LIVERPOOL V EVERTON: MATCH PREVIEW

LIVERPOOL V EVERTON: MATCH PREVIEW

I’VE always thought the derby is a bit like going for a periodic medical. It’s not entirely necessary that it should be occurring on the particular scheduled date, but the simple fact of it happening raises blood pressure, and implies a phase of self assessment...

The Coach Home: Up and down

THIS week ‘The Coach Home’ starts with West Ham United and ends with Everton. A journey from the light into the dark. From joy to misery. Sorry. It is hosted by Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons and they are joined by Andy Middleton and Dave Downie. Andy is...

The Wrap Up: Tuesday 15th March

The Wrap Up is our daily look at the day’s LFC news stories, John Gibbons and Neil Atkinson are in for you on the day that Liverpool announced the dates of the re-arranged out home fixtures against Everton and Chelsea respectively, both now being played on a...
Everton 4 Liverpool 4: The scars that can’t be seen

Everton 4 Liverpool 4: The scars that can’t be seen

HERE’S how this starts: In football, as in life, you’re surrounded by hindsight. It’s everywhere, colouring your outlook, shaping your views. You can’t move for the stuff. All the opinions, all the analysis, all the outrage. All formed with hindsight. All the...

HOWARD KENDALL: A LIVERPOOL FAN’S VIEW

WE should really have hated Howard Kendall. We should have resented the way he took over a disjointed, demoralised Everton and led them to the pinnacle of the game, at home and abroad. We should have begrudged how he galvanised a fan base that had been crying out for...

LIVERPOOL: WHEN BUGSY BURROWS BASHED THE BLUES

WE’VE produced hundreds of shows and published a couple of thousand articles since The Anfield Wrap was launched four years ago. And I reckon in all that time no-one’s EVER mentioned David Burrows. “Who?” you might well say, depending on when your Liverpool-supporting...