THERE’S a scene in the film The Commitments where Joey ‘the Lips’ Fagan, the elderly trumpet player with ‘the hardest working band in the world’, finally loses patience with his saxophonist Dean Fay. Over the past weeks Dean has refused to don the regulation tuxedo...
“IN the current climate.” “The market rate.” “Inflated prices.” You might associate the following phrases with the beginnings of a political rant, but they’re in fact all increasingly common phrases used when referring to the modern day football transfer market. They...
JUST prior to England’s 4-0 win over Kosovo on Sunday, our own Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain took centre stage. Chamberlain’s international career began seven and a half years ago, in a 1-0 win over Norway – incidentally Roy Hodgson’s first game as England manager. He...
A LOT of things go through the mind of a football supporter in the buildup to a game. There’s usually a cycle between complete confidence and nail-biting nervousness, in no particular order, and like it or not a lot of that can rest upon the announcement of the...
THERE is never a shortage of talking points when it comes to Liverpool Football Club. While the current topics relate to court battles over kit sponsors and VAR controversies, there is an ever present which never fails to raise debate among Reds across the globe. The...
THERE must have been a few of us. When the camera panned to Adam Lallana stripping off, I almost gave up all hope that Liverpool would get something from the game. It’s funny what time does to perception. I fully expected Lallana to come on, chew the ball, and...
THIS might be the worst time of the football season. You’re just about getting into the swing of things and *BAM*, it all comes to a shuddering halt as the first of three international breaks in three months begins. The only positive about this one for Liverpool fans,...
Neil Atkinson is joined by Josh Sexton and John Gibbons to talk through Liverpool’s US tour and what the manager will be expecting from the final days leading up to the start of the season.
Liverpool rounded off their pre-season tour of America with a 2-2 draw with Sporting Lisbon, but do The Reds seem poised to kick up a gear? Joining Neil Atkinson to talk through arguably Liverpool’s most exciting clash in the USA are John Gibbons, Craig Hannan,...
Neil Atkinson is joined by Josh Sexton to talk through Liverpool’s final game of their US tour, including a lively performance from Mignolet, another Divock goal and Wijnaldum’s potential new role.
A Loss To Leeds Finishes The Pre-Season Tour | The Anfield Wrap
With Liverpool’s pre-season tour finished we look back at all the talking points from Liverpool’s loss to Leeds.
Ian Ryan hosts John Gibbons, Andy McCann and Pete Bolster.
Also in the show we take a look at some of the fantastic work the OLSC in Brooklyn have been doing with Ruth’s Refuge in New York and John speaks to Ste from State Of Mind…
