by Steve Graves | Jul 23, 2012 | Footie
Problems. Jay-Z dealt with his by emphasising the positive. He’s a glass half-full kind of guy. Notorious B.I.G. was more downbeat, seeing the kind of causal link between the accumulation of capital and the emergence of personal challenges with which Rosie Redknapp,...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 20, 2012 | Podcast
NEIL is back in the hotseat and is joined by Jim Boardman, Jay McKenna and Sean Rogers as they talk dictators, Carroll, Agger, Rodgers, Borini, Rangers’ downfall and its parallels with the Reds under Hicks and Gillett. Music this week by Silent Sleep and 28...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 16, 2012 | Podcast
NEIL ATKINSON is back for the first podcast of the new season and is joined by Andy Heaton, Nick O’Prey, Dan Fitz and Sean Rogers as they look forward to the US tour and Brendan Rodgers’ first season in charge. Direct link PODCAST: A NEW HOPE podcast...
by Steve Graves | Jul 16, 2012 | Footie
It’s become the fashion, whenever we’re confronted by an extraordinary sporting moment or talent, to grant it the title of ‘best ever’. Almost yearly, it seems, we are told a player or team or match is the greatest in history, unparalleled, unique. This summer the...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 16, 2012 | Footie
By Joe Milord FEW sides in the world are able to financially boss their way into winning. At the moment, only Man City, Chelsea, and Manchester United have distinguished themselves as clubs who are poised to do so. So, what are the “other” clubs left to do in such...
by Roy Henderson | Jul 16, 2012 | Footie
LAST Friday, the Chairmen of the senior clubs in Scotland’s lower tier leagues did what most media commentators and pundits told us would be akin to turkeys voting for Christmas – they demanded that the club formerly known as Glasgow Rangers –...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 13, 2012 | Podcast
Guest presenter and ACTUAL RADIO PROFESSIONAL Paul Salt steps in for Neil Atkinson this week to host TAW on City Talk and is joined by Jim Boardman, Gareth Roberts and Mike Nevin Music this week from The Mono LP’s and The Down and Outs Direct link to The Anfield...
by Neil Atkinson | Jul 11, 2012 | Footie
PART one in this was about Steven Gerrard’s potential usefulness to Liverpool as a 23rd man in the squad. But Liverpool’s actual number 23 is potentially at a crossroads. Jamie Carragher’s spent the summer demonstrating what we thought – he’s a sharp observer of...
by Neil Atkinson | Jul 11, 2012 | Footie
IT seems that one challenge Brendan Rodgers has as Liverpool FC manager is going to be reducing or perhaps reconfiguring the wage bill while sustaining a push for a top four finish. Therefore it may seem counterintuitive to argue that one of the squad’s key players,...
by John Gibbons | Jul 11, 2012 | Footie
The Dovedale Social spectacularly launched last Thursday night with The Tea Street Band. You were probably there to see it. It felt like everyone in Liverpool was crammed into The Dovey that night, and I think we were directly responsible for a 10% downturn in...
