THIS 2013/14 variation of Liverpool FC seems to have attained the power of humour most surreal. In the days following the wins against Arsenal and Swansea, whenever the manner of those victories flashed across my mind – even upon beautifully random occasions...
TO be honest, I still haven’t got over Stoke away. Stoke was the season. It was 0-0s and defeats only prior to the current insanity. Stoke is Jon Walters, long throw-ins, getting smacked all over the park, always cold and that nervous walk back to the car across...
NEIL Atkinson was joined in the studio by Rob Gutmann, Sean Rogers and James Sutton as they revel in the afterglow of the brilliant 3-0 win at St Mary’s, and yet another step towards the League title. Get issue 7 of TAW’s monthly digital mag free...
BROCKLE (Neil’s girlfriend – Ed): “Your articles are horrible.” People seem to like them. Came as a surprise to me, actually. “Sentences without subjects. Subject. Verb. Object. That’s how the English language works.” It’s malleable. And it’s fascinating to make...
SCOUSERS love tracksuits, with every period in the city’s recent history defined by a variation on this most misunderstood of garments. Here, TONY TEASDALE picks some of his favourites from down the years… The two-stripe PE job (1974-80) In the old days, before the...
FOOTIE players at the top level carrying a bit of timber are as rare a sight these days as semi-flared cords on The Kop. Many would argue both developments are no bad thing. But as a wearer of said cords back in the day (so?) – and a devout fan of the often gloriously...
NEIL ATKINSON is joined in the studio by Peter Hooton, Andy Heaton and Rob Gutmann to discuss Saturday’s trip to St Mary’s Stadium. Also on the agenda: Liverpool’s playing style and The Reds’ loan stars – who would (and wouldn’t)...
by ALEX HESS AT around 8 o’clock, on the morning of Tuesday, January 14th, Luis Javier García Sanz decided to call time on his career as a footballer. It was an event that will have passed most people by, and rightly so: when looked at alongside the wider concerns of...
NEIL, John, Steph and Adam discuss Prince, Beyonce, jobs, male friendship and new structures. Ten great songs, more verbal reviews and all the fun of the Rider fair… Buy tickets for Liverpool Sound City 2014 Direct link to THE RIDER: SIDE EYES Podcast RSS feed...
THIRTY one years after The Pale Fountains released their debut single Something On My Mind – and seven since the last Shack album, The Corner of Miles and Gil – Mick Head is back: gigging, releasing an EP and planning an album with The Red Elastic Band. Telling the...
