Your Matchday

Within Issue 2 of the magazine/periodical/app/almanac/workofianmaloney’sdesignbrilliance there is going to be an article written by Mike Nevin about his matchday matchgoing routine. I’ve read it. It is good. But what I want is to talk to some of you about your match...

Progress and context.

SO that was Year 1. How was it for you? To assess any season you have to look at the surrounding context. What are we judging progress as? A better points total? Better play? Trophies? Qualification? What is the background of that progress? Where are we going and from...

Food Review – East Village Arts Club

It was a sad day for Liverpool music when The Masque/Barfly closed its doors in November 2011. At the time it felt very significant that we couldn’t support such a venue as a city, as a few others at the time either closed down or turned their back on live music...

PODCAST: THE END

Neil, Ben, Gibbo, Mike Nevin, John Gibbo, Kristian Walsh, Steve Graves, Andy and Roy Henderson give thier end of season verdicts for season 2013 and look to how Liverpool can push on. Direct link to PODCAST: THE END Podcast RSS feed iTunes

MICK HEAD – MANCHESTER NIGHT & DAY

“GO ’ed, Mick.” After every song, a Scouse voice arrowed through the 250-strong crowd at Manchester’s Night & Day Café to the stage where Mick Head stands. It’s a seal of approval delivered by a smiling face. I didn’t look, I didn’t need to – I know that...

CITYTALK: AND RETIRE

Neil was welcomed into the tower tonight by John Gibbons and Ben Johnson to talk about the last game of the season and Carra’s farewell. Also this week, Peter Marshall discussed his Panorama Special, “Hillsborough: How They Buried The Truth”, ahead...

A WEIRD WEEKEND

THE weekend was the fucked up world of modern football in miniature. It was like emptying a bucketful of Lego and watching a load of millionaire players, skint fans, selfish powerbrokers and clueless pundits tumble on to the carpet.   What is now the bastard son of...

Death by Monday Night Football

THOSE of you familiar with my work on The Anfield Wrap so far, and there probably aren’t many of you out there, might recollect my most recent piece on Liverpool Football Club’s moribund experience with the dreaded black away kit. Now I’m probably too early on in my...