THAT’S FOOTBALL GENIUS, DAVID MOYES

THAT’S FOOTBALL GENIUS, DAVID MOYES

A REGULATION 3-0 away win against average and limited opposition? We can laugh, and of course we do, but if truth be told, it was a regulation 3-0 away win against an average and limited opposing manager. No team that can boast forward players of the calibre of Robin...
MANCHESTER UNITED 0 LIVERPOOL 3

MANCHESTER UNITED 0 LIVERPOOL 3

THAT’LL teach those bastards for building the ship canal. Samuel Greg and Daniel Adamson, your boys took one hell of a beating. I’m writing this in Legends Bar in New York after doing 90 minutes commentary. Thanks to them and NY Kopites for the maddest...
IN DEFENCE OF STEVEN GERRARD

IN DEFENCE OF STEVEN GERRARD

“A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.” – Matthew 13:57 TAKE captain and club figurehead Steven Gerrard for instance. In what other city, in what other country, would a player so beautifully gifted and driven to...
COUNTDOWN TO OLD TRAFFORD: GIVE IT SOME BEANS

COUNTDOWN TO OLD TRAFFORD: GIVE IT SOME BEANS

“HP baked beans; they’re the beans for me.” BANG! More than just a slogan to sell haricot beans in a tasty tomato sauce. It’s an early 1980s visit to Old Trafford – that most friendly and hospitable of away grounds for the discerning travelling Red to tip up at...

CITYTALK PODCAST: CHANGING OF THE GUARD?

NEIL Atkinson, Steve Graves and Paul Cope chat about Liverpool’s chances at Old Trafford this weekend with United We Stand’s Steve Armstrong. Music this week from Forthaven and Silent Cities Download Issue 8 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for...
COUNTDOWN TO OLD TRAFFORD: THIS IS THE ONE

COUNTDOWN TO OLD TRAFFORD: THIS IS THE ONE

by DAVE MARTINEZ 13th January 2013 ‘Der der der der der der der RACIST BASTARD!’ I AM sat in the South Stand at Old Trafford awaiting kick-off as Luis Suarez predictably receives an earful from the Stretford End while he warms up. I have been afforded the dubious...

THE CASE FOR FABIO BORINI

LISTENING to The Anfield Wrap a couple of weeks ago I was surprised by the willingness in some quarters to write off Fabio Borini’s coming of age season at Sunderland. A coming of age season for a forward player who has scored six goals for a side who have practically...

COUNTDOWN TO OLD TRAFFORD: BEHIND ENEMY LINES

By Sam Drury THE day the fixtures for the new season are announced in June is an important one in the football calendar. After weeks without club football, for many fans it is the day the countdown to the new season begins in earnest. It is a new start. Everything...

PODCAST – SEVENTY FIVE!

NEIL Atkinson was joined in the studio by Steve Graves, Rob Gutmann and Jim Boardman as they reminisce about the 2002 season and other nonsense on a matchless week – including our impending trip to NYC – for AN ENTIRE 75 MINUTES! Get issue 8 of TAW’s...