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The spiritual grandeur of the Shankly years preceded the Bob Paisley-Joe Fagan era in which Dalglish achieved immortality as a player. If this template was still in his head when he returned as manager in January last year, it was Ferguson’s autocratic power he most envied in today’s game.
There have been days over the past 13 months when King Kenny looked a fair bet to reduce John W Henry and his coterie to passengers on their own Mersey-built ship. That possibility expired with Sunday’s flurry of statements after Luis Suárez had reneged on his promise to shake hands with Patrice Evra at Manchester United.
The Suárez apology and the...
The wheel has turned full circle for John W Henry at Liverpool. His game-plan to gain control of the club was formulated at the London offices of the law firm Slaughter and May and, 19 months on, slaughter in May has cleared... more »
Chelsea captured the FA Cup this past Saturday following a 2-1 win over Liverpool. It would have been difficult for anyone to predict such an outcome just 60 days ago. Indeed, the past two months have been quite topsy-turvy... more »
It is a remarkable fact only six managers have won the title in the last 20 years; the Italian can now sit proudly alongside Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti and Kenny Dalglish. Anyone who ... more »
Hyde Road winds through the driving rain of May in Manchester to reach the gym owned and run by Ricky Hatton, the city's favourite son in the boxing ring – who came from the rough Hattersley housing estate and out of nowhere... more »
It is the question that some say Sir Alex Ferguson, aged 70, will never face, let alone answer. Yet perhaps it has never carried a sharper edge than in these last few days when the 13th Premier League title he seemed to have... more »
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