by The Anfield Wrap | May 1, 2013 | Footie
Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons are joined by John Mac, the Reading/Leeds head booker and talk about planning your festival route. As they flit from studio to studio they find the time to talk about band names and webs of techno and dare to say that Get Lucky might not...
by Neil Atkinson | May 1, 2013 | Footie
There is loads of great stuff at the Liverpool Sound City festival. We have been and will keep talking about how much good stuff there is across the city, but this is solely about what you can expect from our stage. We should take this a day at a time. That’s what...
by Gareth Roberts | Apr 28, 2013 | Footie
SOMETIMES less is more. It took just three words to sum up the collective thought of thousands: “Momo is boss.” Simple but effective, the playing style of Mohammed Sissoko and the banner that bore his nickname. It’s hard to know what truly warrants the moniker of cult...
by Roy Henderson | Apr 27, 2013 | Footie
IT’S been a long time since I put the needle to the broken record, but with a half hour to kill and a momentous, context-obliterating week behind us (at least according to some), it’s maybe time to dust off a golden oldie and return to what, for me, is the...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 24, 2013 | Footie
Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons and Adam Melia are joined by Nick Hemming from The Leisure Society and talk about flutes, jukeboxes and gigs in unlikely places. With ten great songs stretching across decades, continents and genres The Rider stretches its legs while...
by Karl Coppack | Apr 24, 2013 | Footie
By Karl Coppack YOU can’t not enjoy a last minute equaliser. They’re glorious things and are great in either category – the deserved and the ‘how did we get away with that.’ Sunday’s helping was nice (thanks for doing your bit, Nando) and it arrived to give us a brief...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 23, 2013 | Footie
THE Anfield Rap will meet The Anfield Wrap when the brain behind the song stars in the show inspired by the hit. Double-winner Craig Johnston wrote and directed the 1988 FA Cup Final song, and ‘Skippy’ will join Fox Sports’ Dan Garb, The Times’ Football Editor Tony...
by Gareth Roberts | Apr 22, 2013 | Footie
WHEN LUIS Suarez sank his not insignificant nashers into Branislav Ivanovic’s arm, the football world predictably exploded with media-fuelled outrage. Some called for him to be sacked, banned or sold, others branded it funny or compared it to the late tackles, the...
by Karl Coppack | Apr 19, 2013 | Footie
By Karl Coppack NOT again. Not another cheap overly romanticised article about how great football was when people drank mild and every away game came with a free sprint to the station to avoid bovver boots and Stanley knives. Well, nostalgia may well be the last...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 17, 2013 | Footie
By Mike Nevin As this Sunday approaches, it’s time to ponder the return of a bona fide Liverpool legend. The man who gave a Liverpool a 5th European Cup (to keep) is back. Rafa Benitez returns to Anfield for the first time – at least in a football sense -since...
