LIVERPOOL won a game two nil in a relatively no-nonsense manner. Some of the passing was a bit off but it was very hot. One of those times when the crowd were wearing less than the players. It was holiday weather, but to describe the players as being on the beach...
It takes a lot to get Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons out of bed on a Sunday morning. But Jerzy Dudek is big enough to do it. In a back room of the LFC Store in Liverpool One, Neil, John, Jerzy and Chris McLoughlin chat about Jerzy Dudek’s new autobiography...
YES the Reds! A thoroughly professional performance with goals by wonderful men at wonderful times. Many of those lads have played better, but as a team they were terrific. They completely bought into the manager’s mindset and game plan. They bought into the...
“HE’S given it. He’s given it.” “It was Lallana in the end.” “He’s given it. It’s been given. And look at Kolo.” Look at Kolo. Look at him. We’re on top of each other, shins burning. But look at Kolo....
RIGHT. How can I put this in a way so as not to offend or unnerve? Yes. That’s my overdue Prince tribute. Not as spectacular as the weather deciding that it should go all out to fulfil everybody’s Sometimes It Snows In April blizzard-based hopes but there...
OVER the last few days there have been some genuinely excellent articles about Hillsborough and the verdicts from the inquests, many of them appearing on this very site. Most of them have been difficult to read, with some managing to shed further light on a story that...
IN the course of my life, I’ve been in the fortunate position of being able to have a number of debates with Jimmy McGovern, a close family friend and someone I respect above all others. The first took place in a Transit van on the way back to Merseyside from a...
HILLSBOROUGH changed irrevocably the lives of 96 families, and thousands of survivors, writes DAVID WEBBER. It was, as Neil Atkinson has powerfully and rightly argued, a national disgrace. It prompted a cover up to which successive governments would be complicit, and...
I DIDN’T want to write about Hillsborough this week. I’ve found the right words in short supply. How can you ever do the 96 JUSTICE? But, equally, how can you write about football during such a momentous, emotional week? Never have I felt the build up so low key...
VERY much like Liverpool under Hicks and Gillett, The Anfield Wrap currently have a home and an away team. While John Gibbons and Andy Heaton toil away in Sunny Spain, Neil Atkinson and Gareth Roberts are holding the fort in Liverpool and they are joined by Rob...
