It’s been a sobering season for Liverpool fans, and Josh Sexton writes that all we have left is hope of what lies ahead beyond this season… “IT has been a relentless campaign by Liverpool Football Club. “PGMOL, Fenway Sports Group, the Premier...
As the scales started to tip against the Super League on Monday, Dan Morgan writes that Liverpool’s players showed their unity and strength… “When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die” – Jean-Paul Sartre. THIS week has been the closest...
Liverpool looked like they were missing a few things against Real Madrid, but Leanne Prescott writes that top of that list is Jordan Henderson… FOR most of this season, the Champions League has been something of a safe haven for Liverpool. Despite wading...
Josh Sexton hosts Mike Kearney, Harriet Prior and George Trad to react to Jürgen Klopp’s pre-Sheffield United press conference, with Richard Sutcliffe on the opposition view… Below is a clip from the show – to listen to more, click here to...
Martin Fitzgerald offers up his player ratings after Liverpool’s 2-0 Merseyside Derby loss to Everton in the Premier League… FIRST things first, we were poor there and got we deserved. Second things second, despite our own ineptitude, the ref goes...
Martin Fitzgerald offers up his player ratings after Liverpool’s 2-0 win over RB Leipzig in the Champions League… FUCK me, we were decent there, but we had some luck for a change, didn’t we? Can’t quite believe it myself. Was saying to Neil Atkinson...
Josh Sexton writes about the weekend filled with rumours that Jürgen Klopp would leave Liverpool and how the manager and his captain stood defiant today… NUANCE. A quality of something that is not easy to notice but may be important. Some words that many...
Martin Fitzgerald offers up his player ratings after Liverpool’s 3-1 loss to Leicester City in the Premier League… DO you know what the big clue was about VAR and why I knew for a fact it would be shit? Everyone kept saying it works really well in...
With Liverpool’s title defence hanging by a thread, Leanne Prescott writes that The Reds need to rediscover their mentality monster side to salvage something… MUCH has been made about what it is that’s gone wrong for Liverpool in recent months. Wins...
Martin Fitzgerald offers up his player ratings after Liverpool’s 4-1 loss to Manchester City in the Premier League… COMING to Netflix soon… “Pretend it’s Man City whereupon the Liverpool keeper endlessly fucks about in his own box as if...
Earl Jenkins is a well known name in Liverpool for his work helping youth aspirations through sport. “I’ve wanted to make sure that we use the football in a way that supports these kids, and shows them a path out of the neighbourhood and raises their aspirations,” said Jenkins.
The Anfield Wrap, alongside Nike, have worked with Earl Jenkins and Kingsley United, Merseyside’s most diverse footy team to create a Kingsley United girls’ team, a BAME [Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic] youth leadership forum in partnership with other organisations in the city, and a bursary scheme for a BAME coaching course.
Kingsley United came about after a merge with Tiber FC where the two clubs realised that would be stronger together. A new astroturf on Lodge Lane is one of the many signs the club is being revitalised. Kingsley Road is now a symbol of what unites the community through football.
Earl Jenkins describes his coaches as mentors “first and foremost.” He goes on to say “in some respects, some of our coaches become that role model or father figure for the kids in the team. And if you look at any of our training sessions, you can see a real sense of community and family as well.”
Also on the show, John Gibbons speaks to Earl Jenkins the chair of Kingsley United, and Josh is joined by Joseph Symes from the It’s A Funny Old Life podcast.
