ARSENAL have you on pins. Before the game we talk about how Arsenal away ties with City as the worst away. Because they have you on pins. Chelsea bludgeon you. United wear you down. But Arsenal and City have you on pins. They probe. They pen. They ratchet up the...
FOOTIE is a passionate game. From furrowed brows to foaming mouths, jumps of joy to manic laughter; it’s a sport that provokes extremes of emotion that are on display at every match and beyond. It’s one of the reasons you stick with it. You’re all...
AT half time on Monday, Liverpool sent out five substitutes to warm up. The two they didn’t send out were Roberto Firmino and Emre Can — the two that first got on the pitch. Those two pretty much started warming up as soon as the second half began. The...
NATASHA DOWIE scored a goal in each half as Liverpool Ladies secured an important three points with a 2-0 victory over Bristol Academy in Widnes on Saturday night. The double from the in-form no.9 leaves the Reds on 13 points in the Women’s Super League, sixth...
ONCE upon a time, the Australian-born theorist, academic and journalist Germaine Greer confessed that, forced to name names, she would deffo shag Arsene Wenger. The truth remains that many of his own brethren wouldn’t do Arsene. They round on him at the turn of...
MEMORIES can be funny things, can’t they? Sometimes, they are so clear and vivid in your mind that you know you will never lose sight of them. And then other memories can ebb and flow, hang loosely in the back of your mind and leave you unsure to if they ever really...
THERE are times when I’m not sure whether I actually like football. I don’t have kids, but if I ever do have them I’ll be torn between introducing them to my immense love for Liverpool Football Club and a desire to help them avoid a life of pain and uncertainty....
BRENDAN Rodgers was blamed for a lot last season. However, a new season is here with new hope, new players, new kit, new grass, new truss, new criticisms and…. the same old blame game. We’ve played two, won two, scored two, conceded not a sausage, but...
IT seems the opening two matches of Liverpool’s campaign — a pair of dogged, 1-0 victories — have Reds in one of two camps. For every supporter that is lauding wins over Stoke City and Bournemouth, there is another moaning about the substance of six points...
“IN football, the hero and legend status is given out far too easily for me.” – Steven Gerrard IN 2008 I was invited to the Merseyside Supporters Group Christmas dinner at Anfield. I, along with a couple of mates, went along expecting a nice meal and a few...
Iraola’s First Press Conference | The Anfield Wrap
This week’s Anfield Wrap is brought to you on the day of Andoni Iraloa’s first press conference as Liverpool manager, in which the Spaniard hit all the right notes in front of a packed press room.
To reflect on the manager comments and look forward to his start at LFC John Gibbons is joined by Jake Nolan, Keifer MacDonald and Ian Salmon.Also in the show, Neil Atkinson talks to Dan Hewitt about his new book ‘Left to Rot’.
