BORINI: Wheels in motion and a new cog in place

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...

Rise of the Englightened Scottish Diddies

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 –...

TAW ON CITYTALK #18

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...

The Twenty Third Men – Part Two

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...

The Twenty Third Men – Part One

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,...

1990: THE THIRD SUMMER OF LOVE

THE Stone Roses and the Euros made this a great summer for an older generation of footie fans who love music in equal measure but MARK DONAGHY remembers the “Third Summer of Love” of 1990, when football, fashion and pop beautifully collided to produce the subculture...

EURO 2012: A COMMENT HATER’S NIGHTMARE

I DON’T know what Alan Hansen thinks about football. I mean, I know he’s in favour of power and pace, and most definitely against terrible defending, but I don’t know what a team that Alan Hansen can get behind looks like. I don’t know how it approaches the game, what...

TAW ON CITYTALK #17

Neil, Jim, Andy, Paul Salt and Tony Evans are in this week to chat about a bit about the Euros and what we’ve learned, LFC’s transfer strategy and thier purple warrior and then Neil and Paul play the schoolyard game Music this week from Cold Shoulder and...