On the day that Sadio Mane leaves Liverpool for Bayern Munich, how should fans feel about the departure of a legend? I DON’T like it when Liverpool players leave. I don’t just mean players like Fernando Torres or Luis Suarez. I mean all of them. They’ve either...
Looking back at Liverpool’s season opener away at Norwich City, and its significance to supporters after so long without live football… ONE thing that has largely been forgotten thanks to the events in Paris is that the 2021-2022 season ended. Over...
French Ministers revealed that they thought Liverpool fans would be a ‘problem’ in Paris, but why do the same stereotypes carry through today? IT’S strange how anger takes over from fear then relief. Following last week’s events, I’ve been through...
After a trophy parade which encapsulated how good it is to be in Liverpool, fans can still be proud of how far this team came this season… HOW do you define success? It is a concept that many boil down solely to the trophies won, but the answer is rarely...
Considering the wider impact on Liverpool, the club and city, that the trouble in Paris has caused at the hands of UEFA, France and its police… POINT of order: I wasn’t there. I don’t get to have that utterly terrifying experience and for that I feel lucky but...
As rival fans let Liverpool stereotypes rule their judgement over the trouble in Paris, they must support now or it could happen to them… I WISH we’d won the European Cup. That should have been my waking thought on Sunday but, given what happened...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after Liverpool 0 Real Madrid 1 in the Champions League final at the Stade de France in Paris… IT was tough post. The players almost didn’t seem to want to look at us for an age. Like they’d let us down....
Match preview ahead of Liverpool v Real Madrid in the Champions League final at the Stade De France in Paris… A CAMPAIGN like no other. What a journey it’s been. Sixty-three games played. Two trophies won, Paris still to come. This Liverpool team have...
Despite others trying to define how we view Liverpool’s season ahead of the Champions League final, we will always define our own success… HOW’S your nerves? Gauging where you are could depend on whether you’re currently staring at the Eiffel Tower...
Despite disappointment on the Premier League’s final day, Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool are built to bounce back with Paris the final destination… WE’RE all in it for the highs, because when they come it doesn’t get much better. When they come it’s...
Liverpool’s Famous Kop & Man City | The Anfield Wrap
Liverpool face a Manchester City side this weekend, a game which would grab the attention of the nation regardless, with City having been found guilty of cheating by the Premier League facing a side that ran them so close on various occasions, the eyes of the nation will be glued to a fixture that promises a powder keg of an atmosphere – but with so many questions hanging over Manchester City, should this fixture even be played at all and what can we expect when the side found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges levelled at them roll in to Anfield?
To discuss all the above, Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons and also Brian Reade to talk not just about the weekend’s clash, but also his new book ‘The Kop’ which explores how and why the Kop became the globally-renowned stand it is today.
Also on the show, Neil chats to Charles and Andrew Hendy of ‘The Mary Wallopers’ to talk about their James Skelly produced new album ‘Paddywhackery’.
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