What could one possibly say about the 2004-2005 season in a few paragraphs that would really serve its true value? I'll give it a go. First, it must be said that we COMPLETELY overachieved in the Champions League, yet managed to COMPLETELY underachieve in the Premiership. Next, it must be said that Rafael Benitez is [. Click to continue reading...

SEASON SUMMARY The 2003-2004 season was one of some absolutely sizzling goals, but more than that it was one of some horrific results and absolutely dreadful football. The highs of 2001-2002 had faded in 2002-2003, and many of us hoped it was just a fluke season rather than a new trend... but this was all just [. Click to continue reading...

SEASON SUMMARY After an extremely promising 2001-2002, 2002-2003 turned out to be the "beginning of the end" of Gerard Houllier. Realistically, that occured earlier during a period of 2001-2002, but the signs weren't evident until a streak of 11 matches without a victory in the league during a season known for being a "three-parter. Click to continue reading...

SEASON SUMMARY John Arne Riise celebrates quite possibly the hardest hit goal you could ever see against Man U. WHAT A GOAL!!! Following the sensational Treble season of 2000-2001 was never going to be easy to do. But in 2001-2002, Gerard Houllier and his mighty Reds did a very admirable job, finishing with- at the time- their [. Click to continue reading...

"Michael Owen has won the FA Cup all by himself..." 2-1 to the 'Pool! SEASON SUMMARYIn 2000-2001, Liverpool FC did the unthinkable. They won all three cup competitions they were involved in... the first and so far only time this has ever happened in England. LFC first won the League Cup, thanks to a glorious volley [. Click to continue reading...

Sami Hyypia revolutionized the club... defense would actually exist now! SEASON SUMMARY My first season of supporting Liverpool Football Club was in 1999-2000, a season that saw Liverpool recover their status as a club that mattered on the English scene after a few seasons of falling apart. As a casual viewer in 1998-1999, I wouldn't have known [. Click to continue reading...

As we get ready for the start of the 2009/10 season (now a little over a month away), we take a quick look back at last season. Click to continue reading...

Same format as last year – my 10 favorite Liverpool strikes in one compilation. Well, actually 11. It's been a good year for great goals. I experimented with adding titles; it doesn't make for the smoothest transitions, but in my defense, I'm teaching myself iMovie by trial and error.
Youtube hates me this season, so we're on sapo. Click to continue reading...

Same format as last year, and like previous seasons, I will also have a separate post for Top 10 goals tomorrow.
Leave your own awards in the comments.
Player of the season:
1) Xabi Alonso
2) Steven Gerrard
3) Dirk Kuyt
Most pleasing result of the season:
1) Liverpool 4-1 United
2) Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid
3) Liverpool 2-1 United
Most dominating performance:
1) 4-0 Real Madrid
2) 5-1 Newcastle
3) 5-0 Villa
Most entertaining game of the season:
1) 4-1 United
2) 4-4 Arsenal
3) 4-4 Chelsea
Most underrated player:
1) Pepe Reina (A late Keane goal away from four straight Golden Gloves! Click to continue reading...

Is it just me or is there a less frenzied and almost contented feeling around the place at the end of this season. The poem by BBLG and the entertaining summary by rez9000, riffing with the editor, seem to set the tone for a more relaxed attitude to the events of the 2008/2009 season.
Our performance on Sunday was poor but nobody seems to be really bothered. Click to continue reading...

Take down the nets, pull up the corner flags; fetch the stray balls from off the roof of the main stand and switch off the floodlights for the last time, for another season of football in Scotland has come to a close.
A long time ago, on another web site all about the beautiful game north o' the border, I put together a season preview wherein, using nothing more than a league table, a blindfold and a sharp implement I predicted the outcome of the 2008/09 season in Scotland. Click to continue reading...

It's Liverpool's best Premiership campaign, and the best points total under Benitez and since the title-winning ‘87-88 season (the league was 40 games that year). But Liverpool could and probably should have won the championship, throwing the league away with mid-season draws.
I'm thrilled there was actually a title race until the second-to-last round of fixtures, but I'm massively disappointed that Liverpool was top of the league to start 2009, and still finished four points behind the bloody Mancs. Click to continue reading...

They Think It's All Over... presents its first article for Salient, the student magazine of Victoria University of Wellington, a review (of sorts) of the Premier League season that just finished. Click to continue reading...

Like last season, I want to start off the season review posts with a comparison of campaigns under Benitez. Statistics don't tell the whole story, but enough of one to be worth posting.
I'll have a narrative review of the season up before noon.
Liverpool's league record:
04/05:
Home: 12 wins, 4 draws, 3 losses
Away: 5 wins, 3 draws, 11 losses
58 points
05/06:
Home: 15 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss
Away: 10 wins, 4 draws, 5 losses
82 points
06/07:
Home: 14 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss
Away: 6 wins, 4 draws, 9 losses
68 points
07/08:
Home: 12 wins, 6 draws 1 loss
Away: 9 wins, 7 draws, 3 losses
76 points
08/09:
Home: 12 wins, 7 draws
Away: 13 wins, 4 draws, 2 losses
86 points
Two fewer losses than last season, 12 fewer losses than Benitez's first season. Click to continue reading...

Following another heartbreaking loss in MLS Cup 2007, the Revs entered the 2008 season having lost a few key contributors and replacing them with promising, but unproven foreign talent. The team started the season off very well and controlled first place through most of the season. After adding bringing the SuperLiga Championship, the Revs finished off the season in dreadful form and crashed out of the playoffs in the first round. Click to continue reading...