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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 05/09/2026

Saw an Ipswich fan in the stands on TV before the Liverpool game last night, part of their shirt was covered, thought they were wearing a retro Everton shirt for a second. After that it was hard to unsee it…

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 20/07/2026

Really sad to hear that Kevin Keegan has passed away. My first football hero, one of my earliest memories is of being distraught at him leaving Anfield, at that age I couldn’t imagine #LFC without him. A true legend. Thoughts with his family and friends.

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 04/04/2026

I’d argue too many players know they’re first pick regardless of performance. Few fear being dropped. As for past success it’s exactly that. The past. As with players, if the standard drops too far we have to say goodbye. Title winning managers always knew that. The past doesn’t win games today.

Fagan did not allow Liverpool's players to celebrate for long. "Here are the Championship medals. If you qualified for one, take one," he told his squad after their short summer break. "The trophies we won last season, the European Cup, League Championship and League Cup are gone. In the past. We start again. We're European champions. We have to defend our title."

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 24/03/2026

All good things must come to an end. Mo Salah to leave #LFC at the end of the season. Mo Salah has been far more than a “good thing” for Liverpool FC. This season has been far from his best for the Reds, in an awful season for the Reds, but he’s still way ahead of so many other top flight players.

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 21/03/2026

I asked AI to summarise how often Arne Slot made references to tiredness, fatigue and similar in his last press conference. Every time he does this - and he does it a lot - it’s a team talk for the opposition. Does it cross his mind what it does for his own players? Enough’s enough.

Screenshot showing a two-column table summarising seven moments from Arne Slot’s press conference where he mentions limited rest, physical and mental fatigue, recovery, injury risk from games coming quickly, and the disadvantage of a Saturday 12.30 kick-off after a midweek match.

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 11/01/2026

As we all feared, now confirmed by the club, Conor Bradley has “sustained a significant knee injury” and “will undergo surgery in the coming days and then begin a period of rehabilitation at the AXA Training Centre. No timeframe is being placed on his return to playing at this stage of the process.”

Screenshot from LFC official website with photo of Conor Bradley. Headline: “Conor Bradley injury update”

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 09/12/2025

You can read it on the official club website:

Screenshot from official Liverpool FC website.

On whether he spoke towards Salah as part of the group in training...

Yes. I communicated towards him that he wasn't travelling.

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 06/12/2025

Nobody has an automatic right to wear that Liverpool shirt, but nobody has the automatic right to the title of Liverpool manager. You have to earn it, and what you did before doesn’t change that. You have to keep on earning it if you want to keep it. No LFC manager should let it come to this.

Salah: I sit on the bench. For 90 minutes. I think that’s the third time I’ve been on the bench. I think it’s my first time in my career. So... I’m very disappointed. I’m very, very disappointed. With... I have done so much for this club. Everybody has seen that during the years and especially last season.
Sitting on the bench... I don't know why. Uh, seems like the club is throwing me under the bus. That's how I feel it. How I feel it. Uh... I think it's very clear that someone wants me to take all the blame. The club promised me in the summer for a lot of promises and nothing... so far I’m on the bench three games. So I can say that they... they keep the promise.
And as I said many times before, I had a good relationship with the manager. And out of the sudden... we don’t have any relationship. I don’t know why. Um... seems... seems to me, how I see it, that someone doesn’t want me in the club. But again, this club I will always support it. My kids will always support it. I love the club so much. And I will always do.
Now I’m having... I called my mum yesterday. Because I knew… you guys didn’t know if I’m gonna start or not, but I knew. I called my mum and dad yesterday, I told them come to Brighton game. It doesn't matter if I play or not, I’m gonna enjoy it. We see what’s gonna happen but... in my head I’m going to enjoy that game if I play or not. If I’m on the bench or not because I don’t know what’s gonna happen now. So... that’s gonna be in Anfield. Say goodbye to the fans... go to Africa Cup... because I don't know what's gonna happen when I'm back.
Reporter: What do you do with the situation now?
Salah: It’s not accepted for me to be treated like... I don’t know why that happened always to me. I don’t get it. I think if I’m somewhere else, every club would protect this player. I don't know why I'm in this situation now. But again, it's... how I see it now is like... it's like you throw Mo under the bus because he is the problem in the team now. But I don't…

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 01/09/2025

Booing Newcastle fans didn’t get why Hugo Ekitike chose #LFC over them, or why Alexander Isak wanted to swap St James' Park for Anfield, just after winning the League Cup. Ambitious fans, I get it. Saudi cash rich, first trophy in their lifetimes, hungry for more. But players are ambitious too.

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 25/05/2025

🆕 ONE HUGE WEEKEND: #ScouserTommies 🎤 @JimBoardman is joined by Jay Reid to discuss all things #LFC Listen Now: anfieldindex.com/podcasts

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 15/04/2025

Message from the HJC: “The Hillsborough Justice Campaign invites you to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the 97 victims of the Hillsborough Disaster. Meet from 2.30pm 15th April, at the HJC monument at bottom of St John’s Gardens opposite tunnel. All welcome. #unlawfullykilled #JFT97 “

Screenshot of message from HJC, photo of the Hillsborough Monument with text reading “The Hillsborough Justice Campaign invites you to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the 97 victims of the Hillsborough Disaster. Meet from 2.30pm 15th April, at the HJC monument at bottom of St John’s Gardens opposite tunnel. All welcome. #unlawfullykilled #JFT97”

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 15/04/2025

Remembering the 97 who were unlawfully killed. Thinking of all of those who survived that trauma, including those no longer with us, in some cases because of that trauma. Thoughts as always with all of the families and friends whose lives would never be the same. #JFT97

The Hillsborough Monument in Liverpool city centre.

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 11/04/2025

Not a bad thing to wake up to on a Friday - great way to start the weekend! Mo Salah signs a new deal to keep him at #LFC: “It’s great, I had my best years here. I played eight years, hopefully it’s going to be 10. Enjoying my life here, enjoying my football. I had the best years in my career.”

Screenshot from liverpoolfc.com: “News. Mohamed Salah signs new contract with Liverpool FC.”

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 10/01/2025

He’s back! The “boss who proves you don't need trophies to be a winner but he is a winner.”

Mural, with painting of David Moyes in front of an Everton badge. Text reads:

“10 years at Everton for boss who proves you don't need trophies to be a winner but he is a winner”

“Manager of the Decade”

“Taffs Taverns The Peoples Pub”

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Jim Boardman @jimboardman.uk · 23/11/2024

Not a league table I'd have expected at this point of the season, especially one that shows MCFC losing a quarter of their games. #LFC five points clear with a game in hand. Still a long way to go!

Premier League table showing Liverpool first on 28 points, Man City second on 23 and then Chelsea, Arsenal and Brighton on 22. Spurs, Forest and Villa follow on 19, with Newcastle in ninth on 18 points. All teams shown have played 12 games, except Liverpool and Newcastle, who have both played 11.

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