by Steve Graves | Aug 22, 2012 | Footie
CONFIDENTIAL BBC STAFF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL Department: Sport Full name: Lawrenson, Mark Thomas ‘Lawro’ Role: Pundit. Co-commentator. PART ONE – TO BE COMPLETED BY EMPLOYEE State your understanding of your main duties and responsibilities: People said be the...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 22, 2012 | Footie
WAITING FOR LAWRO A tragicomedy in two acts By Daniel Fitzsimmons Gary Alan Martin Garth A Boy ACT ONE A swish BBC Studio. A tree. Evening. Gary, a velveteen owl-man, sits on a chair, pulling desperately at the Quasar boot on one of his feet. He gives up. Enter Alan,...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 22, 2012 | Footie
By Andi Thomas IT’S possible, of course, that we’re coming at this from the wrong direction. Mark Lawrenson, as I’ve heard people tell, used to be a footballer. Used to be quite a good footballer. Won some shiny trophies, and made some Liverpool fans...
by Gareth Roberts | Aug 21, 2012 | Footie
IF you’ve ever had the dubious pleasure of working in the office of a big company the chances are you’ve done this. You’ve looked up from your own dull, banal work and focused momentarily on someone on the other side of the room. This person never does a tap. You...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 21, 2012 | Footie
By Mike Nevin FIRST of all, let me say this; Mark Lawrenson was a brilliant footballer. A brilliant, talented, committed footballer who wore the Liver Bird with absolute distinction. We noticed when his wrists went a bit limp as he galloped back into back into his own...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 21, 2012 | Footie
By Iain Macintosh LOOK, let me make one thing clear. I don’t want this to get nasty. We can all start with the best of intentions, with lofty ideals of objectivity and balance, but there’s a high risk that before long we’ll be circled around his prostrate body, boots...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 21, 2012 | Footie
I sent the following email out to a few writers this morning as I’ve noticed and felt an increasing number of disturbances in the ether: I’d like to invite each of you to hit me with 500 Words On Lawrenson. 500 words on that wretch who pollutes football...
by Roy Henderson | Aug 19, 2012 | Footie
The modern day Liverpool supporter is not unlike Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket. Born to fight for the collective cause, but with a peace sign on the side of his helmet. We want Liverpool to grow, and to win, and to dominate, but we’re not so sure we want to...
by Steve Graves | Aug 19, 2012 | Footie
“It’s just as well that I’ve seen the team give an off-form display in my first match. I’ve learned quite a few things this way.” Bill Shankly, reflecting on his new club’s 4-0 home defeat to Cardiff City, certainly sounds like a man from a different...
by Steve Graves | Aug 17, 2012 | Footie
With just a few sweaty, feverish hours left till the sparkly new Liverpool are unleashed on the football world in a fiesta of passing, movement and ultimate disappointment, the final Anfield Wrap predictions are in. Just three this time, but we were limited for space...
