by Neil Atkinson | Aug 7, 2013 | Footie
IT makes no odds. I understand why people think it does. I understand the recourse to emotion. That’s the aim. It makes no odds. When he ran out on Saturday Suarez may have been surprised by the warmth of the response. I suspect his agent was. I suspect it made him...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 6, 2013 | Footie
This, belatedly, is the CityTalk podcast from last Friday, August 2nd. It”s dead late. Soz. Neil Atkinson was joined in the sunshine up the tower by Ben Johnson and Paul Cope and they spoke to Rory Smith of The Times on the phone in part two. It was the eve of...
by Roy Henderson | Aug 5, 2013 | Footie
Your football club, it gets up in the morning, and once it’s just about regained some idea of where it is, it rolls to its feet, picks its boxer shorts out of its arse, and staggers to the bathroom mirror. Maybe it does all this with a little Gareth...
by Karl Coppack | Aug 4, 2013 | Footie
IT’S not easy being a Liverpool fan. We’re given all too brief glimpses at genius and lots of pillow talk from footballing geniuses before they’re whisked away by promises of trophies, wages or ‘better prospects’. The symbiotic...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 30, 2013 | Footie
THE second Anfield Wrap magazine is now available to download via the App Store and through Newsstand for iPhone and iPad. There”s also a version available for other platforms, including Android and Windows, at app.theanfieldwrap.com. Just like issue one,...
by Roy Henderson | Jul 29, 2013 | Footie
Ever buy a book and realise half way through you’ve been given another one for free? Dave Usher’s “Like I Say” is a bit like that. You set out thinking it’s a compilation of match reports and editorials from Dave, who as most know, is...
by James Dutton | Jul 29, 2013 | Footie
IT truly is the end of an era. The last of Rafa’s Spanish conquistadors has set sail and departed these shores. Undeniably clouded by the ongoing farce surrounding Luis Suarez, the departure of the greatest last guardian of Liverpool’s defence for a generation has...
by Steve Graves | Jul 18, 2013 | Footie
So he’s staying then. Maybe. Is he? Brendan Rodgers, barring a careful caveat about certain people not being bigger than certain clubs, seems pretty set on the idea of Luis Suarez being a Liverpool player next season. Arsenal’s bid was ‘nowhere...
by John Gibbons | Jul 17, 2013 | Footie
WOH! WE’RE GOING TO JAKARTA The players have left on their holidays, sorry very important pre-season tour. Indonesia first. Australia next. Where they will join The Anfield Wrap on our holidays, sorry very hard and important work trip abroad. I’m excited....
by James Dutton | Jul 16, 2013 | Footie
THE Liverpool squad (minus Daniel Sturridge. And someone else who I’ll get round to later) for the tour to Indonesia has been announced. We’ve had Luis Alberto and Simon Mignolet posing with Indonesian flags (although you’d be forgiven for thinking...
