PODCAST: MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by John Gibbons, Karl Coppack, Alex Koschier, Scot Williams and Andy Heaton after another Anfield annihilation. Get issue 8 of TAW’s monthly digital mag free from iTunes for iOS devices or from app.theanfieldwrap.com for everything else....
SPURRED ON BY THE DOUBTERS

SPURRED ON BY THE DOUBTERS

SHERWOOD wasn’t the only one. We bristled with indignation at the very suggestion. Asked who he was, with his comedy cob ons and misplaced arrogance, to question Liverpool’s title credentials. Brendan Rodgers spoke publicly to turn the tables back on a club that had...
Liverpool 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0

Liverpool 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0

WHEN the final whistle went in The Excelsior last night after City/Arsenal all I heard was people saying to each other: “It’s in our hands. It’s in our hands.” Today we grabbed it. Seized it. Knuckles white, grip tight. In our hands. We are Top...
THE SPIRIT OF 05

THE SPIRIT OF 05

THE nerves, the tension, the joy, the fear – for the title-chase of 2014 see the Champions League run of 2005, says DAVE MARTINEZ. Tuesday May 3, 2005 Whether you were there in body or simply in spirit, you will never forget it. The greatest night in Anfield’s...

THE WORST FANS ON THE INTERNET

The following was originally written as a blog for The Times. Well, no, that’s not true. It was actually the middle section of a blog about something else written for The Times, and then brutally and ruthlessly cut down by heartless sub-editors. I felt it warranted a...

CITYTALK – SPURRED ON?

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Karl Coppack, Rob Gutmann and Tony Barrett as they chat Sunderland at Anfield the upcoming visit of Spurs and ‘We Never Walked Alone’, Steve Kelly’s charity walk from Hillsborough to Anfield. Music this week from Sunstack...
THE NATIONAL: A GRAND DAY OUT

THE NATIONAL: A GRAND DAY OUT

NEVER been to Aintree? You can bet you’re missing out, says MIKE NEVIN. ORGANISED horse racing in the UK predates professional football by more than 100 years and the Grand National – first run officially at Aintree in 1839 and won by an aptly-named beast called...
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

EVEN when we win ugly, it’s beautiful. Yes, the 2-1 win against Sunderland was an undeniably nervous one, but in many respects that shouldn’t have come as any surprise. Liverpool have just come off the back of a run of five league games, four of them away...
LIVERPOOL 2 SUNDERLAND 1

LIVERPOOL 2 SUNDERLAND 1

AND on we go. And on we fucking go. That wasn’t nice. That wasn’t fun. That wasn’t Brendan Rodgers’s Tricky Reds. That wasn’t the People’s Champions. That was the Champions Elect. They didn’t play well. It wasn’t pretty....
THE RIDER – GENTLE

THE RIDER – GENTLE

NEIL ATKINSON chats to Steph and also chats to Adam and John – a disjointed Rider brought together by two gentle openers and eight other fantastic songs. Puddings, Letterman and half marathons. Don’t run. RIDE. Buy tickets for Liverpool Sound City 2014...