THERE was much sadness amongst the Liverpool supporter community today at the news of the passing Paul Rice. Paul was one of the founders of the Spirit of Shankly, the Liverpool supporters’ union, and was a vice president as well as the vice-chair of the organisation....
Dietmar “Didi” Hamann is a complete one-off. The foreigner with a Scouse accent. The German who now plays cricket for his local village team. The overseas footballer turned anglophile who fell deeply in love with the city of Liverpool, its people and its...
By Ben Thornley WHEN Howard Webb failed to point to the spot after Andy Carroll had been hauled down in Stoke City’s penalty area on Saturday, Anfield’s inhabitants reacted with a blend of fury and astonishment. They should not have been surprised,...
This week we saw the debut of Neil Fitzmaurice in the #TAW studio, and it just so happened that he had a signed copy of his new film ‘Charlie Noades R.I.P’ to give away to one lucky subscriber. “Neil Fitzmaurice.” is based around its central character...
In a special 90 minute episode, Neil Atkinson discusses Stoke, Manchester City and a bit of Owen Coyle’s Bolton before a special guest arrives. With Neil are Neil Fitzmaurice, Gareth Roberts, John Gibbons, Mike Girling, Rob Gutmann, Kristian Walsh and –...
by Sam Jones 99.5%. A fairly impressive figure, but what is it? Liverpool’s chance conversion rate in the 2011/12 season? The percentage of Paul Scholes’ tackles that were so late that you would have received compensation if he was an airline? The weekly...
Neil Atkinson chairs a lively debate about Suarez, racism and the fact there was actually a decent on-the-pitch performance against Oldham. The cast of Paul Salt, Rob Gutmann, Mike Girling, Kristian Walsh, Peter Hooton and Jim Boardman also look at the Reds’ 3-0...
After a fantastic response to the launch of www.rafabenitez.com, Rafa Benitez is expanding his online presence and now has launched an official twitter account of his website. The site has received widespread acclaim from both fans and professionals and has quickly...
by Sam Jones The FA, and their legal representatives will doubtless be relieved that in the aftermath of the release of their written reasons for the outcome they reached following the charges brought against Luis Suarez, that so much time, effort and emotion has been...
By Paul Edwards I’ve read hundreds of tweets and blogs about the Suarez verdict and just as many about the 115 pages of reasons published by the Football Association on New Years eve. Really great timing that by the FA it seemed, though it transpires Suarez and...
