by Roy Henderson | Jul 16, 2012 | Footie
LAST Friday, the Chairmen of the senior clubs in Scotland’s lower tier leagues did what most media commentators and pundits told us would be akin to turkeys voting for Christmas – they demanded that the club formerly known as Glasgow Rangers –...
by Neil Atkinson | Jul 11, 2012 | Footie
PART one in this was about Steven Gerrard’s potential usefulness to Liverpool as a 23rd man in the squad. But Liverpool’s actual number 23 is potentially at a crossroads. Jamie Carragher’s spent the summer demonstrating what we thought – he’s a sharp observer of...
by Neil Atkinson | Jul 11, 2012 | Footie
IT seems that one challenge Brendan Rodgers has as Liverpool FC manager is going to be reducing or perhaps reconfiguring the wage bill while sustaining a push for a top four finish. Therefore it may seem counterintuitive to argue that one of the squad’s key players,...
by John Gibbons | Jul 11, 2012 | Footie
The Dovedale Social spectacularly launched last Thursday night with The Tea Street Band. You were probably there to see it. It felt like everyone in Liverpool was crammed into The Dovey that night, and I think we were directly responsible for a 10% downturn in...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 7, 2012 | Footie
THE Stone Roses and the Euros made this a great summer for an older generation of footie fans who love music in equal measure but MARK DONAGHY remembers the “Third Summer of Love” of 1990, when football, fashion and pop beautifully collided to produce the subculture...
by Neil Atkinson | Jul 7, 2012 | Footie
I DON’T know what Alan Hansen thinks about football. I mean, I know he’s in favour of power and pace, and most definitely against terrible defending, but I don’t know what a team that Alan Hansen can get behind looks like. I don’t know how it approaches the game, what...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 6, 2012 | Footie
By Konrad Kay WITH Platini carrying on about possible experimentation with the Euros (while simultaneously ignoring the parts of the game which need urgent experimentation) these Euros may be the last of their kind. When asked the motivation for a 24 team-tournament...
by Steve Graves | Jul 6, 2012 | Footie
The Euros are over, the fixture list’s out and Brendan Rodgers has finally had chance to meet a few of the players. There’s no denying we’re now firmly in pre- rather than post-season. Football matches, proper serious football matches, are fast approaching. We have a...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 4, 2012 | Footie
By Andy Gargett LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB have the quality to compete for top four but not to expect it. Theoretically they could go further if we can get some heroic performances from Suarez and Gerrard in particular. However, the cold hard truth is that over the...
by Stephen Martin | Jul 4, 2012 | Footie
ZANZIBAR; semi-autonomous. Saturday afternoon; clear skies, and senses, as a rich percussion plays. Door ajar, street light pours in and finds memories of student days. A bass kicks in. Rhythm is exchanged for smiles. Josh ensures our introduction as we’re encircled...
