As Sam Allardyce comes back round the Premier League manager carousel, Karl Coppack writes that it reaffirms that Liverpool struck gold with Jürgen Klopp… FOOTBALL careers sometimes move in a circular motion. Theo Walcott has returned to Southampton this...
Despite romping to the league title last season, Karl Coppack argues that the circumstances this season make another procession an uphill task for Liverpool… IN December 1965, The Beatles released their sixth studio album, ‘Rubber Soul’. It was more...
Ray Clemence’s life and the reaction to his passing reminds us that our Liverpool heroes are humans too, writes Karl Coppack… THE hardest thing about losing another legend is the reminder that they’re only human after all. Of course we know that...
Karl Coppack writes that Jürgen Klopp’s home league unbeaten run not only matches a record set by Bob Paisley, it cements him as one of the greatest we’ve seen… ON November 8, 2015, Jürgen Klopp strode out onto the Anfield pitch and stared...
Emilia Bona, Lizzi Doyle, Mike Kearney, Karl Coppack, Joel Richards and Luke Reddy discuss the topics picked by YOU which were: Rhys Williams, Ragnar Klavan, the Barcelona president, Lewis Hamilton and best scary film… Below is a clip from the show – to...
Adam Smith is joined by Lizzi Doyle, Josh Sexton, Karl Coppack, Martin Fitzgerald and Clare Brookfield to answer YOUR questions on Virgil van Dijk replacements, VAR and more… Below is a clip from the show – to listen to more, click here to subscribe…...
LAST WEEK Red Issue, the United fanzine, announced that their January edition would be their last. After 25 years of following the most successful period in their history, they, like Ferguson, have called it a day. I’ve never read it and I won’t be lamenting its...
In February 1987 Liverpool played an everyday bog standard home game with Southampton. As with many Liverpool/Soton games it didn’t have much to recommend it. Peter Shilton was in goal so the game was automatically relegated to an undercard as the Kop preferred...
Liverpool’s Famous Kop & Man City | The Anfield Wrap
Liverpool face a Manchester City side this weekend, a game which would grab the attention of the nation regardless, with City having been found guilty of cheating by the Premier League facing a side that ran them so close on various occasions, the eyes of the nation will be glued to a fixture that promises a powder keg of an atmosphere – but with so many questions hanging over Manchester City, should this fixture even be played at all and what can we expect when the side found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges levelled at them roll in to Anfield?
To discuss all the above, Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons and also Brian Reade to talk not just about the weekend’s clash, but also his new book ‘The Kop’ which explores how and why the Kop became the globally-renowned stand it is today.
Also on the show, Neil chats to Charles and Andrew Hendy of ‘The Mary Wallopers’ to talk about their James Skelly produced new album ‘Paddywhackery’.
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