Ask any long-suffering Liverpool fan like me what's been missing over the last 30 years, and one name comes to mind - Graeme Souness.

The past and the present are in a permanent state of war with each other, generally over which is best — and never more so than in football.

On April 15, 1989, in homes and in pubs all across Ireland, people sat down to watch Liverpool play Nottingham Forest in the semi-final of the FA Cup.

Tottenham appear to have done good business this summer as Mauricio Pochettino completed the signings of Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon to go along with Tanguy Ndombele, prompting comparisons with three of the most dramatic transfer days in the club’s history — but they have not all ended well.

Reminiscing about Liverpool’s greatest European heroes takes you on a journey of some of football’s most iconic names

The phrase ‘boyhood dream’ is rather over-used in football, but even the most cynical amongst us could not fail to tingle, surely, at the thought of winning the Champions League playing for the club we supported as a child.

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The fundraising target of €2 million has been reached by the Sean Cox fundraising campaign.

Aoife Moore Tens of thousands of fans descended on the Aviva Stadium last night to raise money for a fellow football fan.

Almost 25,000 tickets have been sold for tomorrow's benefit game in support of Sean Cox at the Aviva Stadium.

The same day Roy Keane adorned the front page of this paper by flying back into his hometown to launch the Liam Miller tribute match also happened to be the 25th anniversary of him joining Manchester United for a then record British transfer fee.

However, the Scottish Football Writers manager of the year Steve Clarke admits he doesn't know how Gerrard will get on in his new role in charge of Rangers.

The rise and fall of Arsène Wenger: An insider’s account of how the historic success of Arsenal’s greatest manager ultimately contained the seeds of his own downfall.

Former Celtic, Manchester United and Republic of Ireland midfielder Liam Miller, who died last night at the age of 36 after suffering from pancreatic cancer, fulfilled two boyhood dreams.

Manchester United stars past and present yesterday stood in silent solidarity at Old Trafford to mark the 60th anniversary of the Munich air disaster.

In a fixture stepped in history, at a ground where legends watch not just from the stands but from the walls and the heavens, Liverpool’s latest hero stepped forward and put his mark on the occasion.

Mo Farah upset the odds to take the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award but his victory speech was cut short by a power failure on a night of drama and surprises.

Boss Brendan Rodgers is looking to give Celtic fans a Champions League send-off by qualifying for the Europa League against Anderlecht tonight, writes Ronnie Esplin.

Who knows how much money he would have made, how many caps he’d have earned, how many honours he’d have won, had Colin Healy not had his leg badly broken by an awful tackle when he was just 23. 

Kenny Dalglish knows through painful personal experience there can be no holding back when Liverpool and Manchester United collide.

Liverpool great Kenny Dalglish thought he was being sacked for a second time when he was called into manager Jurgen Klopp’s office for a conference call with owner John Henry – only to discover he was being immortalised at Anfield.

Time is a great healer, so they say, its medicinal properties strikingly on show on the box this week as Roy Keane and Kenny Dalglish amicably revisited the transfer row which had put them at odds with each other in the summer of 1993.

Liverpool 2 Bournemouth 2: Divock Origi provided the proof that Liverpool can prosper in attack without Sadio Mane. The problem for manager Jurgen Klopp is that his team remain so vulnerable defensively.

Robbie Fowler believes next week's Merseyside derby will provide a fitting Anfield send-off for former Liverpool captain and assistant manager Ronnie Moran.

Liverpool fans yearn for the success enjoyed by the club in the 1980s, writes Brendan O’Brien.

Felix Healy is the only Irishman, north or south, to make the leap from domestic leagues to a major international tournament. Brendan O’Brien spoke to him about 1982, the World Cup, balancing his days playing football with nights as a gigging musician and a life less ordinary.

One of the many charms of Jurgen Klopp is that unlike the person he could be succeeding at Anfield, he has the capacity to prompt people to chuckle with him rather than at him.

Everton 1 Liverpool 1: Liverpool began their search for a new manager last night after the club’s owners Fenway Sports Group sacked Brendan Rodgers.

What a challenge! A Corkman gets to sample all the food and drink being served on the world’s largest luxury cruise liner and he get’s paid for it.

Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish might have lost his job to Brendan Rodgers, but he has been busy working with a man who could play a key role in shaping Rodgers’ future at the club.

Our reporter visits the new Cork Prison which is due to open by the end of the year. The cure to chronic back pain can be as easy as putting one foot in front of the other, according to Ireland’s top physio; The Minister for Transport today said he supports the TDs who are the subject of a High Court action by the businessman Denis O'Brien. Here’s today’s lunchtime irishexaminer.com round-up.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will leave this summer with his reputation secured as the best player in the club’s history but he admits that will count for nothing if he wants to return in an official capacity.

Though we’re not sure what this says about the choices of Ireland’s finest footballers.