The Euro 2024 play-offs keeping an otherwise unnecessary international break honest, I see. What you could really do with is a book that's all about the greatest European Championship of the lot though. Euro 88, obvs. Pre-order now.
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Liverpool have this evening qualified for the group stages of the 2020/21 Champions League, a day before beginning the knockout stages of the 2019/20 Champions League...
Got to take your hat off to Manchester City. They are still missing a few key elements though. One's the Champions League, two's Kompany and three's a crowd... Babum. Tish.
Liverpool won away, against a very impressive Wolves last night, to go 16 (sixteen) points clear at the top of the Premier League. So, I wrote some words about parallel universes and endless horizons, for
@thisisanfield
.
Hey, my new book, The Undisputed Champions of Europe, is out on Monday. Fancy winning one? With copies of A Tournament Frozen in Time and Where the Cool Kids Hung Out thrown in for good measure too? Simply follow me and
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, then retweet this to be in with a shout.
So. This box full of books I've written arrived this morning thanks to the good people at
@PitchPublishing
... To win a copy, simply follow me and retweet. Winner selected at random on Tuesday.
I noticed that the noise of Anfield last night was enough to set off some car alarms on a nearby car park. I wrote about it - and other vague football related observations - for
@thisisanfield
Got to take your hat off to Scottish football for having their domestic cup final the week after the league season ends, and the game kicking off at 3pm.
OK, Twitter people, this here book of mine, all about the chic years of the UEFA (EUFA/Yoofa) Cup, is coming to a bookmongers shop near you, in a few months time. Tonight's big question. What were your favourite moments and what did it mean to you?
What on earth to do with the author's copies when your brand new book release arrives, part five. This time around, build an elaborate house of cards style structure. Want to win a copy? Simply retweet this communication and make sure you follow both me and
@PitchPublishing
.
OK, social experiment. I believe that you are chemically hardwired to your first World Cup, and become increasingly disillusioned with them by the time of your third unfolds. What was your first and what was your third World Cup, and how do you feel about them in comparison?
2020 consistently tries to outdo itself, in terms of being the most utterly surreal year of my lifetime. We now live in a era, when I book I've written has made the shortlist for the Football Book of the Year...
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That was an iconic second half from Liverpool. Southampton probably shaded the first half there, a team in form; a team with rising confidence. For Liverpool to then go and do that, in the second 45. It sent a shiver down the spine. There are no known superlatives left.
So, it's 33 magazines and counting at
@thesefootytimes
, with Inter beginning to drop through letterboxes. This is what they look like as a collection, when splayed seductively across a bohemian rug.
Champions League quarter-final draw you say? Well, why not try your hand at a competition where you can win not one, not two, but three books? To be in with a shout simply retweet this, and make sure you're following me and
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. Winner drawn on Monday evening.
It's Xabi Alonso's birthday today. I was blessed to be in attendance at almost all of his games in a Liverpool shirt. I wrote this for
@thesefootytimes
.
@danfieldsend
The first time he went to Anfield, was for a Fairs Cup game against Dundalk. It was a night when Ray Clemence played only his second game in a Liverpool shirt, his first in Europe. We won 10-0, and he took Patrice Bergues along with him.
It's the last day of April and I think it is high time you started to think about Christmas shopping. You know. While you're not up to much. I have just the thing, that is now available on pre order ahead of its December 1 release...
Paul Davis was a midfielder that was massively ahead of his time. A jack of all trades and a master of them all. I wrote this about him for
@thesefootytimes
.
A little under two months until my third-born book is released into the wild, and I've just set eyes upon the print layout. Christmas. Eve. Available on pre order, and no ewoks were harmed within the completion of this trilogy.
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A lot of love floating around for A Tournament Frozen In Time being shortlisted for the Football Book of the Year. Yet, while you've come for the Cup Winners' Cup, you're more than welcome to stay for the UEFA (Yoofa) Cup too...
@PitchPublishing
A lot of people seem to be purchasing books for their holidays. While you're at it, why not buy this one I've written, that you can't take on holiday, but can pre-order for its September 23 release. It's all about the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Stubborn professionalism is where it's at. Liverpool won at Watford and it was possibly my favourite victory of the season so far. I wrote this for
@thisisanfield
.
Overturning a stupid decision is a fine thing, but don't expect applauding for it Liverpool FC. Another example of questionable ethics to put alongside the £77 ticket and unacceptable attempts to trademark. Any chance you can learn from your mistakes for a change?
You can see for miles from the Main Stand upper, inclusive of the car alarms going off on Stanley Park car park, due to the noise inside Anfield, every time Liverpool scored tonight. Up the reds.
