By Dr Dave O’Brien A remarkable season, orchestrated by a remarkable man. Brendan Rodgers may not have guided the reds to an unprecedented premier league title, but he gave Liverpool fans a season of dreams and songs to sing. Wonderful stuff. Rodgers is...
A FEW years ago it was hard not to flick a wry smile at the litany of former Anfield failures playing in the Champions League while Liverpool trudged through the Europa League. Christian Poulsen, Ryan Babel, Milan Jovanovic; they were all there, mocking the club’s...
Get issue 10 of TAW’s monthly digital mag free from iTunes for iOS devices or from app.theanfieldwrap.com for everything else. NEIL ATKINSON assembled a crack TAW transfer committee and gave them a huge warchest to spend on players for LFC manager Brendan...
THEY’VE played the season out in Lisbon. Angel Di Maria marvellous, Diego Simeone magnificent, Diego Godin’s hairline a thing of minimalist beauty. I can’t stop thinking about Godin. The receding hairline the Spanish equivalent of Derek Mountfield’s moustache. I...
Host Neil Atkinson was joined in the studio in Liverpool city centre by Steve Graves and football agent Neil Sang to talk about the stuff that goes on in that void between football seasons. No music this week, but we should be back to normal next week. Download Issue...
I’M FIFTY. I may have mentioned this, I’ve had kind of an obsession about the fact for the last year. Those of you who have hit the figure will know what I’m talking about, those who haven’t will find out. Regardless. 50. More memories behind...
ARE you missing them yet? I know I am. Life isn’t quite the same without a Liverpool game to look forward to at the weekend. This imminent World Cup can’t come – and go – quickly enough as far as I’m concerned. Forget Roy Hodgson and the Three Lions, I...
ALISON McGOVERN, Labour MP for Wirral South, says the Richard Scudamore sexism row presents wider questions about women and football BANTER. The modern term for the age-old phenomena of joking around on the verge of acceptability. Yep, this article is about banter. I...
Get issue 10 of TAW’s monthly digital mag free from iTunes for iOS devices or from app.theanfieldwrap.com for everything else. iTunes Podcast RSS feed DIRECT LINK TO PODCAST: END OF SEASON REVIEW PART ONE END OF SEASON REVIEW PART ONE IN the first of four...
NOTHING said ‘cup final day’ more than a dog in full football kit. The FA Cup Final used to be the biggest day on the football calendar. It was absolutely massive and the country would grind to a halt to decorate front windows of houses, to hand over good money to buy...
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.
