A SUNNY Stoke Saturday. An edgy, narrow victory. A league position unaltered by the gaining of the points on offer. The occasion shouldn’t register on any scale in Liverpool FC history. Yet, the final whistle heralded a cue for wild celebration. The clenched...
“HE’S given me more heart attacks than any player I have ever known.” These were the slightly flippant words of Bob Paisley, describing the adventurous forays of Alan Hansen during the early part of his Liverpool career. In the sometimes brutal, hurly-burly First...
The Rider this week has a guest. Alex Lowes, the man behind the legendary Southport Weekender who is now the driving force behind the Liverpool Disco Festival joins Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons and Stephanie Heneghan to talk about this year’s brilliant looking...
HAS anyone ever accidentally stolen someone else’s Uber ride before? I did it once. I’m not proud of it and I’m not sure why I’m telling you, but when Gibbo asked me to write this piece I really struggled to know where to start. I want to do that night justice. It was...
Neil Atkinson is joined for this week’s AFQ by Neil Docking, Mike Nevin, Timo Tierney, Anna Walsh and Johnny Milburn. AFQ Friday is just one of a package of 30 shows released every month to TAW Player subscribers. Covering everything from the first team to...
ON this week’s Team Talk, John Gibbons is joined by Gareth Roberts, Andy Heaton in the studio and Stu Wright for a chat about Liverpool’s trip to West Bromwich Albion. John is then joined by Kev Walsh, Ben McCausland and Mick Walsh to talk about what...
SUBMERGED in the Brazilian brilliance and the heroics of our Belgian ‘keeper at Stoke, was the return of Daniel Sturridge — a man who if back pages and Twitter timelines are to believed, is on his way out of Anfield, writes GREG STANLEY. He looked hungry when he...
THE problem with classic games and famous victories is that over time and multiple showings, the gloss fades and the sparkle is lost. This match is a case in point. Everyone knows about this game, everyone knows about the Tom Finney quote and everyone knows that he...
I’VE got a real bee in my bonnet about something at the moment: the refusal to accept that nuance might be relevant when discussing football stories. Just because the sport that we all love seems to be edging towards entertainment more and more with each passing year...