And all of a sudden, my fifth born book was thrust into the world kicking and screaming. Euro 88: The Football Purists' European Championship is now available from all reputable bookmongers establishments, via the good people at
@PitchPublishing
.
There is a transparency in those going overboard on faux celebration of Liverpool losing tonight, which is reflecting just how much pain they'll be feeling in a short few weeks time, when they clinch the title. There is a heavy degree of self compensation that is quite hypnotic.
Stop what you're doing and read this article I did for
@thesefootytimes
about Preben Elkjær. You won't regret it. A recorded rating of 10 on the 'Hipster Scale'.
As somebody who was at that mad Liverpool comeback against Barcelona last year, I'd just like to say to those who are peddling the full time World Cupification of European club competitions, that they can fuck right off.
The underappreciated Gary Ablett, the only man to win the FA Cup for both Liverpool and Everton. Tragically lost at the age of just 46. I wrote this about him for
@thesefootytimes
.
A lazy Sunday morning and what you need to do is read some navel gazing, about Liverpool winning on Friday night. I wrote these words for
@thisisanfield
In celebration of this baby I've written starting to tip up in picturesque harbours and various other locations, here's your chance to win a copy. It's easy enough. Follow me, follow
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and you're with a shout. Winner to be drawn at random on Friday afternoon.
It's that time once again for gratuitous images of a newly arrived box of books I've written, set against the backdrop of a bohemian rug. Obvs.
@PitchPublishing
.
It is incessantly evident that there are serious character deficiencies in teams that are fantasy football projects, when it comes to European club competition. Almost a decade and a half of a bottomless transfer fund and still Manchester City can't crack the code. PSG similar.
It's Friday, and the last time I checked, we're still in the European Cup final. I hereby give you permission to put your feet up to read something I wrote for
@thisisanfield
which says it's good to be there again.
I'll tell you what, if you're going to buy a book all about the 1986 World Cup, then you really need one about the 1982 World Cup too... This beauty is to be our Stu's (
@loxleymisty44
) next wondrous book.
The medical staff at the Parkenstadion, Christian Eriksen's teammates, and the supporters with the flags are heroes to the core. Upbeat news of him regaining consciousness, from an incident I wish I'd never seen unfold.
A lot of love floating around for Steve McManaman this evening. Semi-contentiously at the time, I wrote this about him, for the 2017
@thesefootytimes
series 'The 50', proclaiming him to be England's greatest (export).
Happy new book day everyone. Where the Cool Kids Hung Out is now in the public domain. An intrepid, yet proud day, I dare say you've never had a book with a giant inflatable Edam on the front cover before. This is the hour my friends. Grasp the moment, buy now...
@PitchPublishing
It will never anything other than bad etiquette to do the draw for the next round of the FA Cup, before all games have been played in the previous round.
Whether you subscribe to the whimsical stylings of Roberto Firmino or not, it leaves you as a member of one mad set of bastards or another. I wrote these words for
@thisisanfield
.
Ian Darke claiming Magdeburg vs AC Milan and the 1974 Cup Winners' Cup final to be the most sparsely populated European final prior to tonight, when it was instead the 3,208 that witnessed Sporting CP and MTK Budapest play out a 3-3 draw in the 1964 final... Just saying like.
The pacing around like an expectant father is finally over. My fourth-born book was released into the wild today. You can purchase one from all reputable bookmongers.
A controversial and unloved World Cup kicks off two weeks tomorrow. In riposte you can win a book all about the controversial and much loved 1986 World Cup. Simply retweet this tweet and make sure you're following me and
@PitchPublishing
to be in with a shout.
Euro 2024 kicks off on Friday, but let's be honest about it, it will never be a patch on Euro 88... Be like the wonderful
@dmrhenderson
and grab yourself a copy of this here book I've written.
Houghton after six minutes, Vialli’s winner against Spain and Saint Marco’s hattrick against England. Euro ‘88 packs a punch like a back post volley by the Swan of Utrecht. Well done
@Scraggy_74
Putting the finishing touches to this baby over the the next few days and looking for a few potential end sound bites. So, what are your thoughts and memories of the chic years of the UEFA (Yoofa) Cup?
If he was before your time, Alan Hansen was in many respects the template used to create Virgil van Dijk. I wrote these words about him for
@thisisanfield
.
"Hansen remained the defensive ghost on the wall at Liverpool, the figure by which all other central defenders were unkindly measured.
"Until the dawning of Virgil van Dijk."
✍️
@Scraggy_74
Liverpool won at Burnley, in a game that was hugged warmly by the sheer Bobbyness of it all. I wrote these tenuous football related words about it for
@thisisanfield
.