by TheAnfieldWrap // 5 December 2011
THE NEW YORK TIMES of the 1st of December 1980 reported on a protest taking place in Liverpool. 40,000 people had marched through the streets of “this depressed industrial city” in a “demonstration against Britain’s steadily rising unemployment”. Special trains … Continue reading
by TheAnfieldWrap // 30 August 2011
Libya was in the news along with its leader Muammar Gaddafi as he presided over a parade of Soviet military hardware in Tripoli. The show, including 200 new tanks, was intended to mark the fifth anniversary of the coup that … Continue reading
by TheAnfieldWrap // 23 August 2011
A quick glance at the TV listings for this week in 1984 uncovers a long-forgotten memory that Tom O’Connor actually had his own show on BBC2. This was when Channel 4 soap Brookside was still in its early days with … Continue reading
by TheAnfieldWrap // 15 August 2011
Thirty Years On, Has Anything Changed? While many people reading this won’t have seen the League Trophy at Anfield, a few of us here at TheAnfieldWrap have witnessed the memory several times. This last week has seen a few things … Continue reading
by TheAnfieldWrap // 8 August 2011
OUR most successful manager was about to take charge for his first season. Twenty trophies in nine seasons, and he didn’t really want the job, what a genius. I somehow reckon he was worth the £10 signing-on fee and his … Continue reading