Roy Hodgson’s first competitive game as Liverpool manager ended in a comfortable 2-0 win over Macedonian side FC Rabotnicki in the Europa League third round, first leg qualifier. Frenchman David N’gog grabbed both goals for an inexperienced side which now puts the Reds firmly as favourites to go through next week at Anfield – when

Now we've had an hour or so to get the initial adrenaline based posts out our systems, thought I'd start the post match thread! So following on from the in-match thread, carry on discussions

Like the team, better start the season as we mean to go on: Suggest we post in-match comments in here so that people can post freely and then this thread can be deleted in a week or so's time.

Liverpool return to competitive action in tonight’s rather embarrassing Europa League third round first leg qualifier against Macedonian side FC Rabotnicki. Martin Skrtel and Daniel Agger make their first appearances this pre-season, alongside youngster Martin Kelly and experienced Greek Sotirios Kyrgiakos. Agger will begin the season where he ended last – at left back. Milan

I may be a little late in making this thread as we're almost half way through pre season and that it will be locked in a couple of weeks when the new full season begins. But i have just been thinking

Been discussing this with Showme and a few others on the Luke Young thread, but felt this deserved its own. Many people agree that the likes of Pacheco, Kelly as well as a few others who are not far

It is a slight overreaction to claim Javier Mascherano‘s footballing career was on a road to ruin in 2007. The romantics are quick to state that without Liverpool’s intervention the Argentine would have rotted in West Ham‘s reserve set-up. The reality is, the midfield general would have scarpered come the close of a wretched campaign

Liverpool have flown out a fairly young and inexperienced squad for the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round tie against FK Rabotnicki in Macedonia on Thursday night. Roy Hodgson has opted not to take the likes of Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher, who only returned to training last week. However, new signings

Liverpool will be without England trio Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Joe Cole for their Europa League third round qualifier against Macedonian side FC Rabotnicki on Thursday night. Fellow England international Glen Johnson also hasn’t travelled, but defenders Martin Skrtel and Daniel Agger have. New signing Danny Wilson is included in the youthful squad. LFC

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Liverpool have launched a bid, believed to be around £2.75million, for Aston Villa right-back Luke Young, according to Wednesday morning’s Guardian newspaper. The paper reports that Roy Hodgson has renewed his interest in the 31-year-old, who was a target of his when he was Fulham manager. Young is a versatile player, and although at home

Liverpool’s competitive season gets underway this Thursday night with a Europa League third qualifying round first leg against FK Rabotnicki in Macedonia. How depressing that it’s come to this! Nevertheless, positive attitudes and all this, and now Roy Hodgson faces the media spotlight on the pitch for the first time with anything short of victory

New Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole says he knows that it’s the Premier League trophy Liverpool fans are so desperate for the club to get their hands on, and has targeted the league in his first major press conference for the club. Cole was unveiled at Anfield today, shortly before a squad of players fly out

Real Sociedad have confirmed they are interested in signing young Liverpool striker Dani Pacheco. Pacheco, tipped by many to go on and do great things for the Reds and Spain on an international level, could be allowed to leave the club on a loan deal to gain first team experience. The 19 year old is

Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson spent the afternoon unveiling new signings Joe Cole, Milan Jovanovic and Danny Wilson to the press at Anfield, and admitted he hopes more signings are on their way. Hodgson also hinted that Javier Mascherano could soon be heading for an exit from Merseyside, after handing in a transfer request yesterday. The

Emiliano Insua‘s proposed move to Fiorentina could fall through due to his wage demands, the Italian side have hinted. Liverpool agreed a transfer fee with the Serie A outfit last week, and Insua was expected to finalise the move this week. A spokesman for Fiorentina said, “We have an agreement with the English club, but

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Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson has told press that Javier Mascherano has indeed asked to be sold. Mascherano returned to training with the Reds for the first time since the World Cup yesterday and is thought to have told Hodgson of his request in a meeting yesterday afternoon. However, Hodgson pointed out that the Argentine international

Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson has given some positive information on Fernando Torres‘ position with the club. The new Reds manager says he has spoken to the Spanish striker, who will return to training next week and has said that he is looking forward to the new season. Torres has been the subject of increasing speculation

