By Si Steers THE SWISS are a nation famous for Cheese, Chocolate, and Banks and perhaps a little less well known for football, but it is a culturally rich and wealthy country that boasts a quirky and unique significance in world affairs. Switzerland is probably most...
By Phil Blundell NEIL SAID do something a bit cultural or a bit football or just your impressions. And then he gave me Greece. So… Ouzo is disgusting. I like Kebabs though. I really like Kebabs. I’ve just had some Lamb Shish Kebabs for my tea from M&S. Well...
IF THINGS are getting easier, maybe you’re headed downhill. – Ghanaian proverb I like this proverb. I like its suggestion that struggling is merely a step on the road to progress and that the easier path isn’t always the right one. Ghana has had its fair share...
by Kristan Heneage STOOD OUTSIDE the Sporting Kansas City training complex were a huddle of Mexican fans, clutching everything from bottles of expensive tequila to a large portrait of their newest saint. The man they were waiting for was U.S. international Graham...
By Ben McCausland BUDWEISER: The Great American Lager. Except that it isn’t – it’s German. And it’s shite. Budweiser: The King of Beers. Except that it isn’t. Budweiser is more the Court Jester of Beers, or maybe the Hideous Old Crone of Beers. Indicative perhaps of...
By Craig Rimmer 16 YEARS. It’s a long time to wait for a football obsessed country like Colombia. The 90’s vintage was generally considered to have been the finest in Colombia’s sporting history, yet in this country we are far more likely to associate Colombian...
NEIL ATKINSON with Rob Gutmann, John Gibbons and Kristian Walsh are in to discuss Rickie Lambert, Lucas Leiva and matters arising. They are joined by Tony Evans to discuss his new book on 83/84 I Don’t Know What It Is But I Love It.. Music this week from Bird...
At first I was shocked. Everyone was weren’t they? Rickie Lambert. Who saw that coming? Now that the initial surprise has subsided, I find myself struggling to think of a transfer in recent times that has made more sense than Liverpool acquiring the services of...
I’VE BEEN MEANING to write this for a while. But I’ve been busy. Now we have a catalyst. In a sentence: Liverpool FC need to keep their head and their hierarchy in the market this summer. Going round the houses and in approximately one thousand words: I think Iago...
THIRTY years ago Joe Fagan – having already won the League Cup and the League title – took his Liverpool team to Rome where they would face Roma in the European Cup Final. Here, Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson (from an extract of a book in which 12 Liverpool players...
Dan Hewitt On His Book ‘Left To Rot’ | TAW Special
Neil Atkinson is joined by ITV investigations Editor Dan Hewitt to talk about his book ‘Left To Rot – How Governments Have Betrayed Us and How We Fix It’, a book that looks at the UK housing crisis and what led to it.
