GO FOURTH AND MULTIPLY

July 2014 – Luis Suarez’s kitchen. LUIS takes a sip on the chrome straw and winces.  He mentally curses Sofia in the way that he would berate a team mate for not playing him in when he’s free in the box. His countenance softens as he knows it’s not his beautiful...

TO PROTECT AND SERVE (WHOM)?

THE latest application from the South Yorkshire Police to receive public funds to meet legal costs of the new Hillsborough inquest has been met with disdain amongst Liverpool fans. The families themselves received no such monies during their long fight for justice so...
THIRTEEN GAMES TO GO – LUCKY FOR US?

THIRTEEN GAMES TO GO – LUCKY FOR US?

by STEVEN SCRAGG IT WAS around 23 minutes into proceedings at Anfield. I took a glance to my left and puffed out my cheeks, eyes wide and in all likelihood pupils dilated as it washed over me just what I’d witnessed unfold in a remarkable opening 20 minutes against...
PODCAST – POETRY IN MOTION

PODCAST – POETRY IN MOTION

  NEIL was joined by Mike Girling, Craig Rimmer and Sachin Nakrani after Liverpool’s plating of Arsenal. Get issue 7 of TAW’s monthly digital mag free from iTunes for iOS devices or from app.theanfieldwrap.com for everything else. DIRECT LINK TO PODCAST:...

CITYTALK: ARSENE ABOUT?

NEIL ATKINSON was joined in the Radio City Tower by Mike Nevin, John Gibbons and Steve Graves. In part one, James McKenna (Spirit of Shankly) and Bob Humphries (Liverpool Supporters’ Committee) talk to Neil and Mike about ticket prices and structures ahead of...
LIVERPOOL v ARSENAL – THE MATCH I REMEMBER

LIVERPOOL v ARSENAL – THE MATCH I REMEMBER

THINK of Liverpool v Arsenal and what’s the first match that springs to mind? Yeah, we’ll ignore that one. What else? Robbie Fowler’s 4-minute and 35-second hat-trick in 94? The treble he scored against them at Anfield just 16 months later? What...
WHY WON’T FOOTBALL BANISH THE BULLSHIT?

WHY WON’T FOOTBALL BANISH THE BULLSHIT?

IF there’s one thing guaranteed to annoy football fans, it’s bullshit. And there’s a lot of it around. As the powers-that-be – the football authorities and the Government – have saw fit to idly stand by and let any old tycoon get their mitts on our beloved clubs, many...

THE RIDER – NEW NEW GIRL

NEIL, John, Steph and Adam clatter through ten fantastic songs and many, many conversational cul-de-sacs. More Facebook talk as well…   Direct link to THE RIDER: NEW NEW GIRL Podcast RSS feed iTunes