by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 8, 2011 | Footie
OUR most successful manager was about to take charge for his first season. Twenty trophies in nine seasons, and he didn’t really want the job, what a genius. I somehow reckon he was worth the £10 signing-on fee and his £5 weekly wage back in 1939. Liverpool’s...
by Rory Smith | Aug 8, 2011 | Footie
THERE is a mantra which swirls around English football these days, one of those phrases that has been repeated often enough to make itself a truth. It pays no heed to evidence, requires no proof. It simply is. It has always been. It goes like this: you can only win...
by Tony Evans | Aug 8, 2011 | Footie
BEER and football go together. Both have been demonised and sneered at over the years. And some people have fallen for it. Wine drinkers. Two of the worst trends in British society over the last 25 years have been football’s move upmarket and the creeping...
by Roy Henderson | Aug 8, 2011 | Featured Writing, Footie
BARCA. These days we’re reading more and more on the subject of Barca. Guardiola this, and La Masia that – every trophy they add to the cabinet comes with fresh proclamations of their righteousness – it’s not only fashionable to do so,...
by Kristian Walsh | Aug 7, 2011 | Footie
“[it] … was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge it successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you.” – George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty Four MENTION the year 1984 to Liverpool supporters and...
by Paul Rogers | Aug 7, 2011 | Footie
I’M not quite sure when it happened but at some point over the last three or four years, I gradually fell out of love with buying new trainers. Even writing that feels weird because for as long as I can remember, I’ve loved – and I mean loved –...
by Paul Rogers | Aug 7, 2011 | Footie
I LIKE Noel Gallagher. I once interviewed him on the phone about Manchester City when I worked on the kids football magazine MATCH! sometime around 1994 when Oasis were just starting out. He was pretty funny then and totally down to earth. 17 years on, I don’t...
by Jay McKenna | Aug 7, 2011 | Footie
“IS this your first time?” she asked me as she held my hand and looked me in the eye. “Yeah,” I excitedly replied, not quite sure if there were any words I could use to describe what had just happened. She looked at me again, her of at least 60...
by Andy Heaton | Aug 7, 2011 | Footie
Saturday 13th August 2011, 7pm Static Gallery, Roscoe Street, Liverpool. BOSS presents a night of live music featuring The Tea Street Band, The Captive Hearts, Cold Shoulder and The Complete Unknown? with backing sounds from the BOSS Playlist. Tickets are £5, £6 on...
by Ian Maloney | Aug 6, 2011 | Footie
EVEN despite the breaking news that Juve, Milan and Fiorentina have all had offers accepted for Aquilani, the consequence of the summer window will leave us with arguably the strongest midfield depth in the country and that’s what all the talk should be about....
