THE RIDER – HANDSOME MEN

NEIL ATKINSON, John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia all get round a New Year Campfire and play ten songs. They’ve had to work hard for them but you will not be disappointed. Also – a Denmark digest, Diane Keaton and D’Angelo. Happy New...
LIVERPOOL: HOW REALISTIC IS A TOP FOUR FINISH?

LIVERPOOL: HOW REALISTIC IS A TOP FOUR FINISH?

HAVING high expectations is important for a big club — but unrealistic expectations can be destructive for everyone, writes MIKE KENNEDY. They create unhappy fans, affect players’ confidence and managers get sacked for not meeting them. I don’t want that...
PODCAST: STITCH THAT LAWRIE SANCHEZ

PODCAST: STITCH THAT LAWRIE SANCHEZ

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Chris Maguire, Mike Nevin and Craig Rimmer in the aftermath of Liverpool’s 2-1 victory over AFC Wimbledon. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – STITCH THAT LAWRIE SANCHEZ Podcast RSS feed. Get the TAW podcast on...
AFC WIMBLEDON 1 LIVERPOOL 2

AFC WIMBLEDON 1 LIVERPOOL 2

WE left for Wimbledon at 2pm on Monday. Which is a time most people are normally in work. Lots of Liverpool fans will have had to try to ask for time off, bully workmates into swapping shifts or talk their boss into letting them leave early on what is traditionally...
LIVERPOOL: THE MIGNOLET EXPERIMENT

LIVERPOOL: THE MIGNOLET EXPERIMENT

THE prevailing wisdom on Brad Jones right now might echo the coolly downbeat retort of John Lennon when asked about Ringo Starr: “He’s not even the best drummer in The Beatles” – writes LIAM BLAKE. Very droll but, like all the best quotes, it is in...
STEVEN GERRARD: THE PRICE OF LOVE

STEVEN GERRARD: THE PRICE OF LOVE

STEVE Gerrard Gerrard. So good we named him twice. Like all good things him and us is coming to an end but does it really have to be so soon? On the surface, at face value, perhaps, yes, the time is right. He is nearly 35 and his star is clearly no longer in the...
AFC WIMBLEDON v LIVERPOOL: THE FA CUP GHOSTS OF 1988

AFC WIMBLEDON v LIVERPOOL: THE FA CUP GHOSTS OF 1988

I KNOW that, technically, it’s a different club. I know that, technically, the Wimbledon of Fashanu and Jones, of prototype geezerdom and unbridled thuggery, came to a messy end in 2004 when it relocated to the exotic climes of Milton Keynes and became known as MK...
STEVEN GERRARD: REPLACING A LEGEND

STEVEN GERRARD: REPLACING A LEGEND

REPLACING Steven Gerrard. I love this title. Gareth Roberts gave it to me. This was the sentence: Can Liverpool replace him – do they need to, should they try, should they break the bank or stick with current spending policy etc. I love this because, firstly,...
STEVEN GERRARD: TA-RA TO THE TALISMAN

STEVEN GERRARD: TA-RA TO THE TALISMAN

TALISMANIC figure. I’ve always hated that phrase. Steven Gerrard has been a talismanic figure for a decade and a half in a Liverpool shirt — I always wanted so much more for him than to be just a talismanic figure. Liverpool FC became a football club that...

PODCAST: THE HUYTON HAMMER

NEIL ATKINSON, Nick O’Prey, John Gibbons and Mike Girling reflect on Liverpool’s 2-2 draw against Leicester City and the bombshell news about Steven Gerrard. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – THE HUYTON HAMMER Podcast RSS feed. Get the...