Football clubs and bad financial practice have a long and dubious history, to which Rangers added a depressingly new chapter this week. While a small club suffering financial difficulties can seem explicable given the shoestring budgets some teams get by

As UEFA sets it sights on football’s spendthrifts, Neil Jones looks at the implications on Merseyside and beyond IT’S the root of all evil, apparently. A stripper of dignity, a creator of monsters. And yet, in football terms, it is undeniably money which

Useless. Flop. Goddamn waste of money. Adjectives are not too hard to come by when Fernando Torres is the topic of discussion. Few footballers have fallen as far and as fast as the former Liverpool hit man has in the past 2 seasons. Once feared by the wo

Bellamy after scoring against Manchester City - Carling Cup Semi Final Second Leg Michael Regan/Getty Images Liverpool last won the League Cup in 2003 when they beat a Manchester United team which featured such stars as David Beckham, Roy Keane and Ruud

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish believes a trip to Wembley is just reward not only for "suffering" supporters but also for the club's owners. The atmosphere at Anfield for the 2-2 Carling Cup semi-final second leg draw with Manchester City which earned

It started, oddly enough, with a bankruptcy—the Texas Rangers’ bankruptcy, to be exact. Back when Tom Hicks owned the club and was floundering in red ink with his holding company Hicks Sports Group, he tried (just as Frank McCourt tried with the Dodgers)

Liverpool FC, the second-most celebrated English soccer club after Manchester United, has been struggling on the pitch since John Henry purchased the financially troubled club from Tom Hicks and George Gillett in 2010 for $476 million. The Reds have fail

Liverpool FC, the second-most celebrated English soccer club after Manchester United, has been struggling on the pitch since John Henry purchased the financially troubled club from Tom Hicks and George Gillett in 2010 for $476 million. The Reds have fail

Liverpool FC, the second-most celebrated English soccer club after United, has been struggling on the pitch since purchased the financially troubled club from Tom Hicks and George Gillett in 2010 for $476 million. The Reds have failed to qualify for th

Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Prince Fielder, the former Milwaukee Brewers first baseman, is still seeking a home in free agency. It is a standard negotiating tactic, an argument hard to beat on the surface. Player A is better than Player B. Therefore, Pl

IT wasn’t long ago that Liverpool were a laughing stock when it came to commercial performance. There was a tradition of under-selling themselves and a string of missed opportunities – epitomised by the club shop staying shut the day after the triumph in

That didn't turn out too well. Rodriguez, after signing his 10-year, $252 million contract, spent just three frustrating season with the Rangers. He put up spectacular offensive numbers but the Rangers still finished in last place three straight times be

It was as far back as 2000 when Liverpool Football Club announced their intentions to leave Anfield in favour of building a new stadium in the middle of Stanley Park, and it's eight years since the City council first granted the planning application. 200

The January transfer window is half way through, and, after the past two windows saw Liverpool one of the most active participants, it’s been surprisingly quiet for a side lacking both midfield steel and finishing touch who before the season began set a

Liverpool are continuing to pay £500,000 a month to keep two of the premier signings made during the Roy Hodgson era away from Anfield. The Merseysiders are still meeting the majority of the bloated wages awarded to Joe Cole and Christian Poulsen, ev

LIVERPOOL - Steven Gerrard will almost certainly end his career at Liverpool after signing a new deal that will involve an ambassadorial role when he stops playing. The Liverpool captain, who will be 32 in May, said he was still "living the dream" at h

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard's new contract extension means he will almost certainly end his career at Anfield but the midfielder hopes to enjoy more success before that happens. The England midfielder, who will be 32 in May, insists he is still "liv

In life, Gary Ablett had a rare talent that won him honours at the highest levels of football. In death, it was his attributes as a person, as much as a player, which allowed him the accolade of another rare talent… to bring together the supporters of Ev

The Luis Suárez affair has tested the judgment of a manager who is the embodiment of Liverpool FC No wonder Liverpool people sometimes feel isolated and victimised. Only last week the release of government papers under the 30-year rule revealed that in 1