by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 14, 2017 | Footie
JOSE Mourinho set out his stall as most anticipated he would, and while Liverpool failed to break them down it wasn’t as dispiriting as the results we’ve seen in previous weeks. Here are Anfield Wrap contributors with talking points straight from the...
by Josh Sexton | Oct 13, 2017 | Footie
THE biggest game of the season is upon us. That is an opinion, not a fact. Some, particularly those who have had what some would call the displeasure of growing up around Evertonians, will disagree — or agree that it may be classed as bigger but that doesn’t...
by Michael Nevin | Oct 13, 2017 | Footie
AM I going a bit soft, I thought this week, as I found myself glued, gushingly sympathetic and admiring of the life of Sir Bobby Charlton as brilliantly portrayed by the BBC? While watching, even my wife observed, “It’s a bit too United for me”, adding to her concerns...
by Rob Gutmann | Oct 12, 2017 | Footie
I’VE properly parked Liverpool FC for the past fortnight. The usually dreaded international break has provided welcome respite this time. It all feels a bit unnecessarily cruel at the moment and I’m just not enjoying it at all. Emerging from this mini hibernation...
by Paul Cope | Oct 11, 2017 | Footie
RIVALRY, according to the Oxford English dictionary, is defined as “competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field”. The example it gives for the use of the word in context is “‘there always has been intense rivalry between the clubs”. Quite...
by Gareth Roberts | Oct 11, 2017 | Footie
IT’S usually a derogatory term used to shame the football fan whose support wanes when team performances do – the self-proclaimed fanatic that is not quite so keen when the going gets tough. At level eight of English football though, the term “fair weather fan” is...
by David Segar | Oct 10, 2017 | Footie
TWO years ago this week Jürgen Klopp took the managerial reigns at Liverpool, four days after Brendan Rodgers was sacked. To celebrate two years of Klopp, here’s an exclusive extract from David Segar’s new book “Kloppite: One Man’s Quest to...
by Ben Johnson | Oct 9, 2017 | Footie
LAST week, after Newcastle, I would have paid close to five figures to have a couple of weeks break from watching the Mighty Reds. The international break, for once, seemed like something I could really get behind; not that I would spend it watching England or...
by Michael Nevin | Oct 6, 2017 | Footie
IS it just me, or does the Liverpool FC song repertoire feel a bit tired? Without falling victim to the notion “it was better in my day”, when you regularly hear The Fields of Anfield Road rolled out thrice before half time on a European night, it does make you wonder...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 6, 2017 | Footie
NON-LEAGUE football is a very different beast to its Premier League big brother. While the rules are the same, the aim is the same, and it’s played on grass with 22 players, it’s a world away from the 24-7 televised soap opera of the top flight. It’s almost a sport...
