By Brian Sears 21 November 2013 Everton have finished higher than Liverpool in the past two Premier League seasons but in the 67 completed post-war campaigns, Liverpool have a 51-16 lead in who has finished higher in England. In graphical form, that 67-year head-to-head looks like this (article continues below): Everton fans of a certain […]
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Manchester United win 20th English title to close gap on Liverpool trophy record
By Nick Harris 22 April 2013 Manchester United’s 3-0 win against Aston Villa in the Premier League this evening secured them their 20th English title, and takes their all-time haul of ‘major’ trophies to 39, just two behind Liverpool’s all-time haul of 41. For the purposes of this count, the trophies included are the league, […]
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Swansea face toughest Premier League run-in as Liverpool dream of ‘easy street’
By Brian Sears 15 March 2013 It’s run-in time in the Premier League with every team having nine or 10 games remaining. Those at the bottom end of the table are nervous, fretful, adding up the possible points that can get them to safety. Those around the top four are hoping to edge into it […]
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Drawing conclusions: Stoke do stalemates, United not, City-Liverpool likely
By Brian Sears 1 February 2013 Premier League draws are happening at record rates – and the midweek spate of six draws in 10 games has only cemented that pattern. In the 8,086 Premier League games played since the era of the revamped top division began in 1992, there have been 2,182 draws, or 27 […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool confirm departure of communications director Jen Chang
Exclusive By Alex Miller 16 November 2012 Liverpool’s communications director Jen Chang has left the club, an LFC spokesman has confirmed to Sportingintelligence. Chang was recently involved in a controversial meeting with a Liverpool fan who had run a spoof Twitter account. That incident led to the fan, Sean Cummins, receiving an apology (link here). […]
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‘Easy pickings’ Newcastle to act as barometer of Liverpool under Rodgers
By Brian Sears 2 November 2012 Liverpool will start the weekend in 12th place in the Premier League with 10 points and a goal difference of minus two, three points behind Newcastle in 10th, on 13 points and with the same goal difference. Liverpool host Newcastle on Sunday at Anfield, so a win would see […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool give blogger written apology for ‘inappropriate’ director behaviour
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 30 October 2012 Liverpool’s managing director Ian Ayre has apologised in writing on behalf of the club for the inappropriate behaviour of communications director Jen Chang towards Liverpool fan Sean Cummins, the creator of spoof journalist ‘Duncan Jenkins’, during a meeting between the pair on […]
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Man love, Keane, Collymore, Wilko, Liverpool, Leeds & cardinal sins: life’s a pitch
By Janine Self 24 October 2012 First, a scene-setter. One jumbo-sized sofa (red), one TV studio, one journalist-broadcaster-author with a vision. Despite Boris Johnson’s nudge-wink post-Olympic speech, the BT Life’s a Pitch sofa tends not to witness too much in the way of paroxysms of tears and joy. But, thanks to Michael Calvin, a whole […]
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Real Madrid and Barca earn most from kit deals, United and Liverpool closing in
By Alex Miller and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 8 October 2012 Manchester United and Liverpool have the most lucrative kit supplier deals in the Premier League this season, earning a guaranteed £25.4m and £25m respectively from Nike and Warrior – but still trail the sums earned by Spanish giants Real Madrid […]
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Liverpool versus Manchester United: still the biggest English match in the world
By Brian Sears and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 20 September 2012 It’s been the biggest domestic fixture in English football for the best part of four decades, and in terms of global interest in the two teams involved, it still is. Liverpool versus Manchester United remains a fixture that resonates, […]
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