Under new PL rules every team has to name a pool of 25 players, including eight who have been at the club for three years before they turned 21. Those under 21 do not count: Here's our squad, with

It’s all go at the moment, the rumour mill is well and truly on fire. Today there’s going to be a press conference at Anfield… some say Martin Broughton and Barclays will be there… some say it is only to show off Joe Cole, Milan Jovanovic and Danny Wilson. Whatever the case, some interesting questions

Press conference today ??? anybody know anything about it here is the like http://www.thisisanfield.co... Larryb

Evening all, Good news, the TIA Forums server upgrades are now complete, so there shouldn't be any more downtime or turning off of the forums (for the forseeable future at least). This should also

Midfielder Javier Mascherano has returned to Merseyside and taken part in a training session at Melwood for the first time since the World Cup. It is also the first time the Argentine international has met with new Reds boss Roy Hodgson, and is now expected to have showdown talks with the club. Mascherano has been

Here’s a selection of photographs from Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to Kaiserslautern in Germany. Read the match report here.

Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson says he may yet use his more senior players in this Thursday’s Europa League third qualifying round first leg away to FK Rabotnicki in Macedonia. The new manager had previously stated that he didn’t think any of the Reds’ World Cup players would feature in the game, giving them more time

Morning all and welcome to Monday. Here’s your round-up of the latest transfer shenanigans that will excite, frustrate and irritate you (probably more the latter). But first thing’s first, This Is Anfield would like to express our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the 19 people who were killed in a stampede at

A message from Albert Riera Shortly after completing his move from Liverpool to Greek outfit Olympiacos, Albert Riera penned this letter to all Liverpool fans. I would like to say goodbye and

A message from Albert Riera Shortly after completing his move from Liverpool to Greek outfit Olympiacos, Albert Riera penned this letter to all Liverpool fans. I would like to say goodbye and

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This was in one of the papers today, its probably Rubbish but it is a strange thing to just add to article. I thought the club was up for sale and the Yanks were not doing any of the negotiating but

Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson has being very quiet over questions regarding the future of Fernando Torres‘ career at Anfield. The new Reds manager says he has no news to report, with managing director Christian Purslow taking care of Torres’ issues. The Spanish international has been rumoured to be looking for a move away from Merseyside

Liverpool fell to a 1-0 defeat to the hands of German side Kaiserslautern in their second pre-season friendly of the summer. On a cool day inside the Fritz Walter Stadion, Roy Hodgson handed a debut to new striker Milan Jovanovic, partnering David Ngog up front with starting place also for Sotirios Kyrgiakos in central defence.

The forums will be out of action for around 2-3hrs this evening (Saturday) for essential maintenance. Sorry for the inconvenience. The good news is John Bishop's Britain is on BBC One tonight at

Well, a poor match for the Reds. What are your thoughts. Take it away folks.

Roy Hodgson hands a start to new Serbian striker Milan Jovanovic today as Liverpool take on Kaiserslautern in a pre-seson friendly in Germany. Also in the starting line-up is Greek defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos and David Ngog retains his place up front. Lucas Leiva again captains the Reds. Liverpool: Cavalieri, Kelly, Ayala, Kyrgiakos, Darby, Jovanovic, Spearing,

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Albert Riera has completed his move to Olympiacos, signing a four year deal with the Greek side. A statement on the Olympiacos website confirmed the transfer this evening. The 28 year old left winger has been outcast at Anfield since his outburst at former manager Rafa Benitez earlier in the year. The Spaniard was suspended

http://www.thisisanfield.co... Just to give it extra attention (which I desire :D) Thanks to Matt for putting it up. The three categories (former, current and

Ever wondered where all those old Liverpool players and released academy lads ended up playing their careers? We’ve compiled a database of not only all those players to have left the club over the past decade, but also those players linked with a move to Anfield during the 2009/10 season. Download the file here (.xls)

*ThisisAnfield.com Preview* Quote Liverpool’s pre-season campaign continues on Saturday afternoon with a visit to German side Kaiserslautern. Following the Reds 0-0 draw with

