I HAD every intention of using this column to write about our current songbook this weekend; a critical analysis of the songs that are in heavy rotation and a reflection on the impact they are having on the atmosphere in the ground. There was going to be a big section...
INTERNATIONAL football used to be good. There were times when it wasn’t even that bad being a bit of an England fan. It’s a shame that a once-integral part of the football calendar, with an altogether different flavour is deemed so boring; so much of an inconvenience....
MONDAY, March 17, 1986, Watford v Liverpool – FA Cup 6th Round Replay. “My son Mike and his mate Macca badgered me all weekend about the driving to the replay. The fact that they would have to bunk off school hadn’t even entered their heads! Before I knew...
I’M writing this with a headache. A pain in the head brought on not just by last night’s booze, but the also the cacophony of Anfield at its best. Prior to the match against Manchester United, I was thinking about an angle on the game because by the time this...
WITH the paperback version of Men In White Suits released this week, The Anfield Wrap has an exclusive full chapter extract from the book, where Graeme Souness speaks candidly to Simon Hughes, admitting where he got it wrong during his turbulent time as Liverpool...
LIVERPOOL versus Manchester United. In Europe. For the first time in history. In the 195th meeting between the giants. Steven Gerrard will be gutted he is not lacing up for it. Jamie Carragher will provide analysis on the game, but that is no substitute for getting...
I CAN barely function. I need this tie in my life. I need this tie out of my life. Manchester United. In Europe. The gods have dragged us out to have a laugh at us. Days like these define seasons. They define years in our lives. Remember that year we did Real Madrid?...
FROM a position of weakness, the first thing a manager usually tries to do is help the side he has inherited become tougher to beat than it was before. Brendan Rodgers attempted to make Liverpool more attractive to watch, so when the criticisms came — that...
I DON’T have heroes. I’m 52 — I’m too old for heroes now. I can see the faults in most people — that they’re just people with the same faults as the rest of us and the same ability to be pretty decent or a bit of a knob depending on...
THERE are moments when we doubt Wembley. Like when they needlessly play semi-finals there. Like when we sense the smugness in its association with a national side we feel little affinity with. In these moments, Wembley, you seem so very far away. Then there’s the...
The Anfield Wrap’s first live show of the season from our brand new studio where we discuss, among other things, Andoni’s Iraola’s comments about the depth of his Liverpool squad, as well as fresh links to Yankuba Minteh, before looking ahead to the Reds trip to Newcastle on Sunday.
