Formidable Photography | Mark McGowan » LFC http://blog.formidablephotography.com urban landscapes | architecture | graffiti | religion | art | photoblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:17:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Reds Sold! http://blog.formidablephotography.com/reds-sold/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/reds-sold/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:38:20 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=2551 Last night and today has (hopefully?) brought some fantastic news for Liverpool fans – the process of removing our current owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, seems to have begun.  The owners have not been able to fulfil any of the promises they made when they took over the club and have been the subject of a long running removal campaign by the clubs fans.

Our new prospective owners, New England Sports Ventures,  also run the Boston Red Sox and from what I’ve read today are held in great regard in the States so hopefully things are looking up.  Given the way the last couple of years have panned out, I think the vast majority of LFC fans are optimistic but cautious.

Anyway, back to the photo – the Liverpool Echo has loads of these stands dotted around the city, staffed by some great characters but this fella outside The Empire is my favourite.  He’s been standing there – rain, shine, snow, whatever – for years.  I was trying to think of an image that could fit with today’s news and he came to mind.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/reds-sold/feed/ 1 21 http://blog.formidablephotography.com/21/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/21/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:40:36 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=2282 Today is the 21st Anniversary of the Hillsborough Football Disaster where 96 innocent Liverpool fans where crushed in the Leppings Lane End and died. Justice for the 96 – You’ll Never Walk Alone.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/21/feed/ 1 The word fanatic has been used many times… http://blog.formidablephotography.com/the-word-fanatic-has-been-used-many-times/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/the-word-fanatic-has-been-used-many-times/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:26:58 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=474 …I think it’s more than fanaticism. It’s a religion to them. The thousands who come here, come to worship.. it’s a sort of shrine, it isn’t a football ground.” – Bill Shankly.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/the-word-fanatic-has-been-used-many-times/feed/ 3 This club has been my life… http://blog.formidablephotography.com/this-club-has-been-my-life/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/this-club-has-been-my-life/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:56:43 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=463 …I’d go out and sweep the street and be proud to do it for Liverpool FC if they asked me to.” – Bob Paisley.  Following on from yesterdays shot, these are the Paisley gates at Anfield.  Paisley hasn’t got a statue (not yet anyway) but he does have his own gates.  Paisleys record at Anfield is incredible – 6 league titles, 3 European Cups and a UEFA Cup for good measure.

“If Shankly was the Anfield foreman, Paisley was the brickie, ready to build an empire with his own hands.” – Tommy Smith

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/this-club-has-been-my-life/feed/ 1 Football is a simple game… http://blog.formidablephotography.com/football-is-a-simple-game/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/football-is-a-simple-game/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:32:19 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=450 …based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.” – one of my favourite Shankly quotes.  I’ve been meaning to get down to Anfield for a while but the weather hasn’t been up to any kind of photography recently.  More Shanks quotes here.

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