Interview: Ian Broudie

IAN BROUDIE was a special guest on Episode 26 of The Anfield Wrap. After the recording he spoke at length to John Gibbons about growing up in Liverpool, Eric’s, producing, songwriting and his upcoming tour. The Anfield Wrap: You look very well Ian? What’s your secret?...

The Anfield Wrap – Episode Twenty-Seven

HAPPY MONDAYS ARE BACK AGAIN Neil was joined by Rob Gutmann, Mike Girling, Jim Boardman, Andy Heaton, Steve Graves and guests Peter Hooton and Neil Fitzmaurice as they reviewed events of the past week as Liverpool knocked an entire city out. #TAW27 GET ON IT Direct...

War of words is small step for fankind

By Tony Barrett WHEN Kenny Dalglish and Sir Alex Ferguson first locked horns in English football’s most combustible fixture, it was an era when a minority of supporters came armed with golf balls embedded with nails, Stanley knives that were used for cutting skin...

Who’s arsed?

IT’S boring now – the self-righteous indignation. The moral high ground. The preaching. The finger pointing. The inaccurate claims and ill-informed representations. Boring. It’s gone on for weeks. It’s still going on. To what end? Point...

Kicking On

Another tsunami of self-righteous indignation crashed upon our virtual shores this morning in the aftermath of the weekend’s FA Cup ties. This time, the surge was triggered by the ‘offshore quakes’ at Loftus Road and Anfield, by cancelled handshakes...

JORDAN HENDERSON – THE FUTURE IS NOT SET

Here are some things I know about Jordan Henderson. Jordan Henderson joined Liverpool from Sunderland in the summer. Jordan Henderson – and his mam – take good care of their teeth. Jordan Henderson could do a decent job of playing a rising star in 1930s German...

The Anfield Wrap – Episode Twenty-Six

This week Neil is joined by Kristian Walsh, Rob Gutmann, Mike Girling, Mike Nevin, Paul Salt, Rory Smith of The Times, Neil Jones of the Echo and Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds as they chew the fat about the utter horror show that was Bolton, discuss Ian’s...

HELLO OLD FRIEND, IT’S BEEN A WHILE

By Mike Nevin We stand on the brink of our first visit to the National Stadium for 16 years, a gap that straddles almost a generation. And yet, I sense a slight lack of enthusiasm from young and old alike at the prospect of a trip to Wembley.  “I wish it was Cardiff”,...