by Steve Graves | Nov 19, 2012 | Footie
Statistics should, on the face of things, offer neutrality. Start with the facts, you would have thought, and logical conclusions will follow. The seemingly undefinable can be codified, explained, nicely tucked away in tables. Are Liverpool good at football? A...
by Neil Atkinson | Nov 15, 2012 | Footie
I’M sitting in row one of the paddock against Wigan. Row one. All I’m going to see are legs and the camber of the pitch. But I’m going to hear everything. I’ve been in row one of the paddock once before. It was versus Bayer Leverkusen in 2002 – Liverpool won 1-0. I...
by John Gibbons | Nov 6, 2012 | Footie
Stephen Langstaff’s highly emotive songs are attracting more and more attention across the country. Ahead of his homecoming show at The Epstein Theatre this Friday, he met up with John Gibbons to chat about his music, connecting with an audience, and how he could have...
by Gareth Roberts | Nov 3, 2012 | Footie
IF you’re unfortunate enough to work in a customer-focused job, you’ve probably heard a beaut in a suit talking about “going the extra mile”. It’s cringeworthy corporate speak for a pencil pusher making an extra phone call or working...
by Steve Graves | Nov 2, 2012 | Footie
Grim is the word. Liverpool-Swansea was grim. Unrelentingly, teeth-grindingly, appallingly grim. There was, this time, no leeway to claim the opposition were too direct or the officials blinkered. It was a simply, starkly, awful performance. The shambling figures on...
by Gareth Roberts | Oct 28, 2012 | Footie
LUIS SUAREZ was denied a perfectly-good winning goal as Liverpool’s recent bad luck with referees continued at Goodison in the 219th Merseyside derby. The Reds raced into a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes that left the Blues shell-shocked after they had started the game the...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 27, 2012 | Footie
By Joel Richards BRENDAN RODGERS believes Stewart Downing’s match winner against Anzhi Makhachkala was just reward for a good night’s work. The winger, who has recently been overlooked by the Liverpool manager, hit a superb strike which gained a valuable three points...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 25, 2012 | Footie
By Joel Richards LIVERPOOL kept their Europa League hopes alive thanks to a superb effort from Stewart Downing gave them a 1-0 win over Anzhi Makhachkala. Despite Sunday’s Merseyside Derby appearing on the horizon, Brendan Rodgers opted to play a near-full strength...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 25, 2012 | Footie
By Daniel Garb Liverpool’s former head of conditioning, Australian Darren Burgess, and his sports science countrymen have now all departed Anfield. But they do so with fond memories, and plenty of stories. As the man entrusted with getting the players physically fit...
by John Gibbons | Oct 25, 2012 | Footie
IN the rich tapestry of Liverpool’s music history there hasn’t been much space for females. Sure we’ve had a few singers like Cilla, Sonia, Lita Roza and, er, Atomic Kitten, but there was only really Jayne Casey in the 20th Century who managed to break into the male...
