PREMIER LEAGUE – WE’RE HAVING A LAUGH….

PREMIER LEAGUE – WE’RE HAVING A LAUGH….

THIS 2013/14 variation of Liverpool FC seems to have attained the power of humour most surreal. In the days following the wins against Arsenal and Swansea, whenever the manner of those victories flashed across my mind – even upon beautifully random occasions...
AND WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN MAY?

AND WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN MAY?

TO be honest, I still haven’t got over Stoke away. Stoke was the season. It was 0-0s and defeats only prior to the current insanity. Stoke is Jon Walters, long throw-ins, getting smacked all over the park, always cold and that nervous walk back to the car across...
PODCAST: ALL THE BEST

PODCAST: ALL THE BEST

NEIL Atkinson was joined in the studio by Rob Gutmann, Sean Rogers and James Sutton as they revel in the afterglow of the brilliant 3-0 win at St Mary’s, and yet another step towards the League title.   Get issue 7 of TAW’s monthly digital mag free...

SUBJECT. VERB. OBJECT. (SOUTHAMPTON 0 LIVERPOOL 3)

BROCKLE (Neil’s girlfriend – Ed): “Your articles are horrible.” People seem to like them. Came as a surprise to me, actually. “Sentences without subjects. Subject. Verb. Object. That’s how the English language works.” It’s malleable. And it’s fascinating to make...
TRACKSUITED AND BOOTED

TRACKSUITED AND BOOTED

SCOUSERS love tracksuits, with every period in the city’s recent history defined by a variation on this most misunderstood of garments. Here, TONY TEASDALE picks some of his favourites from down the years… The two-stripe PE job (1974-80) In the old days, before the...
JAN MOLBY: WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD

JAN MOLBY: WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD

FOOTIE players at the top level carrying a bit of timber are as rare a sight these days as semi-flared cords on The Kop. Many would argue both developments are no bad thing. But as a wearer of said cords back in the day (so?) – and a devout fan of the often gloriously...
HE CAME FROM BARCA TO BRING US JOY

HE CAME FROM BARCA TO BRING US JOY

by ALEX HESS AT around 8 o’clock, on the morning of Tuesday, January 14th, Luis Javier García Sanz decided to call time on his career as a footballer. It was an event that will have passed most people by, and rightly so: when looked at alongside the wider concerns of...
INTERVIEW: MICK HEAD

INTERVIEW: MICK HEAD

THIRTY one years after The Pale Fountains released their debut single Something On My Mind – and seven since the last Shack album, The Corner of Miles and Gil – Mick Head is back: gigging, releasing an EP and planning an album with The Red Elastic Band. Telling the...
MERSEY PARADISE LOST: A LESSON FROM HISTORY

MERSEY PARADISE LOST: A LESSON FROM HISTORY

IT might be the dullest smartarse pub quiz question in the world. Which professional club’s ground is closest to the Mersey? Astonish your friends by revealing it’s Stockport County. Then look deep in their eyes and realise how little they can stand you. But Edgeley...
PUT THE BRAKES ON THIS TITLE TALK

PUT THE BRAKES ON THIS TITLE TALK

by SIMON FURNIVALL BATSHIT mental. Let’s face it, Liverpool’s 4-3 win over Swansea was batshit mental. It’s a good phrase to describe the whole of the season, to be honest. The side have scored 70 goals in 27 games, they’ve netted four or more in a game nine times...