As Rafa Benitez shares further stories about his time at Anfield, is it worth revisiting a strange relationship with such a great man? IN many ways, Rafael Benitez’s mid-to-late Liverpool era remains none of my business. I was still following Liverpool home and...
Gauging the fan mood from the away end at Portman Road, as Liverpool got their campaign off to a great start with a win over Ipswich Town… WHAT struck me most was the ruthlessness. I’ve been watching football regularly from 1976 and started attending...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Ipswich Town 0 Liverpool 2 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season… KEEP your powder dry. Don’t let them tease you into letting your powder get wet. Tease is the word today....
Both Arne Slot and Richard Hughes have had differing starts to their Liverpool careers, ahead of the new Premier League season kicking off… THINGS Arne Slot could have said and done in his first press conference: Committed to Trent Alexander-Arnold at...
How it felt as a fan to see Arne Slot’s Liverpool run out at Anfield for the first time and what we learned from Sunday’s friendlies… ANFIELD with a sense of newness. There aren’t many times you travel to a match and have no idea about what’s...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 0 Las Palmas 0 in the final game of The Reds 2024-2025 pre-season… HAVING written some of this in advance of the final whistle, my worry is it will read far angrier than I intend it...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 4 Sevilla 1 in the final game of The Reds 2024-2025 pre-season… IT’S good to be back. It’s good to see you. You being both you and those wild-eyed boys that had been away....
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 3 Manchester United 0 on the 2024-2025 pre-season tour of the USA… THE final of the three US games saw Liverpool outscore Manchester United by three goals to nil. I’m loath to...
How football and music become intertwined in our memories with past life events, and the power of nostalgia… MARTIN Phillips died this past weekend. If that name means nothing to you, he was the lead singer of the New Zealand band The Chills. If The...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Arsenal 1 on the 2024-2025 pre-season tour of the USA… THEY got what they wanted. The trick of the mind is that Liverpool are in the US all the time. It’s actually the first...
