THE facts are stark enough. Before the European Cup final, one of the showpieces of world football competition, at the ageing Heysel Stadium in Brussels, on the night of May 29, 1985, Liverpool and Juventius fans clashed in one of the most serious outbreaks of...
THIS is a special Anfield Wrap podcast on the Heysel stadium disaster. Neil Atkinson and Gareth Roberts interviewed Italian author Francesco Caremani, senior lecturer at Manchester University and author Geoff Pearson, football editor of the Times Tony Evans,...
THIRTY years ago this week a group of Liverpool fans repeatedly charged towards supporters in section Z of the Heysel stadium. Inadequate chicken wire fence did nothing to prevent them running free among rival supporters and 12 policemen stationed to keep them apart...
Silly season. I detest it. Practically every little inch of it. The false links to leave publications sat back, feet up, feeling the clicks. The faux outrage at anyone rumoured to be joining Liverpool who doesn’t have some touch of the exotic. The opportunistic hordes...
GARETH ROBERTS was joined by Adam Smith and John Gibbons to talk a legend who was worth his weight in gold, a disc spinning centre forward who deserves more credit and a cult hero who lost it with ‘Ginge’. If you're already subscribed, click here to...
ROB GUTMANN was joined for this week’s Unwrapped by Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons and Jay McKenna as they carry out a pseudo managerial review. Was mitigation a factor, what do Liverpool need to fix, can the status quo remain and move on together?
OVER the last week myself and loads of the lads I go to the match with have been in Spain. There was an option to fly back on the Saturday and go to the match against Stoke, but not many took it. Why bother? The season had finished at Wembley against Villa, and the...
AFTER a game like that, you want to see a reaction. A change. Something. It’s not acceptable for Liverpool to lose 6-1 at Stoke. But before Liverpool do anything it is vital the people running the club have a conversation with Brendan Rodgers and ask him two...
THE 04/05 season continues as Liverpool find themselves out of one cup early but in the final of another not long after. However Liverpool cannot quite get going anywhere but Europe… If you're already subscribed, click here to...
