September 2008 Archives

AFTER last season's catastrophic start to our Champions League campaign, which left us playing desperate catch-up football for the last three matches, an early three points was the most crucial requirement form last night's visit to Marseille.
It was an interesting evening in many ways, and we were a touch fortunate to walk away with all the spoils after a semi-onslaught from the impressive Frenchmen.

Ah, it tastes sweet doesn't it?
All those years of undeserved defeats at the hands of the lucky Mancs momentarily evaporated on Saturday as we once again bossed them off the park at Anfield.

LIVERPOOL fans are falling into two distinct camps so far this season.
Either you reckon we've played woefully in our first three Premiership games and two European matches and stumbled to seven league points and Champions League qualification.
Or you you believe we're joint top of the league and have negotiated a very tricky qualifier against capable Belgian opposition.
At 2.35pm on Saturday, we will get the first signs that one camp was better informed than the other.

LIVERPOOL FC fans are seeing red after their cheap flights to Madrid were cancelled.

A SPECIAL charity night is being held for Liam Harker. the teenage Reds fan who died from cancer.
Loads of coveted sports items on sale. Fpr more details read on.

IT'S always an entertaining madcap ride counting down the last few hours to transfer deadline.
Tracking the live text on the BBC website from 9pm to midnight has become a 'must-do' activity as the rumours get sillier and the cash gets brasher.
For our part, there was some frenzied activity at Anfield even if it wasn't quite on the Robinho/Berbatov £30m scale.
And it signalled the end of an Anfield career for one of the most genuine, hard-working and honest Reds players over the last five years.