Umm, have you listened to it yet?

Liverpool footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold spent his Christmas Day bringing festive cheer to 60 families from underprivileged backgrounds.

Alexander-Arnold, ambassador for the An Hour for Others charity, paid for everyone's Christmas dinner and bought presents for all the children.

Jacob, 10, said it was "amazing" to get a present from the star.

Alexander-Arnold, 20, of West Derby said "he'll never forget" the looks on the children's faces.

Kevin Morland, the founder of An Hour for Others, said: "He's just a normal lad - it's a genuine thing, it's from his heart - he understands the importance of sticking together when times are hard.

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Jordan Henderson made an incredible gesture to local families in Liverpool by throwing three parties at the club for underprivileged and disabled kids and making their Christmases.

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson proved that wearing the armband on a matchday is far from the only way to represent the club.

Taking to Facebook, Club employee Ellies Phillips posted, "So today I worked a Christmas party organised by Henderson which he paid the lounge hire (over £2000 in the Kenny Dalglish stand) invited 3 lots of people and communities with underprivileged or disabled kids, filling a room each time.

"He paid for all of the food, entertainment and brought [Adam]Lallana along with him to meet everyone and sign their programs/take photos.

"Then to top it all off he had bought each of the kids a decent present for Christmas (including iPads for older kids).

"They're both honestly the most humble, down to earth, generous people & made a lot of kids Christmas's today. Our captain is boss x."

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As always, I should stress that this behaviour is in no way restricted to players and staff from the team I support. I am in no doubt that clubs and players all over the country are performing the same acts of kindness. Isn't it a shame though that  should a footballer be spotted doing something as innocuous as having a drink in a club at 2 a.m. on his days off its often front page news for the "red-tops," yet things like the above are lucky to find a place on a back page, somewhere, or the "and finally" segment on the TV news.

I can't help feeling that something is wrong with a society that would rather wallow in people's (often manufactured) misdeeds than read, or hear, about any of the acts of kindness they may choose to perform.

Rosie, our Jack Russell cross had a nasty looking red lump on her foot.
Diagnosed as a tumour by the vet
In today to have outer toe removed (apparently not vital) and her chest X rayed for cancer.

X rays clear !
Foot bandaged and walking on 3 legs today.
Hopefully better tomorrow

Thanks Paul

She was good coming out of the vet yesterday, but went downhill afternoon and evening which worried me a bit.
Even with the once a day painkiller around 4pm
Not clever first thing this morning so I carried her out to the garden and back again

Much livelier now after eating something like 3 times her normal breakfast !


Vet nurse said feed her little (!) and often so there will be an all you can eat buffet every time I can separate her from the rest of the pack

Love Staffies had one for years,Bronco/Bronx he was called.
Great dogs.

UK's gaming industry worth more than video and music combined.

I had no idea

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Back in April 2018 Sean Cox, an Irish Liverpool fan, was punched to the ground and beaten with a belt wielded by Italian "fans" supposedly in Liverpool to follow their team in a Champions League game.  There was no provocation outside the fact that Sean was wearing a Liverpool F.C. scarf.  His brother, who had travelled from Ireland with him, said later "I bent down to Sean and, as I was bent over, I could feel a kick on the back and I lost balance, stumbled a bit, but I didn't look up, I just gathered myself around Sean."  Sean underwent major surgery after the assault to address a bleed on the brain and was placed into an induced coma by doctors. 

At the trial of the man accused of inflicting the punch that knocked Sean down, and who then lashed out with his belt, Tommy Josefsen, a Norwegian Liverpool supporter, told the court he saw an "intimidating" group of 50 or 60 people approaching from a nearby street.  He said they were wearing black clothing with their faces covered, and were shouting and singing.  He told the court: "They went and approached some people that were more in the middle of the street and then it went really fast because suddenly a guy from behind with his belt knocked a person down."  Mr Josefsen added: "I thought that the belt hit the back of his head and I could actually hear things breaking."


Roma supporter Filippo Lombardi was found not guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a Liverpool fan.  Lombardi, 21, was cleared by a jury at Preston Crown Court of the assault which left Mr Cox seriously injured, but the Italian was jailed for three years for a separate charge of violent disorder, which he admitted.

In October 2018 Sean's wife, Martina Cox, said: "He can say 'yes' and 'no' and do the thumbs-up and he smiles and we talk to him - we know he recognises us."  By December he could eat without a feeding tube.  His recovery is being looked at in terms of years, rather than months, and the family are hoping to raise €2M to cover all of the expenses incurred.

In November of last year Roma, the Italian club playing Liverpool on the night Sean Cox was attacked, donated €150,000.00 to help towards the cost of Sean's recovery and rehabilitation.  The club itself donated €100,000 and chairman Jim Pallotta made a personal donation of €50,000.

Liverpool FC manager Jurgen Klopp has donated €5,000 (£4,400) towards his long-term care, and Everton defender Seamus Coleman and Reading midfielder David Meyler, who both play for the Republic of Ireland team, also donated €5,000 each.

Earlier this month Meath narrowly defeated Dublin in Páirc Tailteann in Navan in the charity GAA match arranged by the Sean Cox fund.  4,000 attended and "tens of thousands" were raised.

Various Liverpool FC fan groups have been collecting money for Sean and his family on a regular basis.

Today Liverpool F.C. announced a special "Legends" match to take place on 12th April this year in which a squad of former Reds will line up against an Ireland XI team, with all proceeds raised from the match donated to the Sean Cox Rehabilitation Trust.  I know the amount of organisation that goes into one of these games is huge, and the logistics involved are similarly daunting.  I can pretty well guarantee that Anfield will be full to its 54,000+ capacity

The last report on Sean by his wife said this: "Words are difficult for him, but there's a few more words coming out.

"He's doing music therapy, which is really good. Sean can actually sing so through music therapy he can actually remember songs, which is really good."  "It's a very long and slow process. We are seeing positives. He's starting to use his left hand again even to feed himself."

It's a terrible story, but the time and effort (and of course the money) all of which were, and are, given freely by people who had never heard of Sean Cox before his savage beating bears repeating, and, I think, applauding.

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Excellent news from people doing the right thing