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I was looking at the BBC sport website earlier whilst reading an article about the New Years honour list and I came across this page.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/3355993.stm

Now I love the diagram, between the whole England team it seems as if there is not one part of the body left! Luckily England have a very strong team and even if we do not have 15 of our best players we still have a very good team out on the pitch.

It has been a good year for English rugby, at last we won the world cup, lets hope next year continues from where the rugby team left off and not the cricket team.

You may or may not know, if you have ever looked at my site before you probably do know, that I am a strong Liverpool FC fan. Last week I couldn't believe the way we played against Arsenal - showed true character. Tonight on the other hand looked liked it was going to be back to the old days of no fight - especially when we seemed to give up after going a goal down - thus meaning we needed 3. Then came half time. I don't know what Benitez said to them but it worked. On came Pongolle and with it came some fight. He scored within 2 minutes of being on the pitch. During the whole second half we seemed to have more fight. We lost our way a little. On came Mellor - goal 2-1. Now then we have a chance and like a perfect script up stepped Steve Gerrard from a Mellor lay off - bang, GOAL! 3 - 1. Liverpool are through and have some fight at long last. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4068163.stm for more.

Here is the scene - AC Milan vs Inter, a big derby match. It is also the Quarter-Finals of the Champions League and AC are 2-0 up after the first match. They both share a ground - so both are at home. AC took the lead so where 3-0 up then in the second half a goal was disallowed. I think it should have been given but heck I am not a ref. It was then the catalyst to a war zone. The Inter fans started throwing stuff at Dida, the AC Milan goalkeeper, who stood tall. It was only bottles at first. Then came a flare (anyone seen at an English game with one of these is normal banned for life from the ground!) which luckily didn't hit anyone. Then another came and another. I don't think Dida had quite noticed this and then bang on hit him on the shoulder which was lucky as he was just turning around. This resulted in first degree burns to his shoulder.



The flares keep raining down and it ended up looking like a war zone. The teams went off. They came back and tried to restart but it was no good it just started again. Result - AC Milan through and I UEFA debating disciplinary action. I hope it is severe. It better be as they are always crucifying English fans. Time for UEFA and FIFA to open their eyes to the Italian fans. I just hope that tomorrows match with Juve goes well with no problems. Come on the REDS!!!!

For more see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4432047.stm

Yesterday was great. I hoped we would do it but I had my doubts. I did think to myself it we were going to win then we would have to score within the first 10 minutes or so. I do wish, though,that they hadn't played so defensive from then onwards. Not good for the health of the fans! :-) Liverpool look much better going forward with the ball and they really should have took the game to Chelsea more. Well I can't complain as they did it, they won!

Oh and according to a BBC article: "Liverpool are set to face disciplinary action from Uefa after pitch invasions during Tuesday's win over Chelsea." Now that is crazy. Ok fair enough two people got on the pitch and maybe a fine would be justified but it should be small. If it is anything approaching Inter Milan's after their crowd trouble then I hope the FA say something. It would be prove that UEFA just think English football crowds are worse than the rest of Europe - which they aren't. We don't need huge barriers and anyway it was two Spanish muppets who ran on to the pitch.

Another thing I noticed last night was that Mourinho went on the field after the game to shake the hands of all the Liverpool players. I don't like his normally but that was a very nice thing to do. Shows he knows when he has been humbled. Oh and here is the celebration:

I can't quite believe what happened last night. At half time I was ready to walk home to do some revision (for today's laser exam!) but deep down I never give up hope. Liverpool in the first half played like the team I saw in January against Everton and on other various occasions of the season. They had no midfield, the defence was being overwhelmed. Then in the second half, everything changed. They got hold of the ball and put more than two passes together. I think the pivotal moment came when Xabi Alonso smacked one from about 30 yards that just went wide. This seemed to give them the confidence. The rest is history and I am sure you all know it. Two things that come to mind though. Was this the greatest final ever? Quite possibly one of the best. Was that Jerzy Dudek out there or Bruce Grobbelaar since Dudek took a few pages out of his book. Excellent. Liverpool champions of Europe!

