by Karl Coppack | Jul 2, 2015 | Footie
I HAD promised myself the summer off. No football, no Under 21s, no Women’s World Cup, no transfer rumours. Nothing. But then I read Paul Little’s piece about the reality of supporting Liverpool FC and I felt the need to reply. Firstly, it’s a gutsy piece. It’s not...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 2, 2015 | Footie
MY name is Paul Little. I am a Liverpool fan and I stopped believing some time ago that the club will win the league. In fact, I don’t even expect a top-four finish anymore. Despite these admissions, I still think FSG — and the now under attack FFP rules —...
by Michael Nevin | Jun 28, 2015 | Footie
“CITY is a massive club”, was the cry from Mancunians of the blue persuasion, years before Emirates riches were ploughed into the somewhat soulless surrounds of Eastlands, the new council-owned home of Manchester’s hitherto poor relations. The claim — made...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 25, 2015 | Podcast, TAW Player
ROB GUTMANN, Jay McKenna, Jonathan Northcroft of The Sunday Times and Mike Nevin get robust on the owners in the second of a two-part show on this week’s ‘Unwrapped’.
by Melissa Reddy | Jun 25, 2015 | Footie
“OUR faith is the weapon most feared by our enemies.” A week ago, approximately 15 minutes after the Premier League fixtures for 2015-16 were announced, my phone beeped away. A former work colleague, who is a Manchester United enthusiast, texted me the...
by Gareth Roberts | Jun 21, 2015 | Footie
JOHN HENRY — who remains the Principal Owner of Liverpool Football Club — once said: “I think the biggest issue was the sense of disenfranchisement and their sense of not being a part of their own club, so that’s what we discussed. This was a big...
by Melissa Reddy | Jun 13, 2015 | Footie
LIVERPOOL FC, please buy some belief. Sensible. That’s what Liverpool’s transfer business has been termed thus far. Sensible. Let me get this out the way: I’m a James Milner disciple and thoroughly looking forward to following his ‘whatever it takes’ ethos. He is...
by Gareth Roberts | Jun 10, 2015 | Footie
MOST conversations between footie fans end up boiling down to the same thing: the aspiration, the reality and the unexplained gap that lies in between. What fills that gap — the knowledge of what really happens behind walls, in boardrooms, on training pitches,...
by Neil Atkinson | Jun 5, 2015 | Footie
I’M away. In Fes, Morocco. Been quite the culture shock. Everywhere I look it is full of fellas sitting around arguing and talking shite, not doing much else. Massive, massive culture shock obviously. Anyway. It’s good being away. You get your news in...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 4, 2015 | Footie
NEGATIVITY — like love in the Wet Wet Wet song, is all around me, writes BEN McCAUSLAND. I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes. It’s washing around the city, rampaging through the streets like a CGI tidal wave in an action movie. Every time you pick up a...
