“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...
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’.
“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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
SO Brendan Rodgers remains the manager of Liverpool Football Club. We wish him well, and cross our fingers. But me? I think he’s sunk. Before he starts, I mean — he’s sunk. “Why?”, I hear you ask. Well, if a manager is going to lead, he...
I LIKE the summer. And I love a pre pre-season when there’s no football on. Non-tournament summers are like paradise for me. Why? Because I can put Liverpool away for a bit. I don’t have to worry about them. At this moment I’ve no idea who Liverpool’s next opponents...
Can Resurgent Reds Maintain Momentum?: TAW Midweek Extra
The Anfield Wrap’s midweek podcast looking back at the Liverpool’s thumping victory over Galatasaray in the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie at Anfield to progress to the quarter finals of The Champions League.
John Gibbons is joined by Andy Heaton, Adam Smith and Joel Penny.
Also in the show, John talks to Matt Parish, CEO of The LFC Foundation, about next weekends Legends game at Anfield as the Liverpool Legends take on Jurgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund.
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