LET’S be honest, it hurts. And it’s going to for a while. There’s no enjoyable way to lose a final, and particularly one built up as a shortcut back to the big time. It felt like we’d cracked it. Back in a European final for the first time in nine years. The...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTrjo3V-NnQ In the aftermath of the game last night, I didn’t feel like I had a lot to write down. I didn’t feel like I had a lot to say. I was heartbroken. Heartbroken for them and us. For all of them really. The old stager...
THERE are times when a piece of information creeps up on you, and then controls you. It consumes your every thought. It bends your emotions. I’m sat in front of my laptop, scrabbling for an intro on a Jürgen Klopp piece while scratching around in a bowl of fiery...
AS THE late spring sun shone down and the deafening sounds of the crowds around me echoed through the narrow streets off Anfield road, it suddenly felt like we had rediscovered what it is to support Liverpool. Lining the roads shrouded in smoke, we were reminding...
Gareth Roberts and Jon Jones are uphill and down dale on the road to Basle. Going via Copenhagen they have recorded a little audio diary to get TAW Player subscribers in the mood this morning of the Europa League. Memories of finals past and looking forward to...
OKAY, first things first about Basel. You pass through passport control at the airport. You arrive at a sign. There are flags and colours. Take the left turn and you will end up in Germany or France – in Freiburg or Mulhouse. Take the right turn and you are in...
HERE we go then. Gathering cups in May…hopefully. The waiting is over. The planning done. Put the laptop away and turn off the phone. Christmas-type fervour is in full effect. The Reds are coming up the hill, boys. Liverpool in Europe just feels right. Part of...
I’M NOT going to Basel. A week of tossing and turning. Thrashing in the darkness. Trying to still a restless mind. I’m not going to Basel. I can’t go to Basel. I really wish I was going to Basel. Circumstance is my enemy. You surely know me well enough by now,...
THE next instalment in a series where I watch a football team so you don’t have to. This time it is Liverpool’s Europa League Final opponents, Sevilla FC. Sevilla have had a fairly eventful season, with a slightly disappointing seventh place in the table,...
TOWARDS the end of Brendan Rodgers’s time as manager, going the game almost felt like an inconvenience at times, writes CHARLIE CHRISTIAN. The Anfield crowd was utterly despondent as it had been for large chunks of the previous season, and who could really blame...
Contributors Tribute To Diogo Jota II: The Anfield Wrap
Another Anfield Wrap free podcast, paying tribute to Liverpool forward Diogo Jota with contributions from Pete Bolster, Siobhan Biggane, Mike Kearney, Phil Blundell, Andy Bell and Dan Morgan.
