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TEENAGE midfielder Jonjo Shelvey is on his way back from Blackpool early after the Seasiders announced Liverpool had recalled him early from his loan with them. The recall follows on from last night’s injury to Lucas Leiva when the Brazilian midfielder was stretchered off twenty minutes from the end of the game against Chelsea with a knee problem. The recall […]

BOB PAISLEY was Liverpool’s manager for nine seasons and in every single one of those seasons the club won a piece of silverware.  The only major trophy to elude him was the FA Cup but that wasn’t through lack of trying. His first season was the least successful, Liverpool finishing runners-up in the league (two points behind Derby County) and […]

EVEN with the best of intentions people can make mistakes. And that includes The People, the Sunday tabloid from the same publishers as the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror. Did The People have the best intentions when they made a mistake in a story they ran about Andy Carroll? If it was a genuine mistake, and this was pointed out, […]

Today’s game between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield will be played amidst much sadness following the news that Gary Speed had died this morning at the age of 42. Speed was Craig Bellamy’s manager at Wales and played for Kenny Dalglish at Newcastle. He grew up supporting our neighbours Everton who he would later play for and be captain […]

Manchester City visit Anfield today looking for a win to increase their gap at the top of the Premier League to seven points. Liverpool go into the game in seventh place with every team above them, other than today’s opponents, having played yesterday. Any points for Liverpool today would see them move up into sixth place. A draw would move […]

HE’D JUST set up the winning goal and was standing with the goalscorer, in front of the Sky reporter, ready to hand him the man of the match champagne – but Charlie Adam had one thing he really wanted to say. “I’d like to dedicate the win to Brad Jones who had a difficult week losing his son. That one […]

Liverpool legend Ian Callaghan played for Liverpool 857 times, scoring 68 times. Current Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina has played 324 times for the Reds. This week the duo will be signing books at two separate events a quarter of a mile apart on the same evening. Having made his debut six days after his eighteenth birthday in 1960, Callaghan (or […]

Kenny Dalglish has named his side to take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Maxi Rodriguez makes a surprise but welcome return and Craig Bellamy starts the game with Andy Carroll on the bench. No room in the starting line-up for Jamie Carragher or Stewart Downing who are also both on the bench. Dirk Kuyt also starts in what looks a […]

Chelsea play host to Liverpool in the day’s only Premier League fixture this afternoon with both sides looking to pick up points to move them closer to the targets they’d set out to try and reach before the season began. For Chelsea that target would have been the league title, with Andre Villas-Boas installed to repeat his success in Portugal. […]