Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Luton Town 1 Liverpool 1 in the 2023-2024 Premier League season… Something about Liverpool people is not giving up. Something about Liverpool people is hoping against hope. Something about...
Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool rebuild is picking up momentum and we’re sensing the start of an exciting new journey… THREE home games in a week. Three chances to go to Anfield threw up some interesting sidenotes. The Anfield Road stand remains...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Bournemouth 1 Liverpool 2 in the 2023-2024 League Cup fourth round… THROUGH the wind and the rain. I mean, we sing it. There was so, so much wind and rain and there Liverpool are – walking...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 3 Nottingham Forest 0 in the 2023-2024 Premier League season… THREE-NIL may prove, once again, to be the new 2-0. It felt very 2019. It was a Liverpool who owned every kick of the ball...
“What will never be in doubt about Bill Kenwright is that he was a club man, a city man.” – A tribute to Everton’s late chairman… ON April 15, 2013, Bill Kenwright stood in front of The Kop. His voice trembling. His awe and respect...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 5 Toulouse 1 in the Europa League group stage at Anfield… FIRST up – an apology. There is no Post-Match Pint tonight. A technical issue ensued. Involving a tyre. So we are...
Despite not seeing as many minutes as either of them would have liked so far this season, Harvey Elliott and Darwin Nunez continue to kick on… WELL, we all won there. Liverpool, far superior even before the cards, took the points and Everton the umbrage....
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Everton 0 in the 2023-2024 Premier League season… I ADORE YOU Ooh, I adore you When you pray, you’re answered You walk through life just like a dancer If I had my way, every...
The Merseyside Derby has had its fair share of heroes on the red side down the years, and there’s a reason they matter so much to us still… THERE is a period of my teenage years which has remained more vivid than others. I can remember going to...
Looking back on a time when the Merseyside Derby was seen more as the friendly derby, and what it meant within families in Liverpool… I WON’T be at the derby on Saturday. I know, yeah. Is this due to modern led cynicism for the game? My contention that...
The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast reflecting on a opening day draw at Newcastle thanks to an injury time Dominik Szoboszlai penalty after the Reds had conceded two sloppy goals with the second Newcastle goal only minutes after Cody Gakpo had dragged Liverpool back in the game.
Also in the show, Neil chats to The Athletic’s Jon MacKenzie about his new book ‘The Spectre of Pep: How Guardiola Haunts Modern Football Tactics’.
Neil Atkinson hosts Beth Lindop, Ian Ryan and John Gibbons
