LAST week, The Anfield Wrap opened nominations for our ‘Embodiment of Liverpool FC’ award. This accolade goes to the player or staff member who represents the ideals of the club and performs them at every available opportunity. In short, it’s someone who ‘gets us’ and...
IT’S been quite a week. While the heavy City defeat was written off through face-saving indifference and outraged fury (ours being the most bipolar of all clubs), talk soon turned to the cheery possibility of the Premier League Champions signing Thiago Alcantara from...
FOLLOWING Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United in 1992, an ITV reporter tentatively interviewed Alex Ferguson somewhere in the bowels of Anfield. Leeds United had done for Sheffield United at Bramall Lane earlier that day and, thanks to goals from Ian Rush...
I SUPPOSE you can’t have everything. It wasn’t the best derby performance ever and that might have been down to rustiness, unusual playing conditions or simply a case of ‘too many cooks’. It wasn’t just the Liverpool team that played on Sunday night, but the Liverpool...
YOU don’t miss it till it’s gone. That’s what they always say. There comes a time when a healthy interest develops into an obsession and then, ultimately, into an addiction. I’m lucky, I can hide my own folly in plain sight, even from myself if I must, but take it...
TIMO said no. Ti-no? Ah well. If there’s anything football fans like it’s idle transfer speculation. What’s more, it doesn’t even have to have any basis in truth to hold out attention. As the summer begins, names are dredged up and added to the words ‘linked with’ to...
MOST of us wanted to play Ajax. That could have been for any number of reasons. Maybe it was because of their name and the European pedigree that saw them net a hat trick of European Cups before we were even on the board. There’s always been a healthy regard between...
I WONDER if you’re one of those people who attributes the glory of Istanbul to a mere half-time substitution. I wouldn’t blame you if you did, but you’d be barking up the wrong tree. It’s not your fault. You can’t possibly know the truth behind the greatest comeback...
CITIES with a troubled past are often the best. Look at Paris, home of an art revolution and civil unrest; London, changes of order and riot; and Rome, once the capital of the entire world. It’s even better if that city has a port as you’ve a nice mix of culture...
THE latest meeting of the Premier League took place earlier this week. As expected, nothing much was decided other than future talking points and a rejection of the notion of neutral venue games. That’s fine. It’s important not to make snap decisions when this and...
Arsenal Reaction & Barnsley Chat: TAW Midweek Extra
The Anfield Wrap react to a solid performance away to Arsenal, and look ahead to their next game as they face Barnsley in the third round of The FA Cup.
John Gibbons is joined by Josh Sexton, Kev Reilly and Kieran Molyneux.
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