The time has come to admit it, with apologies to Tottenham fans. In 2019, Liverpool and Spurs contested an all-English Champions League final in Madrid. Many reasons have been advanced for Liverpool’s 2-0 triumph. Some – well, mainly Glenn Hoddle – say the early Liverpool penalty was harsh. Some say Liverpool controlled the game fromContinue reading “How I won the Champions League for Liverpool”
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Who killed the Champions League?
The Champions League – successor to the old European Cup, in which the champions of each European country competed to be champions of Europe – had a controversial start. The inclusion of multiple teams from the same countries gave the lie to its name: it was no longer made up of champions. You could finishContinue reading “Who killed the Champions League?”
So you don’t like football? You never said…
In the midst of the World Cup, with a daily diet of football and football chat, it probably sucks to not like the game. I can understand, indeed empathise with, people in that position. I don’t watch Strictly or Game of Thrones and I never got into Line of Duty, though I may well wellContinue reading “So you don’t like football? You never said…”
Do we remember old footballers as better than they were?
“I’ve always said Kevin Keegan is overrated,” my father once said, as my MUFC-supporting neighbour predicted his departure would see Liverpool decline. Both were wrong: Liverpool brought in Kenny Dalglish and rose to new heights; Keegan was twice European Footballer of the Year and is if anything historically underrated. I have written before about myContinue reading “Do we remember old footballers as better than they were?”
VAR: the epitome of joyless officialdom
I am deliberately writing this ahead of the biggest Premier League game in a couple of years, with Liverpool going to Manchester City on Sunday in a much-vaunted ‘title decider’. (I don’t think it will decide the title, but it will certainly have an impact.) I might or might not anticipate Anthony Taylor making aContinue reading “VAR: the epitome of joyless officialdom”
Unconscious bias? Watching sport with my Dad
My dad didn’t care who won. “I just want to see a good game.” France were playing Germany in what would turn in to an iconic world cup semi final, a 3-3 draw and the inevitable German victory on penalties. Yes, that game, with the Schumacher assault on Battiston that is still talked about today.Continue reading “Unconscious bias? Watching sport with my Dad”
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