• 18.05.2026

A Liverpool Olympics? Steve Rotheram says lets ‘go for Gold’

Metro mayor Steve Rotheram. Photo: LCRCA

But one pesky mayor wants to piss on our chips

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Dear readers — We open today’s newsletter with an apology to Tranmere superfan (and designer of the Tranmere 22/23 away kit) Jack Walton, who opened our piece at the weekend, by our Jack Walton, describing the unseemly breakdown in the relationship between the club’s owners and its supporters Trust, and must have got a very nasty shock…

I didn’t realise there was another Jack Walton with an interest in Tranmere Rovers! 😅

I feel I should say this is not me ❌ #TRFC https://t.co/GiH5mLv3fE
— Jack Walton (@jmwdesignss) May 16, 2026

Alas, there’s a new Jack Walton on this particular block: the block of having an interest in Tranmere Rovers Football Club. Jack’s piece inspired a huge response from Tranmere supporters online, and a feisty one from the club’s co-owner Nicola Palios, who said she was “deeply disappointed” in us.

Some 400 people signed up to read it, which means a little lively corner of the Estadio del Post is now dedicated to the Tranmere faithful. We welcome you with open arms, Super Whites, and hope some day soon you will join our 2,000 paying members for smoked salmon sandwiches in the executive booths.

Now on with today’s briefing, which is like an M&S cheese board made out of news: relatively sparse in quantity but unquestionably creamy.

The big story: A Liverpool Olympics?

Top line: Liverpool’s leaders think the city has what it takes to host the Olympic Games. But one pesky mayor down south wants to piss on our chips.

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