I think it might be time for an offical thread on this topic as the proposal for (eventual) supporter ownership of the club will be now put forward jointly by SOS and ShareLiverpool. Maybe if

Liverpool supporters groups Spirit of Shankly and ShareLiverpoolFC have announced a breakthrough in working together in the interests of pursuing fan ownership of the football club. Until recently, the two organisations had their own ideas about going about buying a stake in the club, leading to the eventual goal of complete fan ownership. The “formal

saw this somewhere else and thought we could have a constructive discussion. Im gonna say Aquilani. He was ravaged with injuries last season and caused many people to form a negative opinion

Liverpool will play FC Rabotnicki of Macedonia in the third qualifying round for the Europa League. Rabotnicki drew 0-0 with Armenian’s FC Mika in Yerevan on Thursday afternoon, going through 1-0 on aggregate. Due to another Macedonian team, FK Teteks, also going through to the third qualifying round this afternoon, UEFA have confirmed that Liverpool’s

looks like a fixture change as rabotnicki {our opponents} and teteks both won who play in same stadium so our home game 5th aug and away on the 29th july yet to be confirmed tho

Quote A NEW football-inspired film will be shot in Liverpool next month – and Reds and Blues fans have the chance to star in it. Film-makers are looking for Everton and Liverpool followers

around 1989 onwards, liverpool had red programme binders that could be bought from the club shop. they were red with gold on the rounded edges. gold liverbird, liverpool football club. they stopped

Liverpool could be set to land a player swap deal with AC Milan that would see Klaas Jan Huntelaar move to Anfield, with Ryan Babel going the other way, according to reports in the Italian press today. The Reds are on the look out for a new striker to help bolster the attack with Fernando

Liverpool’s pre-season campaign continues on Saturday afternoon with a visit to German side Kaiserslautern. Following the Reds 0-0 draw with Grasshoppers in Switzerland on Wednesday night, Roy Hodgson’s men continue their preparations for next week’s Europa League third qualifying round first leg against either FK Rabotnicki or FC Mika. With Liverpool’s thirteen World Cup stars

No sooner is one more transfer complete, with the unveiling of Joe Cole during half-time of yesterday’s goalless draw with Grasshoppers in Switzerland, than the Rumour Mill begins to churn again. Top of Roy Hodgson’s priorities will be to find the club a left-back solution following the departures of Emiliano Insua and Fabio Aurelio this

Here’s a selection of photos from Liverpool’s goalless draw with Grasshoppers, the first pre-season friendly of the summer, in Switzerland. Match Report: Grasshoppers 0-0 Liverpool

Hi everyone, Here's some great news from the This Is Anfield team. We're going to be moving the forums onto their own dedicated server tonight. This means the forum should - fingers crossed - run

Hi everyone, Here's some great news from the This Is Anfield team. We're going to be moving the forums onto their own dedicated server tonight. This means the forum should - fingers crossed - run

This is outstading *Mark Lawrenson believes it would be best for Liverpool football Club to consider selling Fernando Torres to Chelsea.* Image:

Liverpool are set to part company with Spanish winger Albert Riera, according to the Olympiakos manager. Ewald Lienen says Riera will join the Greek outfit this week, with reports suggesting the Reds have accepted an offer of around £4.5million. “Unless there is a major surprise then he will be our player, ” said Lienen. “He is

Liverpool were held to a goalless draw by Grasshoppers in Switzerland in Roy Hodgson’s first game as Reds manager on Wednesday evening. It was a slow game of little action, as Liverpool ease themselves into a pre-season campaign which will see them also face friendlies against Kaiserslautern, Borussia Monchengladbach and FK Rabotnicki or FC Mika

A Leverage Buy Out, How Liverpool FC has fallen victim to a cruel financial instrument The term Leverage Buy Out was not really synonymous with a football fans dictionary until 2005 when two

Roy Hodgson has announced his first Liverpool starting line-up as new Reds boss as the team take on Switzerland’s Grasshoppers this evening. David Ngog starts up front for the Reds amidst rumours linking him with an Anfield exit. There’s also a starting place for Philipp Degen at right-back, who was told today that he doesn’t