NOW that I have a weekly article on these pages you’ll soon realise that I’m a fan of quotes. Mainly quotes to motivate me and quotes to remind me that nothing we’re experiencing is very new at all. My uncle said to me a few nights ago...
Gareth Roberts was joined by Ben Johnson, Dan Austin, Neil Atkinson, Karl Coppack and Dave Segar to re-live the second 45 minutes of Liverpool’s 1986 FA Cup final win Everton. Link to game is below, it’s already at the point where you need to press play,...
BELFAST. I’d never been. The Anfield Wrap had never been. An international weekend seemed like a perfect opportunity to put both right. Especially after Steven Davis and his slightly rubbish mates had stolen my heart on a balmy night in Nice this summer. We flew...
Last week we released an edition of our ‘Back Page’ show which dealt with the boycott of the Sun newspaper and the debate around how far the boycott should stretch, the issues around it and the increasingly blurred lines that exist in regards to what is...
IN spite of the dull tedium of an international break, when things are going as well as they are you can’t help but reflect on the little things that makes football so great. The drama of a last minute winner, the needle of a derby game, and of course when some berk...
In the second of our new ‘Cup Of Tea’ shows, Gareth Roberts, John Gibbons and Neil Atkinson are joined by Craig Hannan to talk about the glory that was Belfast. If you're already subscribed, click here to login... Our new show, off the cuff and off script,...
IT’S always a slog, the international break. Those barren two-week intervals depriving us of watching the Reds put their latest opponents to the sword. This one has been particularly grim. Following the apocalyptic outcome of the US general election, I find myself...
For a special Citytalk show looking at Mental Health issues both in sport and outside of it Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons are joined in the studio by Mark Boyns of Opening Up Cricket. Mark has been using sport as a way of addressing the causes of illnesses for a...
THERE has been no shortage of praise and admiration for the manner in which Liverpool have started the new season. Despite being unfancied by many outside Anfield at the start of the campaign, Jürgen’s Reds have laid waste to a potentially tricky start to find...
YET another international break and heightened irritation at not seeing the Mighty Reds light up our weekend. Of course, we’ve been here before – being the third occasion already this season – but in the wake of Liverpool’s dazzling, free-scoring shows since the last...
