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CELEBRATION TIME AT ANFIELD
It's been a positive and inspirational spell for everyone at Anfield. Our talented youngsters held their nerve to win the FA Youth Cup and we beat Chelsea to claim a place in the FA Cup Final and now return to our favourite away ground in Cardiff.
Finally, we revelled in Steven Gerrard's succecss in winning the PFA Player of the Year award, a tremendous achievement that puts him in an exclusive club alongside some famous Liverpool predecessors.
Obviously, beating Chelsea was a fantastic boost. We controlled the game comprehensively for an hour and created some great chances in that spell, not least at 2-0. They looked in disarray defensively at that stage and I'd never seen that before.
Once again, it highlighted our on-going improvement. Of course, they've got a strong squad and they started to cause us problems as soon as they put their wide men on, but that was to be expected as we began to tire following our tremendous start. It was a great win in the end in a fantastic atmosphere at Old Trafford.
How bizarre it is to be in the heart of that Manchester United stronghold and be surrounded by so many Liverpool fans. It was an unbelievable day. Yes, the nerves were jangling near the end, but the end product was a wonderful weekend that started on the other side of Manchester where the youth team were defending a solid 3-0 first leg lead against City.
We knew it was going to be a very different story in the second leg and the finish was as tense as what was to follow at Old Trafford. Full credit to our opponents for getting two goals back, but our boys were committed to claiming the trophy. They knew they had been in a match on the final whistle, but the elation soon kicked in as they realised the measure of their achievement. They were thrilled and we were all delighted for them.
Rick on Stevie G award
It's always a wonderful thing to be acknowledged by your peers. You could tell by the look on Steven's face that it meant a lot to him. Thierry Henry won the Footballer of the Year award voted for by the journalists and no one would deny his claims.
The PFA Award is more to do with the calendar year and I'm sure that the part Steven played in our historic success in Istanbul made a big impression on his fellow professionals. Beyond that, he has also had a great season with an improved League situation for the Reds and that FA Cup Final appearance in the bag.
The third element was linked with Steven Gerrard's success in being named PFA Player of the Year.
It's always a wonderful thing to be acknowledged by your peers. You could tell by the look on Steven's face that it meant a lot to him. Thierry Henry won the Footballer of the Year award voted for by the journalists and no one would deny his claims.
The PFA Award is more to do with the calendar year and I'm sure that the part Steven played in our historic success in Istanbul made a big impression on his fellow professionals. Beyond that, he has also had a great season with an improved League situation for the Reds and that FA Cup Final appearance in the bag.
He now stands in an exclusive Anfield club alongside men like Terry McDermott (1980), Kenny Dalglish (1983), Ian Rush (1984) and John Barnes (1988) as LFC players who have won that particular trophy. It might shock many supporters that we haven't won the main PFA Award on more occasions when you think about some of the stars we have had down the years.
Possibly that makes it even more special for Steven because the competition for this accolade is clearly fierce.
FA Cup tickets frustration
The perennial frustration concerning the FA Cup Final ticket allocation will be concerning many of our fans right now.
It's always an issue at this time of year. The bit that I find doubly frustrating is that we qualified for 5,000 more tickets for the semi-final, even though the Millennium Stadium is bigger than Old Trafford.
We are now working on an entitlement scheme to be as fair as we possibly can be. Everyone is getting used to that. The people at Cardiff will be those who have attended most games.
Where it will be frustrating is that people who were entitled to tickets for the semi-final will not necessarily get one for Cardiff because of the allocation reduction. Fewer in a bigger stadium is hard to explain.
We understand that it is the FA's big day and they have a lot of people to look after. It's their big event of the year, but that is little consolation to those fanatical Liverpudlians who will not be able to cheer us on as we face West Ham.
Those tensions and issues will always remain until we have a stadium that can cope with these massive occasions without too much compromise.
Hopefully, when Wembley finally becomes available the extra capacity will go to the competing clubs.
It's a shame that this game is not at the new Wembley. It would have been quite fitting because of our strong links with the venue where we have had FA Cup and European Cup success. It would also have been special for West Ham who have their own great memories of Wembley.
We will just have to make sure that we are back there next year.
Good luck Arsenal
Well done to Arsenal for coming through a tense Champions League semi-final second to reach what should be a classic final final. They gave us a lot of support last year and they have our best wishes as they prepare for a massive occasion in Paris. I'm sure Arsene Wenger is delighted the game is taking place in France.
Let's hope the Gunners can bring the new trophy back to England. |
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