by Michael Nevin | Mar 31, 2017 | Footie
I’VE lost count of how many Merseyside derbies I’ve attended over the years. When the memories come flooding back, of course there are the victorious cup finals and semi-finals and a seemingly endless catalogue of Liverpool glory but one date always sticks in the mind...
by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 30, 2017 | Podcast, Pro View Video, TAW Player
STEPHEN Warnock is back in the studio and joined by Gareth Roberts and Paul Cope to discuss the Merseyside Derby from a player’s perspective, the importance of rivalries, and how players and managers prepare for local showdowns. If you're already subscribed,...
by Josh Sexton | Mar 30, 2017 | Footie
LIVERPOOL FC remain the only English football team to have triumphed in competitive matches at the Camp Nou. Not only that, The Reds have done it TWICE. It was on this day – March 30 – in 1976 that Bob Paisley’s Liverpool made history in becoming the first team...
by Adam Smith | Mar 30, 2017 | Footie
THERE’S an interesting vogue among a section of Liverpool supporters at the moment. They’ve decided that Fenway Sports Group are penny pinching stingebags who won’t spend any money this summer, in spite of reports from the likes of Paul Joyce that they are happy to do...
by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 30, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player
The next part of our look at Liverpool’s historic rivalries sees Neil Atkinson sit down with Mike Nevin, Rob Gutmann and the Liverpool Echo’s David Prentice to look back at the period of worsening cross-Stanley Park relations from 1989 to 2002. It...
by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 30, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player, The Rider
Neil Atkinson, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia are without John in the flesh this week but his spirit remains strong. It is his gig of the week in Rome. Talk of Roller Derby, Dave Chappelle, half marathons and, inevitably, Moel Famau dominate the wham. The songs are...
by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 29, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player, Unwrapped
Rob Gutmann was joined for the latest ‘Unwrapped’ by Phillips Smallwood, Ian Ryan and Ian Salmon to talk about whether Liverpool, as per speculation from a number of very reputable journalists, will spend big this Summer after years of trying to...
by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 29, 2017 | Basic, Podcast, TAW Player, What We Call History
‘It’s back and this time it is 05/06. 12 years ago since that summer, 12 years have passed but Mike Nevin, Rob Gutmann and Steve Graves are here to send you back. Back to an time where Liverpool are European Champions, no one has put a contract in front of...
by Phil Blundell | Mar 29, 2017 | Footie
“HE’S fast establishing himself as the main man for England. He’s always on the move, he’s always available and he’s tricky on the ball. It’s hard to get the ball off him.” It’s pretty nice to hear those words about one of your players,...
by Gareth Roberts | Mar 28, 2017 | Footie
JUDGING the collective psyche of thousands of people is always a dangerous game. And yet, it happens every day. Especially in football, or more specifically in football supporter culture. Take the derby this coming weekend. Anfield will be a sellout for the visit of...