Anthony Kelly

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Articles by Anthony Kelly

Recent Liverpool and Everton anniversaries highlight a growing void between the two clubs

Football anniversaries can be both wonderfully evocative and immensely sobering occasions. Fans are often simultaneously reminded of epic glories whilst also reflecting on just…

27/05/2020

Moments that made the Premier League: Man United botch Ferguson’s succession

By 2012/13 Manchester United’s juggernaut had succeeded in barging pretty much everything and everyone out of its path, as it careered head-on towards its…

24/05/2020

Why David Silva must be celebrated as his stunning Premier League career draws to an unfitting end

Words like “legend” and “all-time-great” are bandied around an awful lot in today’s knee-jerk social media generation. Often, due to an endless indulgence on…

20/05/2020

Why Curtis Jones can be the perfect replacement for Adam Lallana at Liverpool

With Adam Lallana’s career on Merseyside set to come to a somewhat unsatisfactory conclusion this summer, there appears to be no inclination from Liverpool…

16/05/2020

Moments that made the Premier League: Manchester City are reborn after Abu Dhabi takeover

By October 20011, fear of stoppage time at Old Trafford had evolved to the point that it resembled a numb sense of expectation by…

09/05/2020

Premier League transfer depression could be a further boost for academy graduates

Like so many aspects of society at the moment, football is facing uncertainty with some very turbulent months in store for the sport. According…

05/05/2020

UEFA’s Champions League plans threaten the Premier League model and must be resisted

For a long time now the elephant in the room of the Premier League success story has been talk of another seismic football breakaway.…

29/04/2020

Five managers who could replace Steve Bruce at Newcastle United

The takeover of Newcastle United by the Saudi Arabian Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is reportedly nudging to an imminent conclusion despite already courting…

25/04/2020