by Kristan Heneage STOOD OUTSIDE the Sporting Kansas City training complex were a huddle of Mexican fans, clutching everything from bottles of expensive tequila to a large portrait of their newest saint. The man they were waiting for was U.S. international Graham...
By Ben McCausland BUDWEISER: The Great American Lager. Except that it isn’t – it’s German. And it’s shite. Budweiser: The King of Beers. Except that it isn’t. Budweiser is more the Court Jester of Beers, or maybe the Hideous Old Crone of Beers. Indicative perhaps of...
By Craig Rimmer 16 YEARS. It’s a long time to wait for a football obsessed country like Colombia. The 90’s vintage was generally considered to have been the finest in Colombia’s sporting history, yet in this country we are far more likely to associate Colombian...
NEIL ATKINSON with Rob Gutmann, John Gibbons and Kristian Walsh are in to discuss Rickie Lambert, Lucas Leiva and matters arising. They are joined by Tony Evans to discuss his new book on 83/84 I Don’t Know What It Is But I Love It.. Music this week from Bird...
THIRTY years ago Joe Fagan – having already won the League Cup and the League title – took his Liverpool team to Rome where they would face Roma in the European Cup Final. Here, Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson (from an extract of a book in which 12 Liverpool players...
NEIL ATKINSON, John Gibbons, Adam Melia and Stephanie Heneghan do their best in a new studio growing into a show which starts slowly but still has ten great songs. Buying tickets before you go the show, CDs on the walls and fashion magazine barbeques. ...
By Dr Dave O’Brien A remarkable season, orchestrated by a remarkable man. Brendan Rodgers may not have guided the reds to an unprecedented premier league title, but he gave Liverpool fans a season of dreams and songs to sing. Wonderful stuff. Rodgers is...
Get issue 10 of TAW’s monthly digital mag free from iTunes for iOS devices or from app.theanfieldwrap.com for everything else. NEIL ATKINSON assembled a crack TAW transfer committee and gave them a huge warchest to spend on players for LFC manager Brendan...
Host Neil Atkinson was joined in the studio in Liverpool city centre by Steve Graves and football agent Neil Sang to talk about the stuff that goes on in that void between football seasons. No music this week, but we should be back to normal next week. Download Issue...
ALISON McGOVERN, Labour MP for Wirral South, says the Richard Scudamore sexism row presents wider questions about women and football BANTER. The modern term for the age-old phenomena of joking around on the verge of acceptability. Yep, this article is about banter. I...
