by Roy Henderson | Sep 20, 2011 | Footie
IT’S a horrible, gut-wrenching feeling, isn’t it? A day that started well (kids ate their toasty soldiers over the Barca v Osasuna highlights) has stumbled and stuttered towards its midpoint, and shows every sign of trundling down the proverbial gurgler...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 20, 2011 | Footie
NEIL CONDRON interviews THE TEA STREET BAND for The Anfield Wrap. WHILE the rain poured down on most of the country this summer, a solitary ray of Balearic sunshine was warming parts of Liverpool and bringing some of its favourite sons back out from the shade. Formed...
by Neil Atkinson | Sep 20, 2011 | Footie
ANDREW FAGAN (Joe’s Grandson) and Mark Platt have delivered a thorough and fitting biography of a true footballing gent. It concentrates as much on football as the man himself clearly did; what drips from every page is Joe Fagan’s love of the game. It’s there as...
by Stephen Martin | Sep 19, 2011 | Footie
Sunday 18th September, 2011 FAR REMOVED from the sterile commercialism of Liverpool One, ‘Hope Street Feast’ has found a home between our two symbolic cathedrals. A home that is now synonymous with chronology, culture and creativity. If you add families and flair to...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 19, 2011 | Podcast
THIS week, while resisting the urge to slash our wrists, Neil Atkinson is joined by The Liverpool Echo’s James Pearce, Rob Gutmann, Mike Girling, Jim Boardman, Kristian Walsh, Andy Heaton, Proganda Photo’s David Rawcliffe and briefly, master baker Laura...
by Karl Coppack | Sep 17, 2011 | Footie
By Karl Coppack “I disagree with everything you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it?” – Evelyn Beatrice Hall I NEVER thought I would be using this quote (erroneously attributed to Voltaire incidentally) in conjunction with the...
by Jay McKenna | Sep 17, 2011 | Footie
THE MUCH used and quite frankly daft comment that gets bandied about when someone gets wound up by something they have seen or read online. It’s easy to say. It is the internet. It is something that you can switch off. Yet it isn’t that simple to do or take on board....
by Ian Maloney | Sep 16, 2011 | Footie
Rather than blog about any old shite and end up on yet another ramble, we’ve decided to bring a bit of ‘orderly structure’ to proceedings, and I haven’t even needed to get the Mrs involved. And so, we’re going to open the floor. We want to generate some proper...
by Rob Gutmann | Sep 14, 2011 | Footie
QUESTION : WHEN IS A £50MILLION STRIKER NOT A £50MILLION STRIKER Answer : when he has scored just one solitary half arsed goal in a competitive club match in nearly 10 injury and goal free months. That is Fernando Torres and his current employer’s stark reality. There...
by Stephen Martin | Sep 14, 2011 | Footie
Saturday 10th September AS I WALKED along, I witnessed the same scene over and again. I saw many students finding their bearings in a city that will be their home for the next few years. Some in groups, some on their own and some with their parents but all in awe of...
