Ahead of Liverpool’s Champions League final against Spurs on June 1, The Anfield Wrap speak to legends Alan Kennedy and David Fairclough about their experiences of getting to finals, the pressure of playing in them and the joys of lifting the trophy. The former...
I SOMETIMES wonder what went through Bob Paisley’s mind. This was the game that was meant to propel his Liverpool team into the European elite. A place in the last four of the European Cup up for grabs. Kevin Keegan’s goal inside two minutes had wiped out...
IT HAS to rank as one of the most famous moments in the history of Liverpool Football Club. David Fairclough — off the bench — receiving that pass and scoring that goal — the strike that sealed his nickname, and put Liverpool on their way to a first...
TITLE-CHASING Liverpool, led by Bob Paisley, lined up at Carrow Road 37 years ago today with David Fairclough in the side, making only his fifth start of the season. The record books show the Scouser plundered a hat-trick against Norwich – yet the game is bettered...
TODAY had the sort of feel of an international break in football news terms. A sort of void between the game just gone against Crystal Palace and the focus beginning to switch towards Sunday’s game against Watford. Say what you like about how a lack of European...
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Liverpool’s Famous Kop & Man City | The Anfield Wrap
Liverpool face a Manchester City side this weekend, a game which would grab the attention of the nation regardless, with City having been found guilty of cheating by the Premier League facing a side that ran them so close on various occasions, the eyes of the nation will be glued to a fixture that promises a powder keg of an atmosphere – but with so many questions hanging over Manchester City, should this fixture even be played at all and what can we expect when the side found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges levelled at them roll in to Anfield?
To discuss all the above, Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons and also Brian Reade to talk not just about the weekend’s clash, but also his new book ‘The Kop’ which explores how and why the Kop became the globally-renowned stand it is today.
Also on the show, Neil chats to Charles and Andrew Hendy of ‘The Mary Wallopers’ to talk about their James Skelly produced new album ‘Paddywhackery’.
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