Time To Go To The Mattresses

*Sigh* It’s 8.30pm on Saturday the 11th of February and hey – guess what?! It’s Groundhog Day, that’s what. Why even bother going over the finer points of it? I have the privilege of an account on this increasingly esteemed site, and I have a...

Mancs, Chants, and Closing the Ranks

So as 2,000 Scousers plan to run the gauntlet at Old Trafford tomorrow, it seems our own club has wisely drawn a line in the sand having been placed firmly in the media crosshairs for what seems like an eternity. Liverpool FC closed ranks this morning, omitting some...

THE ANFIELD WRAP BACKS THE G.I.T AWARD

The Getintothis Award, the premier prize for the Merseyside music scene, has assembled a jury of high quality, highly experienced judges to find the best new sounds in the city. But then, that’s only befitting an award with an excellent prize and which has been dubbed...

HEYSEL: A LINE CROSSED

THE events of May 29, 1985 are a permanent stain on Liverpool Football Club, a stain that Liverpool Football Club took far too long to take responsibility for. The club’s immediate response to the disaster was ignominious, rushing to shift the blame and limit...

YOU COME AT THE KING, YOU BEST NOT MISS

Firstly, I”d like to apologise for the vile and incendiary language you”re about to read in the next paragraph. People of a nervous disposition should look away from this barrage of racist filth, but I hope other readers will recognise the need to expose...

The Anfield Wrap – Episode Twenty-Eight

Neil is joined this week by Jim, Rob, Kristian and Gibbo as well as guests Paul Salt and Paul Cope. The lads briefly preview Spurs and have a more lengthy look at United, a look back at Wolves and assess the return of Luis Suarez as well as discussing the gradual...

Let’s Get One Thing Straight…

ANOTHER big game is on the horizon following three crucial wins on the bounce so you’d think we’d be scribing about it; but no – because there’s something well and truly on our tits here at LoveFollowConquer HQ… And what’s making matters worse is I really...

WHERE’S THE BALL?

by Karl Coppack I can remember a golden age. An age when a press report of a match described the conditions, the goals, the teams and then the attendance and the half time score. Then technology moved on apace and pundits were introduced onto footy programmes to add...

JOSE ENRIQUE: ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN

MY appearances on the Anfield Wrap podcast have so far been met mostly with radio silence. I like to think I’ve been doing a solidly unobtrusive job, but it might just be that nobody’s much arsed about anything I say. All that changed this week, when a comment I made...