MATCH REVIEW: ASTON VILLA 0 LIVERPOOL 2

MATCH REVIEW: ASTON VILLA 0 LIVERPOOL 2

TWO nil. Rickie Lambert. And the Travelling Reds are in rapture. It is going bananas, a rush to the front. Pulled up a row. Back down a row. Look up, see a red face going mental. It looks like Lucas Leiva.It is. It is Lucas Leiva. He, and half the Liverpool side are...
PODCAST: UP THE REDS

PODCAST: UP THE REDS

NEIL ATKINSON, John Gibbons and Gareth Roberts are in the studio for this week’s CityTalk podcast as the lads look forward to this weekend’s trip to Villa Park. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – UP THE REDS Podcast RSS feed. Get the TAW...

THE RIDER – CHANGING NAMES

NEIL ATKINSON, John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia work through Ikea related issues, films and mystery bands with 10 albums. The Rider then, all that plus ten great songs. Why wouldn’t you listen?’ Direct link to Rider: Changing Names Podcast RSS...
LUCAS LEIVA: DEFENDING THE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER

LUCAS LEIVA: DEFENDING THE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER

IT all started in October 2013. I’m doing an Anfield Wrap podcast the day after our 3-1 home win against Crystal Palace. The game marked the return of Luis Suarez, a gem of a goal by Daniel Sturrridge which, due to there being so many last season, has been lost...
DANIEL STURRIDGE: RETURN OF THE DEAD-EYE

DANIEL STURRIDGE: RETURN OF THE DEAD-EYE

I’VE no desire to tempt fate or anything but, unless he sprains a wrist rehearsing his goal celebration or arm-wrestling Jose Enrique, we will soon welcome Daniel Sturridge back into the Liverpool first team. God, it’s been a long time.  As eagerly-awaited returns go,...

THE TAW MATCH DAY PUB GUIDE

WE’RE going to try and regularly write about stuff to do around the game. And what better place to start than the boozers? Loads you may know. Some you might not. But here are the thoughts of some of the TAW crew on the best alehouses to wet your whistle before...

PODCAST: LAZAR QUEST

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Sean Rogers, Paul Cope and Paul Johnson after absolutely caning Sunderland ONE GOAL TO NIL  Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – LAZAR QUEST Podcast RSS feed. Get the TAW podcast on iTunes.
LIVERPOOL: WHAT ABOUT THE HERE AND NOW?

LIVERPOOL: WHAT ABOUT THE HERE AND NOW?

IT’S an hour until Liverpool play Chelsea in the League Cup semi-final first leg at Anfield. The team-sheets have just been plastered all over Twitter, writes SAM WILLIAMS. Teamsheets are boring. In this age of social media and 24-hour rolling news, they...
LIVERPOOL: LIFE WITHOUT GERRARD

LIVERPOOL: LIFE WITHOUT GERRARD

SO now we know. Steven Gerrard will leave Liverpool at the end of the season bringing an end to one of the club’s longest and deepest love affairs, writes STEVE MACLEAN. His departure will leave a gaping hole in the team and will throw the club into crisis. Or will...
NEIL ATKINSON: SUNDERLAND 0 LIVERPOOL 1

NEIL ATKINSON: SUNDERLAND 0 LIVERPOOL 1

SUNDERLAND away then. The away. The worst away possible after the Leicester debacle. My problem with the Leicester draw that felt like a defeat is that it made this game something Liverpool needed something from — and my problem with that was that it was...