by The Anfield Wrap | Jan 19, 2012 | Footie
Dietmar “Didi” Hamann is a complete one-off. The foreigner with a Scouse accent. The German who now plays cricket for his local village team. The overseas footballer turned anglophile who fell deeply in love with the city of Liverpool, its people and its...
by Ian Maloney | Dec 21, 2011 | Footie
And so ensues the hectic Christmas calendar that often throws up some classic matches. We’ve had our thinking caps on and without delving too far back into the archives, we’ve cherry-picked a handful that will live long in our festive memories. Who knows; a thumping...
by Ian Maloney | Dec 14, 2011 | Footie
We’ve spent a lot of time in our ‘LFC Greatests’ blogs delving deep into nostalgia, which is pretty much a given considering the club’s rich history, but there’s a bright future ahead too with a number of hugely talented youngsters springing out of Kirkby and heading...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 5, 2011 | Footie
THE NEW YORK TIMES of the 1st of December 1980 reported on a protest taking place in Liverpool. 40,000 people had marched through the streets of “this depressed industrial city” in a “demonstration against Britain’s steadily rising...
by Andy Heaton | Dec 1, 2011 | Footie
“There’s no present. There’s only the immediate future and the recent past.” — George Carlin TIME, one of life’s only evolving constants, is a funny thing, it will wither you, make you old, it was here before you were born, and...
by Neil Atkinson | Nov 18, 2011 | Footie
This season has done my head in. The lack of European football combined with the aching gaps for internationals has left me feeling like things have never really got going. Liverpool are next playing in a beard, in a yonk, some time after the next ice age we’ll kick...
by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 15, 2011 | Footie
by Ben McCausland Drink, bevy, booze, consume, dissipate, down, drain, gargle, gulp, guzzle, hit the bottle, imbibe, indulge, inhale, irrigate, lap, liquor up, nip, partake of, put away, quaff, sip, slosh, slurp, soak up, sop, sponge, suck, sup, swallow, swig, swill,...
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: ●...
