by Ian Maloney | Sep 30, 2011 | Footie
The second in our series of LFC Greatests explores some of the finest defenders ever to grace the game, and we had them. We’ve been blessed with some truly great centre-halves so as you can imagine, getting five down on paper was hard enough but then to rank them was...
by Kristian Walsh | Sep 26, 2011 | Footie
HE LOVES me, he loves me not. He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not. For anyone who’s ever been dumped in a relationship, the subsequent pining for that person will be an uncomfortable, unwelcome memory. For days,...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 20, 2011 | Footie
NEIL CONDRON interviews THE TEA STREET BAND for The Anfield Wrap. WHILE the rain poured down on most of the country this summer, a solitary ray of Balearic sunshine was warming parts of Liverpool and bringing some of its favourite sons back out from the shade. Formed...
by Steve Graves | Sep 13, 2011 | Footie
AMONG the seemingly positive phrases in football’s lexicon, ‘versatile’ is one many fans treat with trepidation. ‘Morale-boosting win’ is another – superficially good news but more pregnant with subtext than Demi Moore watching season four of The Wire. A...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 12, 2011 | Footie
KENNY DALGLISH’S questioning of decisions – or lack of them – benefiting Liverpool in the first four Premier League games of the season has caused much debate. On the podcast earlier today, we discussed whether this tactic – a favourite of Alex Ferguson’s...
by Neil Atkinson | Sep 2, 2011 | Footie
Wise move from Raul. The Mohican who was all tats and no trousers was always likely to suffer from Bellamy’s Golf Bag Of Justice and find himself on the wrong side of a long iron. He’d managed to take Reece’s place in the squad of looking hard but being really, really...
by Gareth Roberts | Aug 14, 2011 | Footie
FOUR consecutive top-four finishes, a genuine title challenge, a League Cup in the trophy cabinet and an FA Cup final. It’s a quartet of campaigns that would have fans of clubs from across the land in raptures. Add an exciting brand of football, arguably some of the...
by Jay McKenna | Aug 7, 2011 | Footie
“IS this your first time?” she asked me as she held my hand and looked me in the eye. “Yeah,” I excitedly replied, not quite sure if there were any words I could use to describe what had just happened. She looked at me again, her of at least 60...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 5, 2011 | Footie
SEASON starts. Season stops. Another international friendly clogging up our early campaign, a continental pre-season. A yearly complaint, and this time Kenny got out of the traps first – an utterly justified gripe (as much about the Saturday start as the existence...
