents and fellow-travellers…but it isn’t. I wish I could say it was a diatribe against short-sighted politicians of a dogmatic disposition, or apparatchiks of an agenda driven by hateful misconception and an innate superiority … Continue reading »

Having been drafted into this by the wonderful Siren of Brixton, I decided as I was looking for a blog subject this week that it was quite timely, and – given the title – a neat change of pace from the more regular football/political/social critical discourse that is my usual subjective bent. So without further … Continue reading »

OK, so our Liverpool season has ended with something of a damp squib, two needless defeats in which we never really turned up in style (although one of these games was characteristically ruined by that great refereeing Dalek, Howard Webb). Now the real work begins – the real work we have been waiting to really … Continue reading »

I’m a fairly dedicated twitterer, I try to view if not tweet every day though sometimes work and life get in the way, of course. Those of you who use Twitter will know that at 140 characters as a base maximum, getting your thoughts, comments or jokes down to friends, acquaintances and even complete strangers … Continue reading »

Twenty-two years ago, my beloved Liverpool Football Club reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, to be played against Nottingham Forest at the neutral venue of Sheffield Wednesday’s old, and even at the time some argued, not-fit-for-purpose, Hillsborough stadium. Not long before in this ground that had remained substantially unchanged for many decades, Liverpool fans had … Continue reading »

John Maynard Keynes in his career as a political and economic theorist and in his  The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, stated that effective government in times of recession, crisis or other financial collapse should increase the ‘aggregate demand’, in essence, stimulate growth. For example, when the unemployment rate is very high, a government … Continue reading »

As we stand, Liverpool Football club remains – as it has for many years now, the most successful trophy-laden club in English football ever. Manchester United have striven for almost 25 seasons under Alex Ferguson to ‘knock them off their fucking perch’ and for most of that time, the by far and away best funded, … Continue reading »

Usually in cheap cinema and drama the announcement of  a regime change is often given voice as ‘the King is dead – Long Live The King!’ At Liverpool of course, we like to do things differently. Scouse – not English, as they say – we’re not an establishment breed, we’re fundamentally more egalitarian, more republican than monarchist. As Lennon … Continue reading »

‘Whatever happened to all the heroes?’ sneered Hugh Cornwell and the Stranglers slap bang in the middle of Liverpool’s great era of European Cup Heroes (note the capital), Souness, Keegan, Thompson, Grobelaar, Clemence, Neal, Rush and of course – the returned King himself, the inimitable Kenny Dalglish. In perhaps what could be termed the third … Continue reading »

I won’t bother repeating the sexist shite spouted by those be-suited buffoons, Andy Grey – ever-fattening, baldy ex-bluenose, who despite his know-all approach to punditry never had the guts to take the manager’s job and prove a point when Everton pushed the big seat out for him - and Richard Keys, a man  footballingly clueless and yet so hirsute … Continue reading »

I am a scouser – only I’m not. Rafa Benitez is a scouser – only he’s not. Kenny Dalglish is a scouser – only he’s not. Roy Hodgson never was, or could be a scouser. Those of you smart enough to have read and absorbed the title will have realised the true  issue here is not … Continue reading »