by Scot Williams | Oct 15, 2011 | Footie
WE NEVER remember full days, we only remember moments…and the same can be said for movies. Great Movies (like great days) are made up of great moments. They might only last for a second but we’ll remember them forever. Sometimes they’re the work of the screenwriter,...
by Ian Maloney | Oct 14, 2011 | Footie
We’ve had a recurring theme in recent weeks of ‘Greatests’ over the years and this week’s was a no-brainer, even if the judging process was a bit more difficult. Let’s face it, any win over the Mancs is just sweetness personified. Here’s our top five, let us know your...
by Roy Henderson | Oct 13, 2011 | Footie
THERE was a time not so long ago when just about every bit of negative news emanating from Liverpool football club was attributed to the alleged incompetence of one man: Mr Rick Parry. From being the powerhouse of English domestic and European football, the...
by Neil Atkinson | Oct 13, 2011 | Footie
THE usual rash of complaints emerge about the Europa League every season. That it is too bloated, too long-winded a competiton and has too many dead rubbers. It conjures up too little interest and isn’t a patch on the old UEFA Cup. Let’s have look at it: ●...
by Karl Coppack | Oct 13, 2011 | Footie
by Karl Coppack A few years ago the FA grew tired of the sniping and open criticism of referees and began a ‘Respect the Ref’ campaign. These savvy people knew exactly how to get the message across. They made a comic video, so comic that Howard Webb was in it. A vídeo...
by Steve Graves | Oct 11, 2011 | Footie
UNBEATEN at home, safely through two rounds of the League Cup, Merseyside Derby winners and well within reach of fourth place. By any objective measure Liverpool are on the up, with the prospect of being three points off the top of the table after the coming weekend’s...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 11, 2011 | Footie
Rafa Spoof from Emile Coleman on Vimeo. RAFAEL BENITEZ joined us in the studio for episode 10 of The Anfield Wrap podcast and as well as talking about his daughter’s command of Scouse and just how good Steven Gerrard was on the right he told us about Sunday night’s...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 10, 2011 | Podcast
In Istanbul, we won it five times. Host Neil Atkinson chairs the usual rabble: Rob Gutmann, Mike Girling, Kristian Walsh, Jim Boardman, Simon Hughes and, fresh from signing on, the unemployed Rory Smith. In addition, European Cup winning manager and Liverpool legend...
by Rob Gutmann | Oct 6, 2011 | Footie
I FINALLY got the hang of the Guardian tactical chalkboard thing this week. A gift from The Anfield Wrap’s very own Neil Atkinson. It feels like a game changer. I need never leave the homestead again. This Chalkboard is now the font of all (my) knowledge. One need...
by Steve Graves | Oct 6, 2011 | Footie
IT’S EASY to mock Tony Hibbert. It’s also very, very tempting. But let’s face it – partisan dislike apart, there’s something weirdly admirable about Hibbo. In Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby described the tragedy of the career of Gus Caesar. Gus, Hornby reasoned, had...
