CITYTALK – HISTORY REPEATING

CITYTALK – HISTORY REPEATING

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Gareth Roberts, Kate Forrester and Rob Gutmann in the City Tower for this week’s TAW on CityTalk. Download Issue 10 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK...

WHY DO PEOPLE WATCH SPORT?

By Martin Fitzgerald I watch sport because I want to see people do wonderful things. I watch sport because I want to see people being brilliant, being brilliant at sport. I’ve come a long way in this respect. Let me explain. I used to hate Steve Davis. Bloody hated...
WORLD CUP: GO ON THEN ROY, PROVE US WRONG

WORLD CUP: GO ON THEN ROY, PROVE US WRONG

JESUS, it’s actually happening isn’t it? I mean like, today, happening. Now, immediately, within hours. And the mania has crept in. No, hold on, back a bit. Full disclosure is needed. Years back, when the kids were a younger, a lot younger, so young that...
THE CURIOUS CASE OF STEVEN GERRARD

THE CURIOUS CASE OF STEVEN GERRARD

MANY Reds looked to the heavens before Liverpool took to the pitch on Sunday. Despite all the bravado, we needed a miracle to win the Premier League. But rather than a thumbs up from the big guy above, instead we saw a small plane buzzing around Anfield carrying a...
SORRY ROY, YOU CAN STICK YOUR ENGLAND

SORRY ROY, YOU CAN STICK YOUR ENGLAND

Steve Gerrard, Gerrard He slipped on his f***ing arse He gave it to Demba Ba Steve Gerrard, Gerrard. AND with that nifty little ditty, any conflicting feelings I had about England at this summer’s World Cup all but vanished. The last time that I actively wanted the...

The Hodgson Issue

THERE is something wonderful about what happens when Hodgey speaks at length. He thinks he is being intelligent, impressive and occasionally cleverly dissembling. Then he gives something away that indicates why his entire footballing outlook is so fundamentally...