http://www.lancs.ac.uk/ug/jamesm2/image1.jpg Attention fans who are thinking of going to the Liverpool/Arsenal Carling Cup match tonight. The quarter-final tie is in doubt due to Anfield being shrouded in dense, thick, pea-soupy fog and a pitch inspection due at 18.15 pm…

The draw for the first knockout stage of the Champions League has been made. I intended to tell you what the tie of the round is, but they all look so lip-smackingly delicious I can’t decide! The draw in full is: Porto v CHELSEA – Mourinho heads back to the club he won the title [...]

Marco Tardelli. Falcao. Lua Lua. They’ve all got something in common. They are as well known for their goal celebrations as they are their prowess on the pitch. Perhaps we should add another name to that. Robbie Fowler. Fowler’s ‘touch-line…

Over the years the Liverpool fancy dress party has become as much a part of the festive season as the Queen’s speech or hearing the same songs incessantly no matter which shop you go in. While the Reds’ Spice Boys of the mid-1990s did it in style, the class of ’06 proved they are no [...]

With all this talk of Alan Pardew, it’s perhaps the perfect time to recall a peak in his career. Before his management days, he liked to play a bit of football. His greatest match came for Crystal Palace against the mighty Liverpool side of the late nineties…

Jermaine Pennant was one of Liverpool‘s better players as they lost 3-2 to Galatasaray, including setting up Robbie Fowler for his second goal with an excellent run and chipped cross. But how much do we know about the man himself (other than his well documented past misdemeanors)? Well, now we can find out what really [...]

http://www.rbk.no/multimedia/archive/00039/paul_jewell_stort_39383a.jpg Wigan gaffer Paul Jewell has spoken out on the subject of diving admitting he would legalise it. What? Can that be right? Anyway, with everyone talking about ‘simulation’ at the moment after ManYoo’s Cristiano Ronaldo went tumbling through the air like a gunned duck and subsequently incurred the bile virtually everyone under…

You may have seen the Top 10 Real Madrid Goals of All-Time video that we featured on here. Well, I couldn’t help but notice one glaring omission. That being the handful of spectacular goals scored by Steve McManaman whilst he played for the Galacticos. He scored some peaches for Liverpool too, so let’s roll back [...]

Liverpool face Portsmouth at Anfield tonight, but we are going back to the corresponding fixture in 2004 to drool over this belter of a volley from Didi Hamann. [Rob Parker]

If anyone can… Macca can… Macca can Macca can Macca can… jesus wept. The Anfield is, in equal measures, a brilliant footy single and a terrible car crash of disasterous things. Like Alan Hansen rapping and dancing. Anyway, all join in, LIVERPOOL FC ARE HARD AS HELL.

http://www.4thegame.com/media/00/03/44/gerrard_steven_lfc_profile_2006.jpg Get ready to pick yourself up from the floor. The fat Spanish waiter that is Rafa Benitez is ready to play the world’s best central midfielder in… gulp… centre midfield…

WIth news that Michael Owen will be "back to the top" according to his knee tickler surgeon Dr Richard Steadman, it may be worth reminding ourselves what an ‘on top’ Owen looks like.

When was the last time you can recall a real proper ding-dong in a Merseyside derby? Well, for those of you who can’t think of loads, here’s probably the best of them all. Everton pluckily came back time and time again against an all concqeuring Liverpool side in a cracking 4-4 draw…

Lord Stevens is being urged to name innocent clubs today that are not involved in his bungs investigation. Several club chairmen will put their case at a meeting today, arguing that their clubs have been tainted by accusations after Lord Stevens announced that there were a total of eight clubs and 39 deals under investigation. [...]

"…Thomas charging through the midfield… Thomas… it’s up for grabs nooooow  THOMAAASSS!!!"  Surely these words are tatoo’ed on every single Arsenal fans minds? Has there ever been a better close to a season? Liverpool all set to win the league on goal difference if they could keep the score at Anfield 1-0 to the gunners… [...]

Steven Charles McManaman – one of those select bunch of foreign footballers stuck in an Englishman’s body. The Boy from Brazil (well, Bootle at least) gave the Highbury faithful a little taste of a Thierry Henry-esque finish while the future Arsenal star was still a moody Frenchman playing on the wing for Juventus. [Rob Parker]

So the cliche is true – he’s definitely got good touch for a big man… (taken from last night’s Liverpool v Galatasaray Champions League thriller, btw)

It’s not the worst miss I’ve ever seen, but Jenas – who, in his defence, had made an excellent run into the box – should really have hit the target from two yards out. Edgar Davids didn’t look too impressed with his team-mate. Of course, Liverpool march up the other end and score the game’s [...]

Here at Pies we are big fans of player websites. Imagine if Ashley Cole had been able to let off some steam on a website and tell fans what he was thinking instead of bottling it all up to put in his book! Anyway, that’s all in the past now. In the present is DirkKuyt.com. [...]

Newcastle defender Celestine Babayaro is facing a three-match ban after the FA charged him with violent conduct for his petulant slap at Liverpool‘s Dirk Kuyt. For future reference Celestine, if you want to do something wrong you might as well do it right. This is how to do handbags properly. Learn from the masters.

Last night’s Liverpool v Newcastle game will be remembered for Xabi Alonso’s wonder strike, but I don’t think the match itself will live as long in the memory as when the two clubs met in April 1996 for the first of their 4-3 thrillers. Don’t forget to check out Kevin Keegan who decided to attend [...]

Wowza, what a goal – it was made easier thanks to Steve Harper slipping up in the Newcastle goal, but still, what vision from the overrated (cough) Alonso. And it’s not the first time the Spaniard has scored from inside his own half. Enjoy…

Javier Mascherano to continue his tour of unusual destinations for top players with a move to Serie B Juventus [Mirror] Craig Bellamy and Stephen Carr involved in Anfield tunnel ‘spat’ [Guardian] Leeds to move for Dennis Wise after sacking Kevin Blackwell [Mirror] Ljungberg: ‘Arsenal need to get tough’ [The Sun] Mourinho claims Chelsea match is [...]

The Japanese are clearly as impressed with the Drog’s unstoppable strike as I was. Loving Jose’s ice-cool reaction too…

In recent years, not many Chelsea v Liverpool matches have been memorable. This one was, thanks to Luis Garcia’s controversial was-it-over-the-line? goal…