by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 14, 2012 | Footie
By Mark Frankland HOW did I feel as I watched Cameron make a speech none of us really believed we would never hear? Shock of course. I think all of us were shocked. But here’s the thing. I very much doubt if any of us who were there at Hillsborough twenty three years...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 13, 2012 | Footie, Podcast
Neil was joined at CityTalk by Peter Hooton and Sheila Coleman for a special edition of The Anfield Wrap discussing the impact of the Hillsborough Independent Panel’s report released yesterday. They were joined on the phone by MP Steve Rotheram to talk about...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 12, 2012 | Footie
By Iain Macintosh FOR 23 years, they fought for the truth. For 23 years, they were told to stop ‘wallowing’ in their grief. Today, their tenacity, bravery and resolve was finally vindicated as the Prime Minister stood to deliver a profound and shocking apology for...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 11, 2012 | Footie
By Mark Frankland THESE days I manage a charity. We work a lot with veterans. I spend much of my time just sitting quietly and listening. The lads tell me about how their brains have got all screwed up by the things they have witnessed. The things they have done. They...
by Tony Barrett | Sep 11, 2012 | Footie
IF you want to experience what it’s like when the population of an entire city holds its collective breath, visit Liverpool in the next 24 hours. Look into the eyes of parents who live in hope of truth and justice and you will see a mixture of optimism and fear. Talk...
by Tony Evans | Sep 11, 2012 | Footie
ANDREW DEVINE has never spoken about what happened to him on a sunny spring day 23 years ago. He has never spoken about anything since. He was 22 when he went to a football match, an FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. For the...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 10, 2012 | Footie
RAFAEL Benitez will be at Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre for one night only for an intimate evening this September. For this very special event the audience will gain an exclusive insight in to the mind of one of Europe’s most successful and celebrated football...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 7, 2012 | Footie
BRENDAN RODGERS held court in the press room at Melwood on Thursday with representatives from a range of LFC fan sites, blogs, fanzines, podcasts and other ‘non-traditional’ media groups. The full audio of the session is available to download in all the usual places...
by Rob Gutmann | Sep 4, 2012 | Footie
SURVEYING the wreckage of the final week of the summer transfer window and of Liverpool FC’s failure to re-stock its attack it is hard to not to reach the harshest of conclusions. An entire season has been compromised, and a rookie manager left with a task of...
by John Gibbons | Sep 3, 2012 | Footie
The Dovedale Social has had a hugely successful first 2 months, with great performances from the likes of The Tea Street Band, Cold Shoulder, The Mono LPs and last week Mohebbi. This week we welcome our first band from outside the city, Death Masks all the way from St...