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Mo Salah and Dan Burn

Podcast: Liverpool and Newcastle United combined all-time Premier League XI

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Ahead of Wednesday's clash at Anfield, Liverpool fan Dan Moffatt and Newcastle fan John Keogan discuss a combined all-time Premier League team using players from both sides:   Featured image from Free Malaysia Today
The Anfield Kop, by Robert Cutts licensed by Creative Commons

“You’d think it was the Champions League final!” Walking football makes big impact on...

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The rise in popularity of walking football has become an effective way of combatting loneliness. The sport has grown in the last decade, and there are various teams throughout Merseyside that run weekly games aimed at encouraging participation amongst the...
Two players at Liverpool Chess Club

Liverpool Chess Club ‘over the moon’ to be involved in British Chess Championships

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As the British Chess Championships heads to Liverpool this summer, Merseysportlive sat down with president of the Liverpool Chess Club Jim Gallagher to find out more about the club and their involvement in the event.

Wirral runner takes on 365-day barefoot 10k challenge for Alzheimer’s

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A Wirral man is putting his best barefoot forward - by running 10k every day for a whole year in aid of charity. Phill Hayward's brave barefoot bid is raising thousands of pounds for the Alzheimer's Society.
The Liverpool Kop

How a battlefield disaster gave Liverpool’s Kop its name

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The Kop end at Anfield is one of the most iconic stands in world football. It has witnessed innumerable iconic moments, where the fans have seemingly sucked the ball into the net.
New Brighton Town FC have ambitions to reach League Two

From Park to Prem? Merseyside’s lost football club re-founded with ambitious plans

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The former football league side of New Brighton has been re-established as a Sunday League team with hopes of climbing the football pyramid. Simon Castell, founder of the Sunday League team New Brighton Town AFC, says “the dream” is to...
Poster showing two half-length portraits side by side, of a rugby player and of a soldier

The tragic lives of Toggie Kendall and Fred Turner – Merseyside’s rugby-playing soldiers

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With the Six Nations two rounds in, and after England’s dramatic late win against France at Twickenham, Ireland lead the way after to two strong performances. Merseyside’s involvement in the competition is limited to Sale Sharks winger Tom Roebuck.
Steve Yates

The other Merseyside Derby: When Tranmere Rovers came to town

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The Merseyside derby is synonymous with the annual meetings between Everton and Liverpool. The two clubs have faced off with each other hundreds of times over more than a century and will do battle at Goodison Park for the...
Goodison Park

Everton vs Liverpool: Five memorable Goodison Park derbies

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The Merseyside derby is one of English football's most unique rivalries.   Anecdotes of split allegiances between families are commonplace throughout the city, and to date Everton and Liverpool have faced each other 244 times in competitive fixtures.  Perhaps no derby...
Graeme White in his old seat at Goodison Park (Picture courtesy of Graeme White)

Graeme White: The voice of Goodison Park talks Merseyside Derby memories

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As Goodison Park prepares to host its last Merseyside derby, Merseysportlive sat down with former Everton stadium announcer Graeme White to discuss his derby day memories. Graeme White dedicated 29 years of his life to Everton Football Club. A lifelong...

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