by James Dutton | Mar 10, 2014 | Footie
LISTENING to The Anfield Wrap a couple of weeks ago I was surprised by the willingness in some quarters to write off Fabio Borini’s coming of age season at Sunderland. A coming of age season for a forward player who has scored six goals for a side who have practically...
by James Dutton | Jan 27, 2014 | Footie
DANIEL STURRIDGE loves a triple. He scored in his first three games for Liverpool, he scored in the first three league games of the 2013-14 season, and he’s scored in his first three games of 2014, after his first lengthy injury lay-off at his new club. Daniel...
by James Dutton | Jan 9, 2014 | Footie
FIVE years. Half-a-decade. Has it really been so long? In January 2009 Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States, the closure of the final Woolworths was completed and Kevin Pietersen resigned as the England cricket captain. On January 10...
by James Dutton | Dec 31, 2013 | Footie
THE New Year is often a time for self-reflection and self-evaluation; out with the old, in with the new. Twelve months ago you could’ve forgiven Liverpool fans for wanting to see the back of 2012; but as we enter 2014 in our healthiest league position since Rafa...
by James Dutton | Sep 3, 2013 | Footie
SO the transfer window to end all transfer windows has slammed shut for another four months. “Good riddance” come the cries from the merry folk; time to talk about the actual football – I mean, that is why we’re here, right? In the olden days, before the...
by James Dutton | Jul 29, 2013 | Footie
IT truly is the end of an era. The last of Rafa’s Spanish conquistadors has set sail and departed these shores. Undeniably clouded by the ongoing farce surrounding Luis Suarez, the departure of the greatest last guardian of Liverpool’s defence for a generation has...
by James Dutton | Jul 16, 2013 | Footie
THE Liverpool squad (minus Daniel Sturridge. And someone else who I’ll get round to later) for the tour to Indonesia has been announced. We’ve had Luis Alberto and Simon Mignolet posing with Indonesian flags (although you’d be forgiven for thinking...
by James Dutton | Jun 24, 2013 | Footie
£35m. 58 appearances. 11 goals. THEY are the miserable figures that will no doubt dominate conjecture on Andy Carroll’s torturous Liverpool career. But they shouldn’t, because to understand Carroll’s stay on Merseyside requires more than just a glance at the vital...
by James Dutton | May 14, 2013 | Footie
THOSE of you familiar with my work on The Anfield Wrap so far, and there probably aren’t many of you out there, might recollect my most recent piece on Liverpool Football Club’s moribund experience with the dreaded black away kit. Now I’m probably too early on in my...
by James Dutton | Mar 23, 2013 | Footie
By James Dutton TOWARDS the end of the ‘Filthy Submission’ podcast, and when the hand-wringing over Liverpool’s latest crazy away defeat had been done and dusted, the conversation took a lighter turn. The 1987-88 season was mooted as possessing the best set of kits in...
