FOR all that the actual football grabs us, there’s always something more. Something surrounding, something special: a story that we grab on to and hold dear. Last weekend, Bundesliga resumed and the sniff of something new in a world stuck on repeat provided a welcome...
FIRST and foremost, I didn’t have a team of choice as so many seemed to. If you heard any of The Anfield Wrap Weekender or Wildcard shows from last week you will have heard me flip flop between saying I don’t care for any other team and tentatively picking one as a...
CITIES with a troubled past are often the best. Look at Paris, home of an art revolution and civil unrest; London, changes of order and riot; and Rome, once the capital of the entire world. It’s even better if that city has a port as you’ve a nice mix of culture...
FOOTBALL is back. Lovely, efficient, German football. Josh asked each of us to pick a Bundesliga team to throw our full support behind on the first weekend back in the German top flight. After much contemplation, I opted for Borussia Moenchen… Borussia Moenchengl…...
IT was like Christmas Day morning… Well, Christmas Day morning if it had been postponed for two months. And it wasn’t the real Father Crimbo, just some random old fella with a beer belly and some grey stubble. And instead of the latest games console with all the best...
FIRST of all, you have to own it. The Premier League by its sheer existence demands as much. The league has become a monster nobody can currently control. It has almost taken on an artificial lifeform as a being that defines a whole existence for many of us. And here...
THE latest meeting of the Premier League took place earlier this week. As expected, nothing much was decided other than future talking points and a rejection of the notion of neutral venue games. That’s fine. It’s important not to make snap decisions when this and...
AS usual, Germany is leading the way. The Bundesliga returns at the weekend, with all eyes not just on how they manage as the first major football league to resume following the (almost) worldwide halt of the sport, but to give the rest of us something to watch other...
SO the time has come. Well, sort of at least. Football is set to make its grand return this weekend as the Bundesliga gets back underway, just this time without a single fan in attendance, as we all watch on from our respective ‘isolation stations’ with baited breath....
Emilia Bona is joined by Neil Atkinson, Dan Morgan, Rob Gutmann and Adam Melia to discuss Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool’s best game of ’19-20, the league’s most overrated player and lockdown quizzes… If you're already subscribed, click here to...
Legends Prevail, A Derby Draw and Trent's Future: The Anfield Wrap
The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast looking back at the Liverpool’s fixtures over the weekend, including the legends game against Ajax and Liverpool FC Women’s game at Goodison Park against Everton .
John Gibbons hosts Andy Heaton, Beth Lindop and Ian Salmon..