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Great Expectations; A Liverpool Fan with a Fondness for the Arsenal

Now before I get crucified by other Liverpool fans over my Gunner weakness let me just say I hate Arsenal like all other teams when they threaten Liverpool but otherwise, because of a lifelong friendship with a North Londoner I have begrudgingly started to root for them over the years, and I have to say…

Microchips, Replays and Soccer: Should the Refs go High-Tech?

The beautiful game has to be arguably one of, if not the most difficult to succesfully ‘ref’. In essence, 4 men have about 9,600 sq. yards of pitch, 22 players never standing still and, most notably, very few breaks in play. Given these odds against, is it any wonder that just about any game one…

Why Liverpool Fans Are Silently Livid!

As a lifelong Liverpool fan I have to admit that this summer, contrary to what one might have expected, scares me more than I can remember. The reason is this: While we are now rich we are acting as those who do not know how to spend our new-found money. In America they call it…