Slot gone. Here's my take on it, along with @jamespearcelfc.bsky.social and @simonhughes1983.bsky.social on the latest Walk On pod podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

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It is 41 years since Heysel. Last year, I wrote a three-part series on it. Part 1 The prequel tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/heysel-40-... Part 2 The day tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/heysel-40-... Part 3 The consequences tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/heysel-40-...

It is 41 years since Heysel. Last year, I wrote a three-part series on it. Part 1 The prequel tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/heysel-40-... Part 2 The day tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/heysel-40-... Part 3 The consequences tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/heysel-40-...

The radical centre. Pure comedy. And why do all the laziest thinkers on the planet get positions in the media to say that welfare is the problem. None of them ever suggest a revamp of the tax system. Tony Blair. Thatcherite. War criminal. Dickhead

If you think December has the best 25th of the year, you’re not a Liverpool fan

From the epic train journey to Rome to the Miracle of Istanbul, an era that’s long gone in the modern corporate age tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/why-may-25...

Today's Walk On pod. Are the right people leaving Liverpool? Me, @jamespearcelfc.bsky.social and @adjones-journo.bsky.social try to answer that question pod.fo/e/41e60e

From the epic train journey to Rome to the Miracle of Istanbul, an era that’s long gone in the modern corporate age tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/why-may-25...

21 years ago I was on the old Orient Express from Paris to Vienna. There I met my mate Dave and continued by train to Istanbul. I swear he slept with one eye open in case I nicked his ticket and threw him off the train. Heard tonight he’s had a heart attack this week but is OK. Get well soon, mate

This time of year makes me think of Istanbul. Can it really be 21 years ago? I wrote a book about my journey there – the lifetime's journey as a football fan. Get it here: Far Foreign Land £10 UK, £15 Europe, £18 Rest Of World. All including postage www.paypal.com/paypalme/eva...

Latest Walk On pod. Goodbye to Salah and Robertson. Me, @jamespearcelfc.bsky.social @simonhughes1983.bsky.social and @markcarey93.bsky.social podfollow.com/walk-on/epis...

This time of year makes me think of Istanbul. Can it really be 21 years ago? I wrote a book about my journey there – the lifetime's journey as a football fan. Get it here: Far Foreign Land £10 UK, £15 Europe, £18 Rest Of World. All including postage www.paypal.com/paypalme/eva...

It’s probably just me, but if I’m evoking an LFC season with a new kit, I’d avoid 1989-90. Yes, a title win but a manager heading towards an understandable breakdown in a campaign that was the gateway to a hugely disappointing decade. Plus, it looks crap.

Written last month but it stands today. I'm delighted Arsenal have won the title at Man City's expense. And you know what? I hope they beat PSG. State sponsored teams are an existential threat to football. Up the Arse! tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/today-is-a...

For late crew

I’m a huge admirer of Salah but this is all getting a bit silly. He hasn’t been good enough and neither has Slot. But the first place any player should look to explain failure is in the mirror open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...

Latest Walk On pod. The latest Salah bombshell, who's to blame for the mess LFC find themselves in. Me @jamespearcelfc.bsky.social and @simonhughes1983.bsky.social podfollow.com/walk-on/epis...

I’m a huge admirer of Salah but this is all getting a bit silly. He hasn’t been good enough and neither has Slot. But the first place any player should look to explain failure is in the mirror open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...

Piece I wrote about Burnham and Starmer last year. Having had some contact with them/the people around them, their conduct around the proposed Hillsborough Law says something about these politicians tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/starmer-v-...

Arsenal hate is running wild. That can be the only reason Fernandes won footballer of the year

Delighted to see Andy Burnham out jogging. He’s certainly got the crowd behind him

Arsenal hate is running wild. That can be the only reason Fernandes won footballer of the year

This has been bugging me all week. I’ve had to say it. It will no doubt annoy some of my colleagues but it has to be said. This is a terrible choice for footballer of the year tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/fernandes-...

