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Liverpool: All the latest Liverpool flavoured news, views, rumours and other assorted bits and bobs

• What’s wrong with Rafa Benitez saying Everton are a small club? February 5th, 2007 Everton

  Rafa Benitez referred to Everton as a small club at the weekend and it ruffled some feathers.  The Spaniard said after Saturday’s 0-0 Merseyside derby: "When you play against the smaller teams at Anfield you know the game will be narrow." Everton chief executive Keith Wyness responded on the club website and said: "Benitez is […]

• Classic Moment: Peter Crouch rapping in club February 2nd, 2007 Liverpool

  One of Pies‘ all-time favourite moments! A worse for wear Peter Crouch sings along to Ini Kamoze’s Here Comes The Hotstepper before posing for a photo (seemingly unaware that he was being filmed all the while!). [Rob Parker]

• Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez takes a tumble February 1st, 2007 Liverpool

  The Liverpool manager shows why most footballers favour footwear with studs as he takes a tumble in last night’s 1-2 victory over West Ham! [Rob Parker]

• Liverpool win with the power of soft rock January 31st, 2007 Liverpool

  Yesterday, as a treat for their suffering fans, West Ham put some half time entertainment on for their game against Liverpool. Bonnie Tyler belted through a rendition of Total Eclipse of the Heart in an attempt to stir the home fans into action. Hilariously, this backfired massively when Liverpool emerged enthused by the power of […]

• Pub Debate: Would you go for Champions League football and a top four club, or double your money for a relegation scrap? January 23rd, 2007 Blackburn Rovers

  Lucas Neill has decided on the latter. Despite interest from Barcelona after his impressive World Cup and a contract on the table from Liverpool, Neill has made the distinctly sideways move from Blackburn Rovers to West Ham. The reason? If we are to believe the rumours the Hammers will be paying the Australian international £60,000 […]

• Free travel to football matches January 22nd, 2007 Arsenal

  Fans who have experienced the thrill of an away match will know how addictive it is. The trip down, the pre-match pints in a strange pub, being in a strange ground. It’s like a holiday with a football match stuck in the middle of it! However, loads give it a wide berth because they can’t […]

• Pompey sign Traore (who is better than Zidane) January 11th, 2007 Liverpool

  With the news that Djimi Traore has joined Portsmouth from Charlton for £1m, let’s look at the great man in action. Slightly unfair to compare him to Zizou… but funny all the same. [Mof Gimmers]

• Bruce Grobbelaar and his wobbly legs January 10th, 2007 Liverpool

  I don’t think we’ve featured this classic footballing moment before, but Bruce Grobbelaar and his wobbly legs is always worth seeing again. You surely need balls of steel to do something like this in a European Cup final… still, it paid off for Grobs as Liverpool beat Roma to lift the trophy.

• Rafa says ‘sorry’ to Liverpool fans January 10th, 2007 Liverpool

  Rafael Benitez has issued an apology to Liverpool fans following their 6-3 trouncing by Arsenal at Anfield last night: "It is a bad night for us all and all we can say is sorry to the supporters." He avoided blaming Jerzy Dudek for his first-half blunders, saying: "Now is not the time to point the […]

• One to watch: Jamie McCarthy January 9th, 2007 Liverpool

  A host of English and Scottish clubs are currently battling it out to capture 16-year-old Hamilton Academical wonderkid Jamie McCarthy. The midfielder/Neil Lennon Mini-Me scored his first senior goal against Livingston at the weekend.

• Souness confirms bid of £20m for Wolves January 9th, 2007 Blackburn Rovers

  When I heard that Graham Souness was to take control of Wolves, I naturally thought it would be something like a fight to the death with an entire pack. Well, it isn’t. Old pig heart, Graeme Souness, has claimed that he’s made a £20m bid to take control of Wolves, despite the club denying the […]

• Wembley heartbreak January 8th, 2007 Liverpool

  For the first time in years, fans could once again sing "Wemb-er-ley… Wemb-er-ley" as, with any luck, this season will see the FA Cup final go back to its spiritual home. Of course, Wembley doesn’t just hold great memories, but some heartbreaking ones too… that’s what the national stadium is all about.

• Crouch shipped off to Newcastle in January? December 29th, 2006 Liverpool

  http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41757000/jpg/_41757802_robocrouch_getty270.jpg With Liverpool being decidedly average so far this season, January sees Rafa Benitez given the opportunity to flex his Spanish muscle in the transfer market… and with his sights set on David Villa from Valencia, someone will have to make way. It appears that Peter Crouch is all set to be shipped out for a reported £12million… but who is daft enough to pay an inflated price like that?

• Breaking News: Liverpool vs Arsenal match postponed due to fog December 19th, 2006 Arsenal

  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…

• Champions League last 16 draw December 15th, 2006 Arsenal

  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 […]

• Fowler’s touch-line sniff celebration December 14th, 2006 Liverpool

  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…

• Liverpool Christmas fancy dress party December 14th, 2006 Liverpool

  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 […]

• Classic Moments – Pardew scores the winner in the greatest FA Cup Semi-Final ever! December 12th, 2006 Liverpool

  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…

• Get to know Jermaine Pennant a bit better (with the help of MySpace) December 6th, 2006 Liverpool

  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 […]

• Jewell says “legalise diving” December 6th, 2006 Liverpool

  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…

• Steve McManaman video December 5th, 2006 Liverpool

  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 […]

• Classic Moment: Dietmar Hamann’s volley against Portsmouth, 2004 November 29th, 2006 Liverpool

  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]

• The Anfield Rap November 24th, 2006 Liverpool

  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.

• NEWSFLASH Gerrard to be played in preferred position November 17th, 2006 Liverpool

  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…

• Michael Owen Video November 16th, 2006 Liverpool

  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.