Archive for April, 2010

The ICC … Incredibly Inept Council

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

If you have read my previous posts about the International Cricket Council, you will be aware that my opinion of cricket's governing body equates to a certain proverb about 'piss-ups' and breweries. I am not a great fan, in fact I think Sir Alex Ferguson would have more time for ...

Inescapable Reality

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

It is rare that 5 months can both seem and encapsulate a lifetime. Emotions have meandered between raw grief, anger, despair and hope, whilst some days have seemed to last for weeks and others for minutes. The last fortnight has been as difficult a period as I have faced at any ...

The Fat Lady … Not Quite Singing

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

It’s almost last orders at the Last Chance Revue Bar. Very shortly the final act of the evening will walk on stage, and once the Fat Lady has sung, we can all go home. Whether we skip with joy, or whether we head for the doors full of sorrow, is ...

You’ll Never Walk Alone

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

JUSTICE FOR THE 96, YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE This is not my work, it is that of JFT9656 on YouTube

Average Triumph, Ordinary Disaster

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

The American orator, Wendell Phillips, once described physical bravery as an animal instinct. I am inclined to believe that, for many of us, this observation is true to our psychological fears also. When fear and hurt manifest themselves, the natural human reaction is to put up the barricades and to either ...

Pepe Reina: World Class

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Strikers have it easy as far as the glory business is concerned. Score a goal late on and you’re labelled a match winner, no matter what you’ve actually done throughout the game. In fact, it is even better if you’ve done absolutely nothing during the rest of the match “he’ll ...

21 Years Later, They Never Walk Alone

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Nearly 21 years on, I am still haunted by the events of April 15, 1989, at Sheffield’s Hillsborough Stadium. Haunted by the death of 96 fellow football fans, agitated to this day that as an innocent and naive 15 year old, my first concern was actually as to when the FA ...

Constants and Transients

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

I’ve been asked to be a guest blogger and I’ve jumped at the chance as I don’t write about football on my own blog. Writing about football is something I’ve never done before, and I find it… sort of daunting. As a Liverpool fan. I am a constant. Owners, managers and ...

Leather, Willow, Rain … Cheerleaders!

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

April sunshine ... this can surely not be the start of the domestic bliss of the cricket season? Where is the wind, drizzle, dark black clouds? Maybe they are waiting for tomorrow when the LV County Championship commences. Now is it just me, or is the start of the season just ...

We’re A Happy Red Family

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

It’s no secret that Liverpool FC are going through hard times at the moment. The H&G controversy has been in our heads for months now, and our Reds are a far cry from the team they have been in recent years, with the number of fans  unwilling to support Rafa Benitez increasing from day to day. Somehow I can ...