If you haven't got a clue what I am going on about (have you been sat under a rock?) take a look at: [BBC Article] [BBC Article]

I have been revising for most of the day, well apart from my Lasers and Quantum Optics exam this afternoon and watching the celebrations in Liverpool. It has been truly wonderful, shame I couldn't go. Even the Queen made a comment ""Congratulations on your remarkable win last night"! Excellent. Lots of people have been saying nice things and it will help to bolster the campaign to get Liverpool to be able to defend their title. There appears to be an ever increasing list of coincidences this year with previous times Liverpool have won the title. More here: [BBC Article]

Also was this the greatest Cup final? This [BBC Article] has lots of good points. I think it was an excellent final but I don't claim to have seen enough, or being biased enough, to claim it was the best ever. At the least it was one of the greatest ever.

Oh and talking about the BBC, they have an interesting feature on their site where you can download a mask. This occurred for the Euro Championships. It appears that the one they are promoting the most at the moment is one of Dudek. I think he has now become a legend (get it here: [BBC pdf]), oh and its not the best pic:

...well JC (Jamie Carragher)!


Image by Nick Manning and is off the BBC website.

We have had the Anfield rap now it's time to get down to the Jerzy beat....[BBC Article]

You have gotta love this one:





(taken from [HERE])

The future of Manchester United = Manchester Buccaneers? Take a look at this site [Manchester Buccaneers] Well maybe not quite this in the short term, but in the long term with Glazer at the helm then you have to be worried if you are a Man U fan. Us Liverpool Reds as it is put on this sight aren't bothered though :-) I just love the term "Nike Trafford Ballpark"!

New Little Britain script:


Parry: "Now Stevie what do you want to do?"

Gerrard: "I want to go to Chelsea"

Parry: "Are you sure you want to go to Chelsea?"

Gerrard: "Yeah"

Parry: "Now remember you said that last season and you know what a
cafuffle that caused"

Gerrard: "Yeah I know"

Parry: "So you're sure you want to go to Chelsea?"

Gerrard: "Yeah"

Parry: "Right i will go and make a statement"


3 hours later


Gerrard "I want to stay"

I hope so!

Exclusive By Chris Bascombe, Liverpool Echo

MICHAEL OWEN is desperate to make a sensational return to Liverpool.

The former Reds striker wants to end his Real Madrid exile and Anfield officials have been alerted to Owen's fervent desire to rejoin the club he left last summer.

A dramatic swoop hasn't been ruled out.

However, Rafa Benitez has already made other arrangements in the transfer market and would need convincing to move for the 25-year-old striker.

The European Champions have not budgeted for a bid for Owen, who joined the club as a schoolboy but decided to leave for Spain in an £8m deal last year.

Although Benitez could be in the hunt for a proven goalscorer before the transfer window closes, that would depend on how much he could raise in player sales.

His first priority is a target man, with Southampton's Peter Crouch still top of his wish list.

Liverpool are interested in the possibility of arranging a year loan deal with Real Madrid for Owen, but that would require some skilful negotiation and appears to be an extremely optimistic option at this stage.

Owen left with the Real Madrid squad for a summer tour of America yesterday, but he's anxious to return to England before the start of the season - and Liverpool are currently the only club which interests him.

Model professional Owen has never publicly expressed any discontent about life in Madrid, but privately he's become increasingly disillusioned since leaving England.

On the pitch, Owen's goal record defies the accepted view he's failed to make an impact in Spain.

He scored 14 goals in 22 starts, but he's never completely settled and has found himself regularly on the bench, despite his impressive goal ratio.

Owen scored 158 goals in 298 appearances of an Anfield career which began in 1997 and is seventh on the list of the club's all time goalscorers.

Meanwhile, the Luis Figo saga should be resolved this weekend.

The only issue now is Figo's pay-off from Real Madrid.

The Spanish club are no longer demanding a fee for the Portuguese star.

The 32-year-old midfielder is in the United States but will leave the Madrid tour when he's decided between Liverpool and Inter Milan.

