WITH the paperback version of Men In White Suits released this week, The Anfield Wrap has an exclusive full chapter extract from the book, where Graeme Souness speaks candidly to Simon Hughes, admitting where he got it wrong during his turbulent time as Liverpool...
FROM a position of weakness, the first thing a manager usually tries to do is help the side he has inherited become tougher to beat than it was before. Brendan Rodgers attempted to make Liverpool more attractive to watch, so when the criticisms came — that...
FOOTBALL is rich on million-dollar questions and here is another. Had Brendan Rodgers led Liverpool to the Premier League title in 2014, would he still be manager? Many treated Rodgers suspiciously from day one. Surely the goodwill generated would have ensued trust: a...
ONE of my finest moments as a reporter involved Daniel Agger and a stare out. I’d interviewed him before. I became conscious of the delays between question and answer that seemed to go on forever. I suspected he hoped the question might disappear if he left it long...
“FROM next season, the Premier League is going to look a bit different,’ the organisation’s official Twitter handle announced yesterday morning, inviting surfers (if that’s what we still call Internet users) to watch a promotional video about its new...
IN among the bluster of the story, perhaps the defining moment of an entire era was buried last week when Alex Teixeira gave an exclusive interview, detailing precisely why he wanted to leave Shakhtar Donetsk while wearing a polo shirt issued by the club that pays his...
ADAM Lallana, bare-chested and tattoos showing: running away from a knuckle-thrusting group of young lads, his face blotto — embracing anyone prepared to dance. It could have been a scene from outside the Blue Angel at three on a Sunday morning. Instead, it was...
I WAS told by my lecturer when studying journalism in Sheffield that it is inappropriate to start any article with a question, but the theme of the unfathomable will run here and I’m not in the mood for travelling around the houses to cross the road. So, is it safe to...
ON the opening day of the Premier League football season, three quarters of the pitch at Goodison Park was bathed in sunshine while the remainder rested in shade, such is brooding presence of the Main Stand. I was on duty for The Sunday Telegraph, covering the game...
FROM the beginning, Martin Skrtel’s shaven skull was a stark vision. It made him appear forbidding, like a jailor on a nightshift at Lubyanka Prison. Those deep, sunken eye sockets. The wide shoulders. There would be bloodcurdling screams from those who crossed him....
The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast after Fulham 1 Liverpool 3 during the 2023-2024 Premier League season at Craven Cottage. Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann, Mo Stewart and Josh Williams…
