PICTURE the scene. It’s early on in the season and Liverpool face an away game they can well do without. There are nervous conversations about the opposition as it’s not the easiest place to go and we’ve been embarrassed there before. Liverpool find themselves two...
“FOR me, he can be one of the most exciting talents in world football. I genuinely believe that. “You see a lot of good players, but this kid – for 19 years of age – he burst onto the scene at the World Cup, but we’d tracked him before that,...
HOW was your break? Did you have one? Go anywhere nice? There are people who can’t have footballing holidays. For them there’s no respite once the final ball of the season has been kicked or, in our case, the trophy has been lifted to an expectant crowd one more time...
ON the whole, Liverpool supporters aren’t keen on Alan Smith. For that matter, neither are a lot of Leeds fans. The Yorkshire born striker/midfielder joined a list of players who have sworn loyalty to one club only to join their most hated rivals. It shouldn’t really...
HISTORY is littered with background people. For every moonwalking Neil Armstrong there’s a Michael Collins hidden away in the lunar module. For every John, Paul, George and Ringo there’s a George Martin staying behind to patch it altogether with just a mug of Horlicks...
MAY is anniversary month. Last week saw the celebration of ‘Istanbul Day’ and Reds of a certain age took to social media to share clips of the Gerrard goal and Dudek’s save. A day later Arsenal fans celebrated “Michael Thomas” day while, on the same day, United...
THERE was a moment at the end of the game where someone from BT Sport came onto the pitch, shoved a microphone under Sadio Mane’s nose and asked him a question. His response will live with me forever. He mumbled a few half-formed words then he went quiet. Then he...
THIS game never gets old. Never ceases to amaze. While the world was trying to get its head around VAR and its impact on the City-Spurs game, I was pondering the strange situation in Northern Portugal where Liverpool were resting players in a European Cup...
LUCK is not chance, It’s toil, Fortune’s expensive smile, Is earned… I know what you’re thinking and you’re right. There just aren’t enough football articles opening with Emily Dickinson quotes these days. I doubt anyone leaving Anfield on Sunday would have had Em on...
IT’S funny how people see games so differently. As the teams left the pitch on Tuesday, the BT Sport commentator exclaimed “advantage Bayern Munich!” Like it was practically a fait accompli. That was strange. I felt the opposite. The German’s played well at Anfield —...
Contributors Tribute To Diogo Jota III: The Anfield Wrap
Another Anfield Wrap free podcast, paying tribute to Liverpool forward Diogo Jota with contributions from Mel Reddy, Fuad Hasan, Josh Sexton, Abigail Rudkin, Joel Richards, Robbie O’Neill and Sean Rogers.Hosted by Neil Atkinson.
