Barney

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Hi!

I'm Barney Corkhill, the Liverpool Community Leader for Bleacher Report! Obviously that means I'm a Liverpool fan and I look forward to celebrating the league title finally coming home this season! Other than football, I like playing and watching rugby, cricket, tennis and any other sports really!

In terms of music, The Beatles are by far the greatest band of all time (fact), and it just so happens that they come from the greatest city of all time as well (fact)! I play drums and can play a lot of the Beatles songs on the piano! Anyway, this is a sports site not a music site so I'll stop there! My favourite film is Green Street - It was good enough to almost turn me into a West Ham fan for an hour and it certainly had "I'm forever blowing bubbles" in my head rather than "You'll Never Walk Alone" for the next few days! Anyway this isn't a film site either so moving on...

I'm 17 and live in England. Despite being born in the '90s I really wish I was growing up in the '60s so I could experience most of the sporting greats (as well as the Beatles!). Unfortunately I wasn't to be so lucky, but I do try and look into sport's past a lot. In many ways I prefer to it today's sport, even though I wasn't even alive when it happened!

I joined B/R almost a year ago and it has provided me with a great base for my dream career, helping me build up a portfolio and hone my writing skills! I have many a series on here, some of which I will be looking to resurrect soon! The ones I particularly like are the "Greatest Ever" series, which always provides good debate, the "A Tribute To..." series, which looks at the greats of various sports, and Barney Corkhill's Unofficial World Club Championships (current holders being Chelsea).

Relevant links:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/72569-the-greatest-ever-series
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/64031-the-a-tribute-to-series
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/97374-the-complete-history-of-the-uwcc-title

Others include Player Duels, Great Quotes and Liverpool Legends! Feel free to look back in my archives for such gems as "Footballs Funniest Moments", "The Worst Haircuts in Football History" and "The Wierdest Olympic Sports in History".

If anyone needs to contact me just post a note on my bulletin board or email me at barneycorkhill@hotmail.co.uk and I'll get back to you!

Most importantly of all, I hope you enjoy my articles! If you do, rate them, leave a comment, and, if they're truly good enough give 'em a POTD vote! It would make me a very happy Barney! Go on spread the joy! If you like my work enough then by all means become a fan!

Finally, thanks to each and every person who has ever read, commented, or picked my article (yep, that means you!), and an extra special thanks to the 139 and counting people who have become my fans. It honestly means a lot!

Now, in the words of Ringo Starr: Peace and Love!

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Who Was Bigger: Cristiano Ronaldo or David Beckham?

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The Michael Owen Story: Betrayal, Selfishness, Or Just Good Sense?

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The Real Madrid Revolution: Does It Favour Liverpool, Chelsea, and Arsenal?

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The Best Club or the Richest Club?: Samuel Eto'o Faces a Test of Morals

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Barney Writes About

• World Football (279),
• EPL (273),
• Football (165),
• Opinion (160),
• International Football (142),
• Liverpool (104),
• Manchester United (90),
• History (69)

The Short List What Barney thinks about sport's most pressing questions

• Favorite Athletes

  Socrates has got to be my favourite footballer, closely follwed by Steve McManaman, God (Robbie Fowler), Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Jamie Carragher, Ryan Giggs, Roberto Carlos, Micheal Essien and Zizou. In terms of rugby it's Jason Leonard, Sebastian Chabal, Jonah Lomu and Lesley Vainikolo. My most disliked players include most other Manchester United players, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, John Terry, John Obi Mikel and Cristiano Ronaldo. None of these are as disliked by me as Liam Ridgewell though. Don't ask me why, because I don't know, but I just have this irrational hatred for the man!

• Favorite Sports Teams

  Liverpool and England

• Favorite Coaches

  Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan, Gerard Houllier, Rafa Benitez, Sir Alf Ramsey, Kenny Dalglish and Sir Clive Woodward!

• All Time Sports Moment

  One word: Istanbul. 2005 Champions League Final Liverpool 3-3 Milan. Magical! Other than that, the 2001 treble, England's 2003 Rugby World Cup win, and Usain Bolt 100m at the Beijing Olympics. It left me absolutely speechless!

• Most Memorable Game Attended

  England Rugby v Barbarians - Jason Leonard scored only his second ever try OR Singapore v Australia - the last ever match at the Kalang Stadium. Good stuff and got to play footy on the pitch afterwards!

• Most Unbreakable Sports Record

  Robbie Fowler - hattrick within five minutes! Usain Bolt's 100m when he decides to sprint instead of jogging.

• Ruth or Mays?

  Babe Ruth - simply the greatest!

• Jordan or Russell?

  Jordan by a mile!

• Pele or Maradona?

  Pele! Maradona was a flawed genius, Pele was just a genius!

• Federer or Sampras?

  As of the 5th of July 2009 - Roger Federer!

• Tiger or Nicklaus?

  Nicklaus again for now. Tiger will take over!

• Schumacher or Senna?

  Schumacher

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