On Tuesday 19th July 2011 the Liver Building celebrated its one hundredth anniversary.
What was once the tallest building in the United Kingdom, the Liver Building and its Liver Birds have been synonymous with the city of Liverpool for the last hundred years. To mark the day of the anniversary the new Museum of Liverpool opened its doors to the public; sitting on the waterfront, it’s a brilliant piece of modern architecture that lies just a hundred meters or so from the Liver Building.
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The football season has now drawn to a close. You know what? I didn’t want it to end.
This season has been a mixture of extreme highs and extreme lows; from the depths of the relegation zone under Hodgson, to the verge of administration, to Fernando Torres shitting on us, to Hicks and Gillett and the ‘epic swindle’, to Dalglish and a new era under Fenway Sports Group.
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Sports scientists recommend that runners retire their running shoes every few hundred miles.
But how does a runner really know when their existing pair of running shoes are ready for their final rest? Well, in my case, my Asics Gel Kayano 14′s are falling apart – ‘literally’.
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In 2004 Michael Owen left Liverpool and I was absolutely gutted. I was a young’un at the time, and Owen was a player who was synonymous with Liverpool Football Club and its success. Who can forget his brace against Arsenal in that cracking FA Cup Final on a sunny day in May in 2001? I couldn’t, and like a lot of Liverpool fans I was devastated when he left for Real Madrid for a measly £8 million after running down his contract.
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I recently came across a newspaper article that was published in The Times in June 2009. The article in question caused quite a furore on Merseyside and resulted in the original writer losing his job.
He was almost sued by David Moyes, who seemed to cool down a bit when a few grand found its way into his pocked.
Nevertheless, I don’t believe the article should remain buried. After all, the content is factual – but I suppose that is why Dignity Dave was found less than impressed.
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Getting trapped in Liverpool town centre in 40cm of snow has never been my idea of a jolly good night out. However, this is what happened to me on Christmas Eve 2010 minus seven days – also known as Friday 17th December 2010.
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In life we have to have goals, and as Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses once said; ‘You’ve got to have a dream. If you don’t have a dream… how’re you going to have a dream come true?”.
I always said that when I got my own (non-student!) accommodation I would invest in a quality hoover and a quality television.
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“I’m shocked, devastated, frustrated… It’s hurt my family tremendously. This very valuable asset has been swindled away from me in an epic swindle. I’m very angry about it.” – Tom Hicks, 16th October 2010.
George Gillett and Tom Hicks have finally received their comeuppance. Liverpool Football Club has been sold from under their noses and purchased by NESV (New England Sports Ventures), headed by John Henry.