by The Anfield Wrap | Feb 9, 2012 | Footie
The Getintothis Award, the premier prize for the Merseyside music scene, has assembled a jury of high quality, highly experienced judges to find the best new sounds in the city. But then, that’s only befitting an award with an excellent prize and which has been dubbed...
by Andy Heaton | Feb 8, 2012 | Footie
THE events of May 29, 1985 are a permanent stain on Liverpool Football Club, a stain that Liverpool Football Club took far too long to take responsibility for. The club’s immediate response to the disaster was ignominious, rushing to shift the blame and limit...
by Steve Graves | Feb 7, 2012 | Footie
Firstly, I”d like to apologise for the vile and incendiary language you”re about to read in the next paragraph. People of a nervous disposition should look away from this barrage of racist filth, but I hope other readers will recognise the need to expose...
by Ian Maloney | Feb 5, 2012 | Footie
ANOTHER big game is on the horizon following three crucial wins on the bounce so you’d think we’d be scribing about it; but no – because there’s something well and truly on our tits here at LoveFollowConquer HQ… And what’s making matters worse is I really...
by Karl Coppack | Feb 4, 2012 | Footie
by Karl Coppack I can remember a golden age. An age when a press report of a match described the conditions, the goals, the teams and then the attendance and the half time score. Then technology moved on apace and pundits were introduced onto footy programmes to add...
by Rob Gutmann | Feb 3, 2012 | Footie
WE knew it was coming. Like day must follow night. Watches were synchronised, heads were shaken and sighs were sighed in resigned anticipation. The first swell of what will so inevitably prove a tsunami of hypocrisy arrived at the start of the new month and was just...
by Steve Graves | Feb 3, 2012 | Footie
MY appearances on the Anfield Wrap podcast have so far been met mostly with radio silence. I like to think I’ve been doing a solidly unobtrusive job, but it might just be that nobody’s much arsed about anything I say. All that changed this week, when a comment I made...
by John Gibbons | Feb 2, 2012 | Footie
IAN BROUDIE was a special guest on Episode 26 of The Anfield Wrap. After the recording he spoke at length to John Gibbons about growing up in Liverpool, Eric’s, producing, songwriting and his upcoming tour. The Anfield Wrap: You look very well Ian? What’s your secret?...
by John Gibbons | Feb 1, 2012 | Footie
BEING in an un-signed band can be incredibly frustrating at times, with promoters often more interested in how many tickets you can sell for them rather than what type of band you are or whether you are any good or not. Meanwhile there are plenty of venues that seem...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jan 30, 2012 | Footie
By Tony Barrett WHEN Kenny Dalglish and Sir Alex Ferguson first locked horns in English football’s most combustible fixture, it was an era when a minority of supporters came armed with golf balls embedded with nails, Stanley knives that were used for cutting skin...