Author Archives: Jim Boardman

CHIELLINI: SUAREZ BAN "EXCESSIVE"

ITALY’S Giorgio Chiellini, the player on the receiving end of Luis Suarez’s latest on-pitch indiscretion, says the Uruguayan’s punishment from FIFA was too harsh. FIFA acted after video footage showed Suarez apparently sinking his teeth into Chiellini’s shoulder, fining him two-and-a-half days’ wages, banning him for nine international games and adding a complete ban from football for four months. That four […]

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Suarez fit for the World Cup? Try and stop him.

WHEN Liverpool fans first heard that Luis Suarez had been injured in training for Uruguay and needed surgery the instant reaction was one of fear: Could this mean he missed a chunk of another season for the Reds? Then word came out that it was the kind of injury that takes anything from two to six weeks to recover from, […]

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A look around Liverpool’s Melwood training ground

AN invitation for a look around Melwood isn’t one that many Reds fans would turn down lightly and I wasn’t about to be one that did. We were here to see what those who take the club up on the offer of a tour of Liverpool FC’s famous training complex get to see. We meet in reception before tour guide […]

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A look around Liverpool's Melwood training ground

AN invitation for a look around Melwood isn’t one that many Reds fans would turn down lightly and I wasn’t about to be one that did. We were here to see what those who take the club up on the offer of a tour of Liverpool FC’s famous training complex get to see. We meet in reception before tour guide […]

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Lambert on signing for Liverpool: “It’s mad – I can’t believe it”

RICKIE LAMBERT was at Melwood on Friday to sign for his boyhood club, the club he left as a teenager, in a deal reportedly costing Liverpool £4m plus add-ons. He was delighted to say the least.

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Lambert on signing for Liverpool: "It's mad – I can't believe it"

RICKIE LAMBERT was at Melwood on Friday to sign for his boyhood club, the club he left as a teenager, in a deal reportedly costing Liverpool £4m plus add-ons. He was delighted to say the least.

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LFC Awards: Smiling Suarez grabs a hat-trick

LUIS SUÁREZ might have been in tears on Monday night but he ended Tuesday night all smiles after picking up a hat-trick of awards at Liverpool FC’s inaugural Players’ Awards Dinner in the city centre. 24 hours earlier the league’s top scorer had been visibly upset after his side had let a 3-0 lead turn into a 3-3 draw, the […]

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LFC warn fans about forged and fake tickets

AS the season comes to an end with Liverpool still in contention for the league, if not quite in control of their own destiny, demand for tickets is at a high. Preying on that demand are touts, often selling tickets that either don’t exist at all or are forgeries. With this in mind the club has issued the following warning […]

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IN MEMORY OF THE 96

NINETY-SIX Liverpool fans lost their lives at Hillsborough, 25 years ago today, in 1989. It could have been any of us, whoever we support, and the fresh inquests that recently commenced in Warrington must find the truth of what happened and must ensure justice is done. Those fans had gone to Sheffield to see Liverpool play Nottingham Forest in an […]

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Legends train at Melwood ahead of special match

MELWOOD, the famous training ground of Liverpool FC, was the scene of a special training session on Monday featuring the likes of Kenny Dalglish, Roy Evans, Alan Kennedy and Jan Molby. The session was being held in advance of the ‘Celebration of the 96’ charity match due to take place at Anfield on Easter Monday afternoon, in aid of the […]

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