I’M not sure this was my first game. In fact, I’m pretty certain it wasn’t. But rather than subjecting you to a fleeting, millisecond memory of a Graeme Souness side toiling against some claret and blue blur around 1992, I thought I’d recall the first game which...
IT seems strange to talk about my first game when I’ve no idea when the next one is, but these are strange days indeed. I’m not used to no football. I don’t suppose any of us are. And it’s not as if you can go and see a lower league game or even a kickabout in the...
“SELF-isolate,” they said. “Avoid mass gatherings and stay indoors” they said. “Great,” I said. “That’ll give me more time to write about football… Cancelled, you say?!” Yes, in these uncertain Coronavirus times, the football has been suspended. It is absolutely the...
THE footy being taken away from us has been cause for a lot of contemplation. Firstly, from a working point of view, what do we write about when there’s no games to talk about? Secondly, it makes you think about the football. Assess the impact it has had on your life,...
WHAT is to be gained from thinking about loss? I’m not being a smartarse. It’s a genuine quandary when equating the question to football, or life. We can spend so much time thinking about what we’ve lost or are losing that you dismiss all of the little wins which tell...
THERE is something horrendous about going out like that. Stilettos and broken bottles all over the shop. Let’s get it out of the way: The goalkeeper’s error is dreadful, it changes the game and costs Liverpool the tie. He’s not a bad person, is a...
AND there you have it. A fucking league-stopping pandemic coupled with an Atletico diddle. Lash into the mix that loads of people we know are probably going to die, but even if they don’t we will all be fucking skint and living off fucking grass and whatever we can...
“ANFIELD is a great stadium that is filled with great fans, but it is also very old. “If Anfield had to pass a technical inspection from UEFA, it would not be able to do so to save it’s life.” – Enrique Cerezo, President of Atletico Madrid. Cheers mate....
AT this stage of the European Cup, a year ago, Liverpool eliminated Bayern Munich in exhilarating style. It was the performance that set Liverpool on course for Champions League glory, at a moment in which a hitherto majestic league campaign had begun to slightly...
THE Anfield Wrap and Liverpool FC. So intrinsically linked that they even recover from setbacks together. Yes, TAW’s website is back up and running, and it is a relief to be able to write for you lovely shiny people again, particularly as Liverpool were nice enough to...
Liverpool Sweep Marseille Aside: TAW Midweek Extra
The Anfield Wrap react to a big Liverpool away at Marseille in the Champions League, and why their fortunes are different in the Premier League.John Gibbons is joined by Jack Hunter-Spivey, Craig Hannan and Mo Stewart.
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