The Reds are now in Switzerland preparing for the clash with Bayer Leverkusen in Austria tomorrow night.

Yesterday I traveled down to the Oval in London to watch the Twenty20 Cup quarter-final cricket match between Surrey and Warwickshire. Unfortunately the Bears (Warwickshire) lost in the end but only in dramatic circumstances - a bowl off. Twenty20 cricket is different to the normal game in that you only have 20overs to get as many runs as possible. Surrey managed a decent target for Warwick but it should have been possible for them to get. It, however, became very dark and even started to rain. This meant the Duckworth-Lewis method (see: [CricInfo] for more on this) had to be applied for the scoring and thus reducing the overall score needed by Warwickshire at the loss of 5 overs. Warwick then went on to get the exact score required for a draw (with the final two runs coming off the last ball), after losing the exact same number of wickets!
The interesting scenario of a bowl off now occurred, after the teams took about 20 minutes to agree this was the appropriate course of action. This is like penalties in football and is the first time it has occurred in the competition. Unfortunately Warwick lost, but it was a very interesting game - well worth going. I took some pictures of the wonderful Oval so expect these to be posted at some point soon.
For more info see: [BBC Sport]

It appears that someone has a bit of a problem with Manchester United. They went and played around with the neon sign outside of their Old Trafford Stadium to display a rather interesting message. See here. LOL. The full article from the Manchester Evening News can be found here.

Last Sat I went down to Villa Park, has been a while since I went there, actually it has been a while since I last went to a footy match! It was good. I really remembered how much I have missed actually watching the game. Villa played well and eventually won (was the best game but Villa deserved to win), which meant my mate was pleased (thanks for the ticket Jord, much appreciated). I took a few pics, since I do that everywhere I go (I must be turning into a professional tourist!). Oh and the best news came when I found out we beat Man City 1-0! :-)

We were robbed, enough said. At the least the last disallowed goal was a goal. Oh and people call Chelsea boring at times (well for a team with such natural attacking presence) but it is nothing in comparison to the way Sao Paulo played. Its not the worst thing to do, they did win, and heck played well for it. Though they should have lost but the linesman made a couple of shocking decisions. Well that's football - with 17 corners we really should have scored. Oh and the most wonderful thing happened at the start, a minute silence for the father of Rafael Benitez - good on ya FIFA.

What a game of football that was!! It is well what the FA cup is all about. Passion, pride and bloody good football. I'm a Liverpool fan and I am not one to criticise too much but at times our defense was bloomin' awful, but still, credit to Luton they played some wonderful football and after Cisse missed a penatly and they went 3- 1 up I didnt know what to expect. I though either this is gonna be a heavy, embarrasing loss, or we are gonna come back and its gonna be like Instanbul all over again. Yep it was the later. Liverpool woke up and with Sinama on the pitch played some wonderful football scoring some excellent goals. Anyway if you aren't a fan of football and want to know more take a look at this [BBC Article]

...and I can't wait to see him back in a Liverpool shirt! It is great news that he is back at the Reds, lets see him net another 100! :-) Oh and even the [Wiki article] about him has been updated!

Be ready to fall over, for no reason, [Tshirts356.com]

and Peter Crouch nods one in. Come on you Reds! Oh and if you still aren't sure what the heck I am going on about, Liverpool 1 - 0 Manchester United. It had been 85 years since we beat them in the FA Cup, its not like we have met too often but its a stat that no one liked. If you wanna know more take a look at [BBC report]. I'm well pleased, good start to the weekend and almost meant I have forgotten that I'm feeling quite ill. As the game goes I have to say how impressed I was with Harry Kewell's performance, he is finally looking like a Liverpool player. He is even making some hard tackles, including a nice one of Gary Neville which I'm sure got on his nerves and helped Kewell later on in the game. Well done to the whole team, they showed yet again that they can step up to the plate and kick-ass.

