by Karl Coppack | Apr 12, 2016 | Footie
APRIL 12, 1986. It was 30 years ago today. There were many things wrong with this day and they were all my fault. Every single one. No one else’s. I could point to many things – maybe my feng shui was all over the place or my chakras weren’t balanced or something, but...
by Ben Johnson | Apr 11, 2016 | Footie
Show them the way to go home, They’re tired and they want to go to bed (40 winks*) They’re only half a football team compared to the boys in red. Oh THE greatest of football songs this. In fact, I’d go as far as to say it is my favourite. Reasons as...
by Martin Fitzgerald | Apr 10, 2016 | Footie
ALL right, everyone. You know the drill by the now, here are five thoughts on the game of football that happened earlier. 1) Pre-Match I caught up with Neil Atkinson and Rob Gutmann before the game while Leicester continued their bizarre march to the Premier League...
by John Gibbons | Apr 10, 2016 | Footie
A STRANGE day. A lot of lads turned up in “I’ve been to Dortmund” caps and a lot of lads turned up with “I’ve been the National” hangovers. A few lads didn’t turn up at all. Those still feeling the effects of Germany and...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 10, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL’S most comfortable league home performance of the season did everything Rob Gutmann told you it would. It announced one young talent, reaffirmed another and allowed the manager to experiment. Liverpool played as many shapes as they scored goals and...
by Rob Gutmann | Apr 9, 2016 | Footie
STOKE at home. Nothing to play for. Only Stoke at home. Nothing to play for. Might as well not go. When I was 12, I went to my first match at Anfield. It was a League Cup game on a midweek night against Portsmouth. They were then, as now, mired somewhere in football’s...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 8, 2016 | Footie
WE see things they’ll never see. Here we are again, the Reds after a proper European night, writes CHARLIE CHRISTIAN. It feels good, doesn’t it? For all we endlessly talk about winning the league, I think these nights mean the most to us — the nights which make...
by John Gibbons | Apr 8, 2016 | Footie
TACTICAL games are tough to score. Liverpool set up solid and went about their business well. They knew what they needed to do and largely did it. For that they all deserve credit. That said, you wouldn’t say anyone was outstanding. When everyone is a cog,...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 8, 2016 | Footie
THERE is a period of time between Dortmund’s equaliser and the pinball in their penalty area finishing where Philippe Coutinho has the ball in their area for what seems like forever. In that period of time the big bang happens, galaxies are born, dust becomes matter,...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 7, 2016 | Footie
FOR this game versus Dortmund John’s gone with the facts. Done it excellently as per. Shall we do the feelings? The emotions? I like the reported German approach and response to football. I like it. The game as event. The game as a thing to look forward to and...