This has been bugging me all week. I’ve had to say it. It will no doubt annoy some of my colleagues but it has to be said. This is a terrible choice for footballer of the year tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/fernandes-...

If you don’t think this economy’s broke there’s something wrong with you - or you’re profiting from the transfer of wealth from the poor and middle earners to the rich

Today's King's Speech promises a "stronger, fairer Britain" but this government has already made cuts that will push 50,000 more disabled people into poverty by 2030. Fairness, then, seems to apply to everyone except those who most need the state. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

Latest Walk On. Who are LFC's summer targets? Me, @jamespearcelfc.bsky.social @adjones-journo.bsky.social and @greggevans40.bsky.social pod.fo/e/414a0c

The end of a tumultuous two weeks. Last in a series on the most important fortnight in English football history

The end of a tumultuous two weeks. Last in a series on the most important fortnight in English football history

Final part of the series on the climax to the 1985-86 season, a time of changing perceptions. "‘A year ago Liverpool was to the world what Chernobyl is now. Yesterday the true spirit of our premier football city was allowed to drift around the globe" – Sunday Times

The latest Walk On. Is this the breaking point for Slot? Me, @jamespearcelfc.bsky.social and @simonhughes1983.bsky.social discuss pod.fo/e/412c93

Final part of the series on the climax to the 1985-86 season, a time of changing perceptions. "‘A year ago Liverpool was to the world what Chernobyl is now. Yesterday the true spirit of our premier football city was allowed to drift around the globe" – Sunday Times

Graeme Sharp told me one of my favourite stories of 1986. 40 years ago today, he was on a bus. Liverpool were up the road. "We had all the trophies," Mark Lawrenson said. "All they had was ale." Everton's toilet stop. Last in the series open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...

Graeme Sharp told me one of my favourite stories of 1986. 40 years ago today, he was on a bus. Liverpool were up the road. "We had all the trophies," Mark Lawrenson said. "All they had was ale." Everton's toilet stop. Last in the series open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...

A day for the ages

A day for the ages

May 10. One of the great days in the city of Liverpool’s history. LFC won the cup and the Double but there were bigger issues at stake. Everton stood strong when their pain was at maximum open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...

May 10. One of the great days in the city of Liverpool’s history. LFC won the cup and the Double but there were bigger issues at stake. Everton stood strong when their pain was at maximum open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...

Why was the 1986 FA Cup Final so important? Well, this is a sample of what was broadcast on BBC. Alf Garnett was a comedy legend, but these days he'd vote Reform. His views reflected those of a certain section of society

Some of the lead-up to the 1986 Cup Final is mindboggling. BBC had Alf Garnett on. Some comedy. ‘It’s not a European Cup without us, is it? It’s a bloody wogs’ cup, innit? And all because of a load of drunken Scouse gits we’re banned out of Europe.' tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/may-8-10-1...

How different was it in 1986? Evertonian poet Roger McGough appeared on the BBC with this work of art. Wrapped in the first half-and-half scarf in recorded history, he recited these words as an opening to his poem before the Cup Final. Read the full piece tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/may-8-10-1...

How different was it in 1986? Evertonian poet Roger McGough appeared on the BBC with this work of art. Wrapped in the first half-and-half scarf in recorded history, he recited these words as an opening to his poem before the Cup Final. Read the full piece tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/may-8-10-1...

Some of the lead-up to the 1986 Cup Final is mindboggling. BBC had Alf Garnett on. Some comedy. ‘It’s not a European Cup without us, is it? It’s a bloody wogs’ cup, innit? And all because of a load of drunken Scouse gits we’re banned out of Europe.' tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/may-8-10-1...

40 years ago today.

40 years ago today.

How was Europe doing in 1986, one year into the Heysel ban? They wanted English clubs back. That was no consolation for Everton and Howard Kendall. Part 4 of the series open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...

How was Europe doing in 1986, one year into the Heysel ban? They wanted English clubs back. That was no consolation for Everton and Howard Kendall. Part 4 of the series open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...

On the eve of destabilising council elections, the opening sections of a novel about politics. Links to rest of it at the end