Teenage Swindon goalkeeper Jamie Stephens is to spend next week training with Premier League side Liverpool.
The 16-year-old has been invited for a stint at the Reds' Kirkby Academy after impressing scouts from the Anfield outfit.
Stephens' potential was spotted during his appearances for the Robins' youth team and he will now rub shoulders with Liverpool's emerging talent. Click to continue reading...

A goal eight minutes from time saw Wolves gain revenge for their FA Youth Cup defeat as they beat Liverpool Under-18s 2-1 at the Kirkby Academy on Saturday morning.
Lauri Dalla Valle thought he had earned Rodolfo Borrell's side a share of the spoils with a first half equaliser, but Andre Landall's finish from a right-wing cross saw the side from the Black Country take the three points. Click to continue reading...

Work on Liverpool's new stadium in Stanley Park could begin as early as April 2010, the leader of Liverpool City Council has told the BBC.
Warren Bradley said Liverpool have told the council they are "very close now to securing the finances".
He added it would be "in April that hopefully, fingers crossed, we'll see some activity on Stanley Park". Click to continue reading...

Everton will enter into new talks with Liverpool City Council over a new stadium. A date of 11 January has been set aside for the two sides to meet following the rejection of a planning application for a new stadium in Kirkby.
That proposed £400m development of a 50,000-seater stadium, in partnership with Tesco, collapsed last month. Click to continue reading...

I recently had the chance to take a tour of Real Madrid's home at the Bernebau and this reminded me how important a stadium is to fans not just as a venue that can intimidate the opposition but also as a source of their identity with the club.

The issue of a shared stadium for Liverpool and Everton is on the agenda again after Everton had their stadium plans turned down.

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Liverpool have rejected the chance to share a super-stadium with Everton.
Sunday Mirror Sport can reveal that Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett will not accept a proposal from Blues chief executive Robert Elstone that the Merseyside rivals should ground share.
A senior Anfield source said: "There is absolutely no chance that Liverpool will be sharing a stadium with Everton. Click to continue reading...

What a difference a year makes. In 2009 the Merseyside derby represented emerging opportunities for both Liverpool clubs, and all four encounters (two in the league, two in the FA Cup) produced gritty football. Ultimately Liverpool drove deep into Europe and pushed Manchester United all the way to the Premier League finish line, while Everton capped another successful campaign by reaching the FA Cup Final and finishing fifth in the league.

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Europe Legends relive El Clasico memories -- from BBC Sport: Plus they are two of the greatest clubs in world football. Kirkby stadium setback could limit growth of Everton in years to come, says Oliver Kay -- from The Times' Oliver Kay: Everton have punched well above their weight in the Premier League. Click to continue reading...

Everton FC face a much bigger battle than Sunday's 212th Merseyside derby, if they are to convince rivals Liverpool FC to ground-share.
Everton FC's plans for a new £400million 50,000-seater stadium and shopping complex in Kirkby, in association with Tesco, are in tatters after being rejected by Communities and Local Government Secretary John Denham on Thursday. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool under-18s will get the chance to gain speedy revenge on Wolverhampton Wanderers after being drawn at home against them in the third round of the FA Youth Cup.
Rodolfo Borrell's side lost 2-1 after a goal five minutes from time gave Wolves the points in the FA Premier Academy League on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

James Ellison fired the winner as Liverpool under-18s bounced back from their derby defeat to beat Crewe Alexandra 1-0 at the Kirkby Academy.
Rodolfo Borrell's side provided a positive response to last week's 2-0 home defeat to Everton. The only downside was that their dominance wasn't reflected in the final scoreline. Click to continue reading...

An early penalty and late spot-kick miss condemned Liverpool under-18s to their fifth defeat of the season in the FA Premier Academy League at they lost 1-0 to Bolton Wanderers at the Kirkby Academy.
Liverpool had hoped they had turned a corner with the previous week's 4-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion. Click to continue reading...

Aston Villa youngster Isaiah Osbourne has been arrested during training on suspicion of conspiracy to rob, it emerged on Tuesday afternoon.
Everton striker Jose Baxter has been released on bail following his arrest on a drugs charge, it was confirmed on Tuesday morning. Baxter, 17, was one of three men arrested in Kirkby on Monday on suspicion of possession of cannabis with intent to supply and on suspicion of possessing counterfeit money. Click to continue reading...

Serious allegations leveled at Bootle boy.

Everton starlet Jose Baxter has been arrested on suspicion of posessing drugs and counterfeit money.

Highly-rated striker Baxter was one of three men arrested in Kirkby on Monday on suspicion of possession of cannabis and on suspicion of possessing counterfeit money.

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George Gillett's arrival on Merseyside last Saturday morning was greeted with great hostility. If the Reds co-owner was expecting the furore that surrounded events off the pitch over the past two years to have died down, he clearly underestimated the extent of his actions.
When Gillett and his business partner Tom Hicks strolled out onto the Anfield pitch in March 2007, they were given the most velvet of red carpet treatment by all connected with the club. Click to continue reading...

Neither George Gillett Jr. nor Tom Hicks, the co-owners of Liverpool, is expecting imminent investment in the club from Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Saud, a member of the Saudi Royal Family, despite reports to the contrary over the weekend.
Hicks and Gillett are in ongoing talks with a number of potential third-party investors as they seek first to reduce Liverpool's £250 million debt and second to bring in the kind of sizeable cash injection needed to finance the club's move from Anfield to a long-planned new stadium on nearby Stanley Park. Click to continue reading...

Goals from David Amoo and Tony Silva saw Liverpool under-18s bounce back from successive defeats to beat Barnsley 2-0 at the Kirkby Academy.
Rodolfo Borrell's side had been beaten by Leicester City and Nottingham Forest, but they secured their second victory of the FA Premier Academy League campaign as Amoo, buoyed by his inclusion in Liverpool's Champions League squad put them on the road to three points. Click to continue reading...

How much longer will it be before they take notice and leave Anfield!

Everton chief executive Robert Elstone has insisted that the global financial crisis will not stop the Merseyside club from proceeding with plans to build a new stadium at Kirkby.

According to the Liverpool Daily Post, Elstone said the £78 million in finance required would be derived from sponsorship and naming rights deals, as well as from the sale of current home Goodison Park.

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Liverpool under-18s failed to bounce back from last week's defeat to Leicester and they suffered another loss at Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
After opening the FA Premier Academy League campaign with a victory Rodolfo Borrell's side were beaten for a second time in succession when going down 2-0 at Nottingham Forest. Click to continue reading...

I may not remember many birthdays, anniversaries or even what I did last Thursday for that matter, but one date I will never forget is May 25.
Like most Reds that's hands down the best day of the year, the anniversary of the greatest day of my life.
For the past four years I've celebrated in the same fashion; half a dozen bottles of Efes beer and the DVD of our night in Istanbul. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool council leader Warren Bradley has warned Everton and Liverpool they have until December to resolve their stadium issues or risk missing out on hosting the World Cup.
And for the second time in a week, Councilor Bradley reiterated his desire for further talks over a shared stadium between the two Merseyside clubs. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool face the prospect of missing out on tens of millions of pounds in revenue, vital to their pursuit of Manchester United, by missing two vital deadlines for the construction of their new stadium, which is the cornerstone of the club's growth.
Club sources have confirmed that they are interested in discussing with Carlsberg the idea of naming rights for the new Stanley Park stadium which, as The Independent revealed last week, the Danish brewer wants to pursue when its sponsorship deal comes up for detailed discussion in July. Click to continue reading...