by Karl Coppack | Apr 13, 2017 | Footie
THE problem with classic games and famous victories is that over time and multiple showings, the gloss fades and the sparkle is lost. This match is a case in point. Everyone knows about this game, everyone knows about the Tom Finney quote and everyone knows that he...
by Adam Smith | Apr 13, 2017 | Footie
I’VE got a real bee in my bonnet about something at the moment: the refusal to accept that nuance might be relevant when discussing football stories. Just because the sport that we all love seems to be edging towards entertainment more and more with each passing year...
by Phil Blundell | Apr 12, 2017 | Footie
THEY get every Premier League game live in the USA; Boston, LA, New York, Seattle. Wherever you are, you can turn the telly on and watch NBC Sports and watch every single second of the 380 Premier League games that are played in a league season. I’d like to think that...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 11, 2017 | Footie
THERE was a time, a moment, when all that money Liverpool shipped off to Newcastle for Andy Carroll, suddenly made sense, writes GREG STANLEY. In the sheer euphoria that followed not just his thunderous long-range strike that almost took Joe Hart into the net with it,...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 11, 2017 | Footie
ROBERTO Firmino’s thunderous half-volley to secure all three points away at Stoke prompted wild celebrations from the Liverpool supporters, the players and the man himself — whipping his shirt off and launching it up in the air in front of a flare-lit away...
by Paul Cope | Apr 11, 2017 | Footie
JUST pick your strongest team. That’s what they always say, isn’t it? Why aren’t you picking your strongest team? It’s the FA Cup / Stoke away / [insert the most recent game here]. If you don’t pick your strongest team you’re disrespecting the competition / don’t know...
by Ben Johnson | Apr 10, 2017 | Footie
THERE’S something about Stoke away which is so off-putting as to almost make you not want to watch it. Memories of the 6-1 when everyone at Liverpool should have been dismissed instantly, a horrible drive to get there; it’s further than you think, you know, them...
by John Gibbons | Apr 10, 2017 | Footie
SATURDAY is a fresh start after an early night Friday night after the races on Thursday, which made Friday a day very much one to just get through. But an early night rewarded me with a clear head and glorious sunshine. Go ‘ed, the world. It was a small mob...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 8, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
HIS shirt in the air. His shirt in the air and the ball has catapulted back from the net. His shirt in the air after the truest moment of quality in the game. His shirt in the air and he is absolutely roaring, he is giving it the big one in front of the travelling...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 8, 2017 | Footie
TAW contributors with talking points from the ground after Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Stoke City. Simon Mignolet Mignolet pulled off two belters. Genuine top saves. @PhilBlundell Here is another instance of Simon Mignolet having a good season. @PaulSenior1 Not...
