LUIS SUAREZ: NOT OUR C*** ANY MORE

LUIS SUAREZ: NOT OUR C*** ANY MORE

“LUIS SUAREZ is a c*** – but he’s our c***.” I said that to an audience of 900 Liverpool fans when The Anfield Wrap put on a live show at the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne 12 months ago. Back then, Suarez was trying to engineer his way out of the club. Arsenal had put in...
INVERTING THE DIAMOND (AKA LIFE AFTER SUAREZ)

INVERTING THE DIAMOND (AKA LIFE AFTER SUAREZ)

WITH all signs pointing to a Liverpool sans Luis Suarez next season, the tip-tapping of keyboards has been audible around the globe. I felt left out, so here’s my 7.5billion penneth on the matter. This is a headache Brendan Rodgers could have done without. When Suarez...
THE SUMMER OFF (WE GO AGAIN)

THE SUMMER OFF (WE GO AGAIN)

IT WASN’T always this way, but I enjoy the end of a season these days. Maybe it’s age or the effect of non-football life washing over me, but I’m glad of the rest. People often draw the analogy of your club being akin to a high-maintenance girlfriend...
INTERVIEW: ASHWELL PRICE

INTERVIEW: ASHWELL PRICE

SOON the World Cup will be over and the start of the season is still over a month away. So how are we supposed to get our fix of sport in the mean time? Well for those of us based in Liverpool, Lancashire Cricket Club come down the East Lancs to play in Aigburth for a...

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO FEEL?

TO thoroughly misquote John Lennon: Last night the wife said…”How do you feel about this whole Suarez thing then?” I’ve said it before but it bears repeating, my wife’s a Blue. A fanatical Blue. Her whole family is. She has an uncle who...
PODCAST – SHOULDERING ON

PODCAST – SHOULDERING ON

NEIL ATKINSON and John Gibbons were joined by Si Steers and and Karl Coppack in another TAW World Cup special with debate also inevitably focusing on Luis Suarez’s ban following his latest biting incident. Podcast also includes last week’s City Talk show....

WHY DO PEOPLE WATCH SPORT?

By Martin Fitzgerald I watch sport because I want to see people do wonderful things. I watch sport because I want to see people being brilliant, being brilliant at sport. I’ve come a long way in this respect. Let me explain. I used to hate Steve Davis. Bloody hated...
FERNANDO MORIENTES BROKE MY HEART

FERNANDO MORIENTES BROKE MY HEART

DOES anyone remember Clubcall? I don’t know if it’s still going but I used to ring it when I was at work. It was a phone service which gave you club rumours and interviews ‘direct from Anfield’. I can still remember the opening bars and a...
BECOMING BRENDAN RODGERS

BECOMING BRENDAN RODGERS

NEIL SCOTT had his doubts when the current Liverpool manager was appointed two years ago but now he’s a believer THERE will be a time, and it won’t be too long coming, when they will make a film about Liverpool’s 2013/14 season. Some kind of fantasy action adventure...
TAW MAGAZINE 10

TAW MAGAZINE 10

Cover Exclusive Noel Gallagher interview Extracts from a forthcoming book by some of the TAW crew Neil Scott assesses the transformation of Brendan Rodgers Bookie Phil Blundell is back with his tips for the World Cup A teenager’s perspective on the season just...