Epic progress

SO here we stand, blinking in the cold light of day, the mind whirring as it attempts to compute exactly what happened over the course of the last nine months. How we came from relatively nowhere to somewhere completely different, somewhere so close to our ultimate...
GIG OF THE WEEK – THE GARDEN FESTIVAL GET-TOGETHER

GIG OF THE WEEK – THE GARDEN FESTIVAL GET-TOGETHER

WHAT are we meant to do with ourselves now? Enjoy the sun? Talk to our partners? Get bang into Rugby League?? Well if you are in Liverpool, one thing you can do is enjoy what is already looking like a fantastic summer of music and events in the city, starting this...

The Rider – Un Mercredi Comme Un Autre

Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons, Adam Melia and Stephanie Heneghan play ten more fantastic songs, bands who love to remain secret and albums that are all over the place. Also some talk of hanging out with PINS in New York. How rock ‘n’ roll. But that’s...
THE CURIOUS CASE OF STEVEN GERRARD

THE CURIOUS CASE OF STEVEN GERRARD

MANY Reds looked to the heavens before Liverpool took to the pitch on Sunday. Despite all the bravado, we needed a miracle to win the Premier League. But rather than a thumbs up from the big guy above, instead we saw a small plane buzzing around Anfield carrying a...
SORRY ROY, YOU CAN STICK YOUR ENGLAND

SORRY ROY, YOU CAN STICK YOUR ENGLAND

Steve Gerrard, Gerrard He slipped on his f***ing arse He gave it to Demba Ba Steve Gerrard, Gerrard. AND with that nifty little ditty, any conflicting feelings I had about England at this summer’s World Cup all but vanished. The last time that I actively wanted the...

PODCAST: STEAMING

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Karl Coppack, Mike Girling and Gareth Roberts the day after Liverpool rounded off their season with a 2-1 victory over Newcastle United. Get issue 10 of TAW’s monthly digital mag free from iTunes for iOS devices or from...
LIVERPOOL: SILVER MEDAL, SILVER LINING

LIVERPOOL: SILVER MEDAL, SILVER LINING

“If you are first you are first, if you are second you are nothing.” ONE of Bill Shankly’s most famous quotes. It has adorned many a dressing room wall, inspiring hundreds if not thousands of people, not just athletes, to achieve their goals of being...
LIVERPOOL: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

LIVERPOOL: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

I DON’T know. I haven’t worked it out yet. I might be hungover. I may well still be drunk, I’m not entirely sure. Everything’s a bit fuzzy, everything aches, things hurt. And at the moment I wouldn’t swap this feeling for the world. You...

More Surprises Please Liverpool

THERE are going to be numerous season reviews following the mighty Reds missing out on the Charity Shield qualifier yesterday but they’ll mostly focus on the individual games, goals and tactics. I’m going to try something a little different as, for me,...

Liverpool 2 (TWO) Newcastle United 1 (ONE)

“LET’S go and sing songs with our friends.” My words to Marjo at the foot of the stairs outside the ground. I’ve spent too much of the last five years not singing songs with my friends. I intend to do it all night tonight. Brendan. I am amazed...