Well at least someone will be making money out of the recent Winter Olympic games... [Baltimoresun]

It appears that the FA will offically annouce that the FA Cup final and the end of the season playoffs will be moved from the new and improved Wembley and played in Cardiff, yet again. The last few seasons have been great at Cardiff but I was very much looking forward to seeing a cup final from the new Wembley but it recently emerged that there was on a 70% chance that it would be ready for the cup final. It now appears that the FA are playing for security and will play it at the Millennium stadium. Oh and the moral of the story, don't get [Aussie's to do the building] :-). If they can't get this on schedule then what does this mean for the development of the olympic village...

It was a goal with Fulham that started it all before and now here we go again. Go Robbie, go! :-) If you don't have a bloomin' clue about what I am going on about take a look at: [BBC Website]

8 goals in two games! The latest being a nice 3-1 win at Newcastle... see [BBC Sport] for more.

... Liverpool can score goals! :-) -- [Birmingham City 0 - 7 Liverpool]

There is something about anfield that will be missed if Liverpool move and looks as if they will be, it is a shame. More [here]. I really think it is such a shame that so many football clubs are moving away from their historic homes to new grounds just so they can make more money. It will kill the spirit of the game.

Liverpool 2 - 1 Chelsea, Semi-final FA Cup, enough said! :-) ... if you have no clue... take a look at [BBC Sport]

Well the provisional England squad has been annouced..... bit of a shocker. Well I say that but 90% is as expected and there are a few odd balls in the mix, should prove to be interesting to say the least. More [BBC]

Yay, they did it... oh how they make you sweat! 3-3 and then on pens. It was a remarkable game and credit has to go to West Ham who played like champions as well, in the end it came down to Reina being an excellent penalty keeper. We won, but it was so tight. It was a bit of an odd game with two defensive nightmares letting West Ham take the lead, it was a couple of magical moments that kept us in it. The first, a wonderful volley from Cisse, the second an even better (quite possibly the best goal I have ever seen) volley from Gerrard - breath taking. Some static football occured in injury time but after 63 games this season I don't think the Liverpool players can be moaned at! Job done and done well!! For more take a look at: [BBC Site]

I was not impressed with England's display tonight. All I am going to say is sort out the defense and please give Crouch someone to play with up front!!!

Christiano Ronaldo is winning the race for FIFA young player of the
World Cup - We cant let him win it.
Please take 30 seconds of time to go on this website and vote for
Valencia of Ecuador who is currently second. Then take 30 seconds to send it on
toeveryone you know. Vote here:[FIFA WORLD CUP]

Guess what it does.... [zidane]

Britain's Jenson Button earned the first Formula One victory today! :-)

Good on him. It was an absolutely wonderful Hungarian Grand Prix full of action and most importantly the first British win for too long, well done Jenson!

I have to say it was worth me waiting up to watch the game (on ESPN) for kick-off at 12:30. This is another reason why I coudln't stay here (nevermind the fact that I am missing a certain special person, family and friends) for a long period. You just can't watch football at normal times! :-) It was a good game and Crouchy played rather well again. I have to say though that the second half wasn't as good as the first and I found myself drifting off - well it was 2am and I had a long day!

Liverpool may have lost yesterday in the FA cup but there fans were able to send a message to the world about the Hillsborough disaster. Screw the Sun "newspaper".

[thisisanfield.com], [icliverpool.com]

Yesterday I noticed that Villa reserves were playing at home. Villa normally play their reserve matches in Walsall which is awkward to get to. Since I like to actually watch live football, not just on the tv, and live a 10 minute bus ride away - I went (with my Dad)! It was quite nice to see some live football. I hate the prices of the games at the moment and can't justify spending all that cash. I'm a Liverpool fan and so would obviously rather see them, but I like to see the occasional match... and at £2 for an adult I couldn't moan! It was a good game with some incident. Villa won 3 - 1 against Charlton...

It looks like the original plans for the Kop end of Anfield have been uncovered ... a bunch of researchers for the book, Played in Liverpool, have come across the original plans from 1905... and a bunch of other interesting things. I'd hope that these plans would have a place on display at the new Liverpool ground, if it is ever built!
For more see: [here]