by John Gibbons | Sep 28, 2016 | Footie
MICHAEL Beale has revealed that Liverpool would have entered a team in the controversial rebranded EFL Trophy this season, had the matches fallen at different times. This season, for the first time, Premier League and Championship teams were allowed to enter youth...
by Phil Blundell | Sep 28, 2016 | Footie
MANY people have a different approaches to football — mine is to use it as a vehicle for enjoyment; having a laugh, spending time with your mates, going to the home games with my Dad, seeing friends before and after the match, ending up in places in Europe I’d...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Sep 27, 2016 | Footie
WHILE still managing Borussia Dortmund, Jürgen Klopp spoke of how he wanted his teams to play “heavy-metal football” — a catchy soundbite summing up the full-throttle style he likes to impose on players he takes control of. Yet this much-referenced phrase...
by Josh Sexton | Sep 27, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL 5 Everton 1 – September 26, 1925 IT was this week, some 89 years ago, that Liverpool smashed rivals Everton 5-1 in front of 49,426 fans in attendance at Anfield. Matt McQueen’s side were 3-0 up by half time before Dick Forshaw added to his first...
by John Gibbons | Sep 27, 2016 | Footie
IT took a while for American teenager Brooks Lennon to realise his dream of pulling on the red of Liverpool. Having signed from Salt Lake City, after a successful trial at Kirkby, it took over a year and a half for “everything to settle down and get put into...
by Karl Coppack | Sep 27, 2016 | Footie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUGzgo4PWkQ ON September 27, 1999 in Liverpool L4, Everton striker Kevin Campbell brought down Franny Jeffers’ through ball and slotted it past Sander Westerveld at the Kop end. The game was just four minutes old and Everton led against...
by John Gibbons | Sep 26, 2016 | Footie
SATURDAY starts surprisingly sprightly after a Friday night out that I decided to take the car to, as I’m a child who can’t be trusted not to drink unless I’m in charge of a vehicle. Well in to everyone who organised Psych Fest and happy birthday...
by Heather Carroll | Sep 26, 2016 | Footie
IT was a frustrating afternoon all round for Liverpool Ladies, as their eight Women’s Super League game unbeaten run came to an end away at Birmingham City. The Reds had gone behind shortly into the second half when former defender Corina Schroder scored a goal...
by Ben Johnson | Sep 26, 2016 | Footie
THE general consensus in the build-up to Saturday’s game was that this type of match, playing against shite at home, was the real litmus test for Jürgen’s Mighty Reds. Never mind going to Arsenal & Chelsea and winning, never mind outplaying Tottenham and having...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 25, 2016 | Footie
AFTER Liverpool thrashed Hull City 5-1 at Anfield yesterday, we asked Anfield Wrap contributors to send us their thoughts on anything that jumped out from the game. As ever, the replies were a mad mix of the weird and the wonderful. Here’s what we got: 1. SWARM...
