Jürgen Klopp has urged Liverpool fans to celebrate “in a safe way” after thousands gathered on the city’s waterfront on Friday night.
Supporters assembled at the Pier Head for a second night of celebrations after the club became champions of England for the first time in 30 years on Thursday.
A number of arrests were made after glasses and bottles were thrown at police officers as the celebrations continued in the city centre into the early hours. Merseyside Police said £10,000 worth of damage was caused to the Liver Building after a firework landed on a balcony.
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For Evertonians, perhaps the most upsetting aspect of the past week has been the number of Liverpool fans and former players reflecting on what a shame it would be if they got relegated. “I would be sad and I’m sure there’s a lot of other Liverpool fans who’d feel the same,” Ian Rush said on Friday. Jürgen Klopp used his press conference to lament Everton’s plight, admitting he would miss the derby if they ended up in the Championship next season.
In a way, the outpouring of lament is its own sly little twist of the knife. Turns out Everton could bear Liverpool’s hatred. They could live with the taunting and the tribal banter. It’s the sympathy they can’t stand.
But as a measure of the yawning voi…
The process that led to Everton being deducted 10 points by the Premier League is long and complex. It took eight months for the club to learn its fate, despite being charged with one count of breaking the league’s profitability and sustainability rules.
Here is how the Premier League’s system of crime and punishment works, as set out in the league’s annually-updated handbook.
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The breach
Top-flight clubs submit annual financial accounts to the Premier League, which analyses whether they have broken the spending rules. Many fans refer to these rules as financial fair play but that is actua…
Happy Father’s Day.It’s a great day to celebrate dad. But for some, they should be thanking their dad way more frequently than once a year. While nepotism has been a thing forever, now more than ever, it feels like Nepo Babies are dominating the world of sports and entertainment. Let’s rank the top nepotism babies of 2024 in honor of Father’s Day.1. Bronny JamesLet’s start with the obvious. Bronny had a health scare before his first season of college basketball at USC. It delayed his offseason workload and likely impacted his freshman year with the Trojans.However, after just one sort of underwhelming season of college hoops, Bronny will undoubtedly be selected in the 2024 NBA Draft. His father, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, has repeatedly expressed inte…
Still seeking its first home win under coach Troy Taylor, Stanford will host FCS opponent Cal Poly on Saturday in Stanford, Calif. The Cardinal (0-1) opened Taylor's second season of leading the program with a 34-27 loss last week to visiting TCU, Stanford's eighth defeat at home since the beginning of last season. The Cardinal's home woes include a 30-23 setback against Taylor's former team and Cal Poly's Big Sky Conference counterpart Sacramento State last season. "FCS is really good football, and they've got good coaches," Taylor said Tuesday. "With the amount of talent that is out there, especially with the transfer portal, you can create a really good football team in a short amount of time. "There's no overconfidence in …
Hello, casual basketball viewer! At long last, the NBA Finals are here, and you know what that means: It’s time once again for you to crib a pitiful smattering of hoops knowledge from this extremely half-assed blog and carry it forth to the sports bar like the torch that lights your path. This year’s finalists are the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors, making this the first Finals since 2014 that has featured any combination of opponents other than the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. It’s also the first time the Finals have not involved LeBron James since 2010. I can’t even remember 2010. For the sake of my emotional and psychological well-being, I have purged everything prior to Nov. 9, 2016 from my memory. It’s too painful to remember that old world! Anyway…
Some people are fans of the Carolina Panthers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Carolina Panthers. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here. Your team: Carolina Panthers Your 2015 record: 15-1, presumptive Super Bowl champions until they had to actually go and play in the thing. Let’s watch! Still takes my breath away. The best part is that he STARTS to go for the ball, before frantically retreating. There’s no misinterpreting that play: he bailed. Sometimes, when you don’t care for an athlete, it’s nice to see tangible proof of their presumed shortcomings. That play is the A-Rod glove slap of football lore. My man would have been better off getting the fuck out of d…
Some people are fans of the San Francisco 49ers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the San Francisco 49ers. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here. Your team: San Francisco 49ers Your 2012 record: 11-4-1. That tie against the Rams really makes you question everything, doesn't it? Oh, and one more time for posterity: I love Harbaugh's body language in that clip. If I make the holding sign forcefully enough, someone will do something! Your coach: Walking heart disease warning Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh is the best coach in the NFC and I'm not gonna bother trying to prove otherwise. He certainly gets the award for MOST coaching. You won't find a coachier coach. But I can take…
The candidates for the 2007 Baseball Hall of Fame voting were announced recently, and they served their purpose: Making every single one of us feel completely freaking old. Check out some of the new names: Tim Raines. David Justice. Chuck Knoblauch. Sheesh, did those guys really retire just five years ago? Sports Gone South has a fun rundown of the candidates, including this riff on Raines: Tim Raines-Used to slide headfirst when stealing bases, allegedly so as not to break the cocaine vials in his back pocket. Our favorite baseball story ever. We forgot about that: Now that's devotion to your craft. For all the talk about how today's athletes are Out Of Control, we remind you that Raines had his drug issues, Justice used to pummel Halle Berry around the head and neck and B…
data-mm-id=”_qrk4pqvay”>Travis Kelce had a relatively quiet game by his standards in the AFC Championship Game, catching only three passes for 30 yards and no touchdowns as the center of attention of the Titans' defense. But that doesn't mean he's any less excited to be going to the Super Bowl. Exhibit A: His F-bomb after dropping in on a Patrick Mahomes post-game interview. Exhibit B: This. Travis Kelce is HYPED ?pic.twitter.com/d59EffE1W1— Sporting News (@sportingnews) January 19, 2020I imagine Jim Nantz got miiiighty nervous when Kelce grabbed that mic. No one knew what was coming. But it was clean, wholesome, and a great moment from one of the NFL's more entertaining personalities. Everyone in Kansas City will be partying, whether or not they fought for the ri…