The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Leeds United v Liverpool in the 2022-2023 Premier League at Elland Road… ON a recent episode of Ban This Filth, I campaigned for Leeds to be relegated from the Premier League. Fellow guests Neil Docking and...
Liverpool fans may feel that there isn’t much left to play for, but The Reds’ draw with Arsenal can still provide momentum to end the season… RIGHT, let’s get to the main business. If you were at Anfield on Sunday, there was a definite strand,...
As Liverpool’s season continues to ebb away and fans try to take more perspective, is it time the players started to try and do the same? “THERE’S an old joke – um… “Two elderly women are at a Catskill Mountain resort, and one of them says,...
Remembering Lucas Leiva’s roller coaster Liverpool career, after he announced his premature retirement from football due to a heart condition… I WAS in Block 106 of the Kop for much of the 2008-9 season, slightly to the right of the goal and about...
Gary Lineker’s original tweet wasn’t even a political statement, but the BBC made it so and showed we shouldn’t separate that and football… I WISH Jermaine Jenas had shown a bit of solidarity and taken the weekend off too. If Liverpool...
The feelings of Liverpool fans in the aftermath of The Reds putting seven goals past Manchester United in the Premier League at Anfield… SEVEN though. I thought I’d seen it all. I’ve been attending Liverpool-Manchester United games since the 1980s and...
With the passing of John Motson, football loses a commentator who loved the game and whose passion made him relatable to fans… YOU’LL have to excuse me this week. I could lower my hand into the torpor that was Selhurst Park, but I just can’t...
Morale was low at Liverpool after their worst period of the season, but two wins in a week have flipped the mood before a crucial game… AND then everything changes. Only a few short weeks ago I used this column to excoriate a Liverpool team devoid of...
The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Everton in the Premier League at Anfield, a Merseyside derby with a simple cause… JUST beat them. Ordinarily I’d bang on about the uniqueness of the fixture, of divided households (mine included)...
Jürgen Klopp is the man who has to front up to all of Liverpool’s problems at the moment, but he can’t be left to walk alone by the club… I DON’T know. Where are you with all this? Usually, my default position on Liverpool being dreadful is...
We make bold Liverpool predictions for 2026, chat with Alan McDougall about Dreams and Songs to Sing, then turn to Spurs — lineup issues, tactics, transfer dreams, and why this feels like a good time to play them.
John Gibbons is joined by Joel Penny, Phil Blundell and Craig Hannan.
