by James Dutton | Sep 3, 2013 | Footie
SO the transfer window to end all transfer windows has slammed shut for another four months. “Good riddance” come the cries from the merry folk; time to talk about the actual football – I mean, that is why we’re here, right? In the olden days, before the...
by Neil Atkinson | Sep 2, 2013 | Footie
‘SATURDAY’ is a short-film by Mike Forshaw, a fictionalised account of how the Hillsborough stadium disaster unfolded for one family back home in Liverpool. I asked Mike about the project. Mike, what’s the essence of your story? SATURDAY is a short...
by Neil Atkinson | Sep 2, 2013 | Footie
‘WALK ON – The Story of You’ll Never Walk Alone’ is a new film aiming to tell “the story of one song and its extraordinary power – from post war Broadway to LFC’s famous Kop.” We know the song, of course, but we wanted...
by Neil Atkinson | Sep 2, 2013 | Footie
“FOUR hours! You think you can do four hours of speech radio?” Asked Steve Hothersall. Perfectly reasonably. The unspoken answer to that is that my life is 17 hours of speech radio interspersed with, at the very least, the attempt to sleep. My spoken answer was that...
by Karl Coppack | Aug 29, 2013 | Footie
“No Scot ever made a bigger impact on a club than Bill Shankly. Others may claim an equal share of trophies and Matt Busby comes to mind with his wonderful record crowned by the European Cup, but not even Matt would claim the kinship with the fans that Bill...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 29, 2013 | Footie
By Sachin Nakrani AS I stood in Block 105 on Tuesday night and watched in astonishment and anger as Liverpool came perilously close to chucking away a cup tie against Notts County, my mind grabbed hold of a story John Aldridge, and others, tells in regards to the...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 28, 2013 | Footie
Neil, John, Adam and Steph talk about audience suggestions, Portland festivals and Christmas coming fast. Ten great songs and loads of fun. This week’s Rider is banger heavy. Direct link to THE RIDER: PORTLAND STRUT Podcast RSS feed...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 28, 2013 | Footie
WE”VE teamed up with our mates at Red Touch Media again to offer a pair of “Executive Club Tickets” for this weekend”s game against Manchester United to one lucky Anfield Wrap listener. Boss eh? The tickets include match...
by Trevor Downey | Aug 22, 2013 | Footie
IT’S not easy maintaining your credibility with Scousers. Aside from us Irish, they’re the single most dedicated group of piss-takers I’ve ever enjoyed being verbally abused by. Over here, keeping each other in check is a way of life. The missing Eleventh Commandment...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 19, 2013 | Footie
PAUL COPE said to me: “Listened to your Melbourne podcast. And I just thought, yeah. We should enjoy it. It should be great. It used to be. We get to go and do this and all we do is act like it ruins our day whereas people’d kill to do this every week. Well let’s...
