Tim Rich

England

Greatest sports writer to come from Burnham on Crouch with the exception of Matt Scott, Jonathan Overend and Mr Andrew Stephens. Not bad for a little town.

Articles

Salah's touch of class shows why Liverpool were right to give him a new contract

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Tim Rich

Liverpool 2-1 West Ham (Diaz 18′, Van Dijk 89′ | Robertson 86′ OG)ANFIELD — Football is a sport that drowns in statistics and on Merseyside there is only one that matters. Liverpool now require another six points to win the championship. It is a line they are due to cross on 27 April at Anfield, where they face Tottenham Hotspur, whose resistance is expected to be blancmange-like.
Arteta's gamble shows Arsenal's title dream is officially dead

2 months ago | inews.co.uk | Tim Rich

Everton 1-1 Arsenal (Ndiaye pen 49′ | Trossard 34′)GOODISON PARK — Arsenal came to Goodison on Grand National day, knowing that unless Liverpool “did a Devon Loch” their title ambitions were dead. Despite the story of the Queen Mother’s horse collapsing in the home straight being regularly trotted out as a sporting metaphor, the story of the 1956 National has never translated easily to football.
Liverpool to pay £50m clause to beat Man Utd and Spurs to Van Dijk replacement

2 months ago | inews.co.uk | Tim Rich

Liverpool are prepared to meet the buyout clause in Dean Huijsen’s Bournemouth contract after identifying him as a long-term replacement for club captain Virgil van Dijk. Bournemouth, who signed the 19-year-old from Juventus for £12.6m in July, have many suitors for the 6ft 5in centre-half but Liverpool have shown by far the strongest interest. They are expected to make their move once the summer transfer window opens.
Liverpool throw down the gauntlet to Newcastle with Tottenham thrashing

Feb 6, 2025 | inews.co.uk | Tim Rich

Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham (Gakpo 34′, Salah 51′ pen, Szoboszlai 75′, Van Dijk 80′) – Reds win 4-1 on aggregateANFIELD — The Carabao Cup is not a competition that has inspired many songs at Anfield. Here, the currency of their silverware is measured in European Cups and league championships. And yet it is a competition Liverpool have dominated more than any other club.
Trent's injury a worrying reminder for Liverpool of how quickly luck can change

Nov 10, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Tim Rich

ANFIELD — Arne Slot and Unai Emery were almost identically dressed. Black windcheater, dark zip-up top, black trousers and black trainers. The space Slot stepped into in the summer was very similar to the one that swallowed Emery when he succeeded Arsene Wenger six years ago. Wenger had dominated and shaped Arsenal perhaps even more than Jurgen Klopp had moulded Liverpool. They both entered a dressing room which knew only one voice.
Liverpool embarrassed Leverkusen - they are real Champions League contenders

Nov 5, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Tim Rich

Sport AnalysisLiverpool 4-0 Bayer Leverkusen (Diaz 61′, 83′, 90+2′, Gakpo 63′)ANFIELD — Had things begun differently for Arne Slot, this might have been a critical evening. He would be facing Xabi Alonso, a man who appeared the obvious choice to succeed Jurgen Klopp, who as a player had won the European Cup with Liverpool while Slot was narrowly avoiding relegation with NAC Breda. A man who as a manager had broken Bayern Munich’s monopoly of the Bundesliga on half the wage bill.
Liverpool secure win over Bologna on a night that shows this format might work

Oct 2, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Tim Rich

Liverpool 2-0 Bologna (Mac Allister 11′, Salah 75′)ANFIELD — Bologna is famed for its meat sauce, which in Italy is almost never served with spaghetti. The danger is that European football’s most glittering competition, bloated to a league format that requires nearly 300 games to eliminate Slovan Bratislava and 11 others, becomes a student’s spag bol; a rather tasteless midweek staple. This was an evening that showed how the Champions League format might work.
Opinion: Once an RFK Jr. backer, I’ve switched my support to Kamala Harris

Aug 7, 2024 | centralmaine.com | Tim Rich

After a long time away from politics, I was drawn back in last year by the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.The Kennedy I met several times was not the caricature that some have made him out to be. Where some people see an anti-vax conspiracy theorist who had a brain worm and might have once eaten a dog, I see someone very different. I see a person who has been through the fires of hell and come out unimpeachably honest.
Opinion: Once an RFK Jr. backer, I’ve switched my support to Kamala Harris

Aug 7, 2024 | pressherald.com | Tim Rich

After a long time away from politics, I was drawn back in last year by the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.The Kennedy I met several times was not the caricature that some have made him out to be. Where some people see an anti-vax conspiracy theorist who had a brain worm and might have once eaten a dog, I see someone very different. I see a person who has been through the fires of hell and come out unimpeachably honest.
Ipswich to make £18m offer for Sunderland star - with Spurs set to benefit

Jul 23, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Tim Rich

ExclusiveIpswich Town are preparing a bid to sign the Sunderland winger Jack Clarke. The 23-year-old is valued in the region of £18m and continues Kieran McKenna’s policy of targeting young, English-bred footballers following Ipswich’s promotion to the Premier League. Thus far, the Ipswich manager has signed winger Omari Hutchinson, centre-back Jason Greaves and forward Liam Delap. All are between 20-23 years old and learned their football at Chelsea, Hull City and Manchester City.