RUSH TO JUDGEMENT

RUSH TO JUDGEMENT

“We don’t stand a chance without Suarez. You wait. You mark my words.Next season’s going to be a disaster” HELLO. My name is Martin, I’m 43 years old and I’m a JFK assassination researcher. Don’t go away, just yet. Let me explain. It all started many years ago, in a...
LIVERPOOL UNDER FSG: FOUR YEARS ON

LIVERPOOL UNDER FSG: FOUR YEARS ON

IT’S been four long years since Christian Purslow pumped his fist and bared his gnashers in triumph outside the High Court in London. Four long years since Liverpool Football Club passed from one set of American owners to the next. Four testing years since the club...
I’D LOVE US TO WIN THE MICKEY MOUSE CUP

I’D LOVE US TO WIN THE MICKEY MOUSE CUP

ERIC Cantona’s smug face. That’s the immediate image that flashes in my mind whenever the FA Cup is mentioned. Eric frigging Cantona. The build up seemingly started at about 3am. My mum was on snack duty, diligently replenishing my supplies throughout the day as I sat...
BRENDAN RODGERS: THE TRICKY THIRD ALBUM

BRENDAN RODGERS: THE TRICKY THIRD ALBUM

OURS is a club of extremes. We’re either in or out, up or down, black or white. The middle path is the one least travelled. We sway from the darkest cynicism to checking out next May’s Berlin hotel availability an hour after we’ve just been gubbed by Real Madrid. We...
PODCAST: LIMBO A GO GO

PODCAST: LIMBO A GO GO

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Rob Gutmann, Steve Graves and Martin Fitzgerald after another disapointing weekend for the Reds. Download issue 13 of #TAWMAG via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK –...
THE LIVERPOOL CRISIS: THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

THE LIVERPOOL CRISIS: THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

FOOTBALL in 2014 is a 24/7 all-consuming monster. If you are involved in the game at the highest level, that monster is there at every turn; in your face: watching, listening, examining facial expressions and toiling over every word. Why? It’s waiting. Ready to say...
PODCAST: HE’S GOT A BIG FAT HEAD

PODCAST: HE’S GOT A BIG FAT HEAD

NEIL ATKINSON, Gareth Roberts, John Gibbons and Phil Blundell are in the tower to reflect on Real Madrid’s absolute pasting of Liverpool Football Club before looking forward to the list of Hull. Music this week from The Baltic States and Carl Moorcroft Download issue...
TAW MAGAZINE #13

TAW MAGAZINE #13

Neil, John and Andy sit down with Stephen Warnock to chat about his football career. Karl Coppack on the Liverpool accent, or rather, accents. Neil Atkinson on the book launch of ‘Make Us Dream’ Samantha Brocklehurst on the underground phenomen of...
NEVER BETTER THAN THE REAL THING

NEVER BETTER THAN THE REAL THING

1976 was the epicentre of success for the ‘The Real Thing’. Liverpool’s very own soul, come brit funk, come disco, come R&B phenomenon that are credited by the founding father of ‘Mojo’ magazine, Paul Du Noyer, as the band that restored Liverpool’s musical...