About

Originally from Norwich in England, I grew up a Red through my father and his family who are all from Liverpool. I lived and studied in Liverpool for three years before moving to Spain, where I now live.

Liverpool FC is my team, and the focus of my articles are likely to be either on Liverpool or on football in a wider context.

The new photo is one taken of Kenny Dalglish, before his appointment as manager of Liverpool, signing one of my older Liverpool away jerseys. The jersey is now framed, needless to say!

As well as being an official member of the B/R team, bringing you LIVE COMMENTARY BLOGS of Premier League matches, I am a published sports writer in Well Red magazine and am also the creator and author of EighteenAndFive, a Liverpool FC & general football blog which you can read at http://eighteenandfive.wordpress.com.

Follow me on twitter: @karlmatchett
http://twitter.com/#!/karlmatchett

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Steven Gerrard, Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger, Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez, Sami Hyypia, Martin Kelly, Luis Suarez, Andy Carroll

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Liverpool FC

  • Favorite Coaches

    Me, Kenny and Rafa

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Champions League Final, 25/05/05 - Ataturk Stadium, Turkey.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    FC Barcelona 1 - 2 Liverpool and Real Madrid 0 - 1 Liverpool

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Ian Callaghan - 857 Liverpool first team appearances. Never be broken.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Maradona

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  • Pradeep Kumar posted 14 days ago

    Pradeep Kumar

    Hey Karl,

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1048767-liverpool-fc-12-lessons-we-learned-from-the-january-transfer-window

    Pl check out this new article of mine.. Thanks!

  • Andrew Macbride posted 32 days ago

    Andrew Macbride

    I like your articles, good stuff, feel free to have a look at mine, feedback would be pretty cool

  • Tee Rogers posted 33 days ago

    Tee Rogers

    I'm a man u fan& I still believe give Andy some time, and watch him fire the goals in!!!!!!!

  • David Hendrick posted 55 days ago

    David Hendrick

    You may have read this - http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2011/12/hypocrisy-the-english-disease/

    Last night's game was pretty much summed up our season and highlighted the glaring need for a goalscorer in January.

    What did you think about Kenny not introducing Carroll until the 86th minute? Can't help but feel he's lost faith in the big man.

  • David Hendrick posted 57 days ago

    David Hendrick

    What do you mean mate?

  • David Hendrick posted 57 days ago

    David Hendrick

    You might have already seen this but the master has written on the Suarez ban - http://tomkinstimes.com/2011/12/suarez-is-not-a-racist/

  • Sai Zen posted 60 days ago

    Sai Zen

    Karl, quick question, do you know any live stream websites that either play them as they play, or replay? i would like to watch games and currently, my family is struggling financially to purchase fox soccer in America. Any help is thankful. thanks

  • Aaron Michael posted 111 days ago

    Aaron Michael

    hey wondering if you can maybe turn this into a bleacher report article
    http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2011/08/the-great-net-spend-rope-trick-and-more-moneyballs/

  • Roberto Alvarez-Galloso posted 115 days ago

    Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

    Thanks for your comments and your questions.

  • David Hendrick posted 173 days ago

    David Hendrick

    Review of the Bolton game - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/823238-carling-cup-draw-liverpool-face-tricky-trip-to-brighton-and-draw-in-full#comments

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