by Paul Cope | Dec 20, 2016 | Footie
THEY’RE all afraid of us now, Reds. Chelsea might be top of the league, but there’s only one team in the land that they’re all scared of. One team’s name that fans around the country are dreading when flicking through their teams’ fixture lists. Talking to...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 20, 2016 | Footie
WITH Christmas just days away TAW contributors have made their lists in preparation for the big day. MELISSA REDDY My Turn: The Autobiography by Johan Cruyff Beyond the statistics, beyond the results, beyond the acclaim lies a footballer’s story — and...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 20, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
SECOND half Liverpool remembered they were Liverpool. Everton were left with the stark reality of being Everton. Redshite that sentence? Perhaps. But this is what happened. One football side expressed superiority over the other and that superiority drained and drained...
by Andy Heaton | Dec 19, 2016 | Footie
TOP fucking that. Simon Mignolet: 10 Could have been N/A. Had nothing to do against the shite. Nathaniel Clyne: 10 Provided an outlet constantly out wide. Hardly ever gets caught out of position. Fucking boss, isn’t he? Dejan Lovren: 10 Absolutely class. Bossed...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 19, 2016 | Footie
AHEAD of Monday night’s Merseyside derby, TAW contributors look back at nine of Liverpool’s best derby wins at Goodison Park. Everton 0 Liverpool 3 – December 6, 1969: The Sandy Brown Derby FRIDAY teatime, December 1969. The end of term at St...
by Ben Johnson | Dec 19, 2016 | Footie
1995: It’s ages ago that, isn’t it? I mean really, think about it. What were you doing in 1995? How old were you? I was 15 and I was a bit of a farce. Britpop hadn’t really taken hold, New Labour was in its infancy — two years away from government. That...
by Josh Sexton | Dec 18, 2016 | Footie
AHEAD of Liverpool’s trip to Goodison Park we spoke to Lydia Bleasdale-Hill to get the lowdown on Everton. Everton were on a poor run heading into the game against Arsenal, has that win given fans more confidence about the rest of the season? Yes and no, as far...
by Rob Gutmann | Dec 18, 2016 | Footie
I’VE been stoically putting up with an acute bacterial infection of the tear duct in my left eye for best part of a year now. It alternates between feeling dried out, as if it’s been bathed in a bag of stinging salt, and then later sopping wet and flooding like a...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Dec 16, 2016 | Footie
AH, 2016. What a year it’s been. Some pretty remarkable things have happened across the world over the past 12 months — both good and bad — with hugely significant consequences. You’ll probably know exactly what I’m talking about, here. The transformation...
by John Gibbons | Dec 16, 2016 | Footie
MIDDLESBROUGH. Eight-seater car. By Wednesday morning, that is about as far as we got. No-one seems to know who is driving or really how far Middlesbrough is. Mick Clarke reckons it’s “only two hours”, but he also wears shorts in November, so his...
