Posts Tagged ‘Liverpool FC’

Dalglish > Hodgson

06/14/2011  |  No Comments

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.

Love the Club

02/24/2011  |  2 Comments

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.

‘Epic Swindle’

11/14/2010  |  No Comments

“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.

‘Asset Stripping’

09/26/2010  |  No Comments

‘Asset stripping’ is a newly coined phrase that has been making its way around a variety of Liverpool Football Club forums during recent months. Just a few short weeks ago, the summer transfer window slammed shut. Whilst this was a relief for football fans who hate reading a dozen different bullshit transfer stories a day, it proved to be a disappointment for those Liverpool fans who had expected the club to ‘splash the cash’ on the last day of the transfer window.

Rotten to the Core

07/30/2010  |  No Comments

After a (long) period of reflection on Liverpool Football Club’s efforts in the 2009/2010 season, I originally intended to write down my thoughts on where it had all gone wrong. Another one of my little reviews if you will.