by Michael Nevin | Oct 14, 2016 | Footie
IT’S been a while, hasn’t it? And apparently we’ve still got the weekend to negotiate before we get our Reds fix at home to Manchester United on Monday. This notion of another blank weekend is one of several strange observations I’ve made during this period of...
by Jay McKenna | Oct 14, 2016 | Footie
THE World Cup is, and should be seen as, a great event. Once every four years a host country has the world’s eyes cast upon it. It becomes an opportunity to showcase the country and a source of pride for its citizens. Many hundreds of thousands of football supporters...
by Josh Sexton | Oct 13, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL welcome bitter rivals Manchester United to Anfield on Monday evening, looking to maintain a five-game unbeaten spell in the league. United, on the other hand, have only won two of their last five in the league, though they will be buoyed by their positive...
by Adam Smith | Oct 13, 2016 | Footie
I’M not a fan of international football. I wrote about why that is the case back in June, so I won’t bother going over all the same ground again here. I’ve been really interested to watch the press’s reaction to England’s situation recently, though. As a non-lover of...
by Phil Blundell | Oct 12, 2016 | Footie
INTERNATIONAL breaks are good for pretty much nothing, but sometimes you’ll find positives out of them. From a personal point of view I put in a full weekend in work which always looks good to do from time to time, well in to the great lads at Sky who are letting me...
by John Gibbons | Oct 11, 2016 | Footie
UNLESS is has all been an elaborate ruse by Gareth Southgate, and let’s face it he doesn’t look the sort, Jordan Henderson will captain England tonight for the first time. It’s a remarkable achievement for a lad who has been written off countless...
by Karl Coppack | Oct 11, 2016 | Footie
I’M always intrigued by the answer to the question ‘What was your first Liverpool game?’ If it were a Cup final or semi or famous win you can raise an eyebrow and nod a ‘Nice’ to them. If it’s an absolute stinker you can grimace and applaud their fortitude for getting...
by Josh Sexton | Oct 11, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL 6 Aston Villa 1 – October 10, 1953 DON Welsh’s Liverpool side, which featured Bob Paisley and Billy Liddell among other notable names, swept aside Aston Villa in a second half foray at Anfield. Liddell scored prior to half time and was matched by...
by Ben Johnson | Oct 10, 2016 | Footie
I’VE been thinking about the 2007/08 season loads recently, mainly because I have had to like, but even still. For those of you who don’t know, one of the regular subscriber shows on TAW is ‘What We Call History’. It is basically a review of the games that make up a...
by Simon Hughes | Oct 10, 2016 | Footie
IN the first of our ‘Long Reads’, Si Hughes describes the process of writing two books for different publishers at the same time, with deadlines weeks apart — and some additional insight into the life of a journalist. THERE was a meltdown when Hull...
