STREET footballers at an elite level are a joy to behold. Luis Suarez, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard were all phenomenally talented players who held an unnerving amount of raw abandon and instinct, honed into them on the streets of Croxteth, Huyton and Salto,...
Jürgen Klopp sits down for an interview with The Anfield Wrap to relive 24 hours of his life in Madrid when LFC won the Champions League. Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons host as Klopp goes into depth on his pre-final preparations, his feelings immediately after full...
IF you’re a Liverpool fan in your 20s, it’s highly likely that Fernando Torres helped you fall in love with football. Loving footballers is a complicated thing. When I was growing up it was best confined to the bedrooms of teenagers, posters of their favourite stars...
THE gleeful face of Kenny Dalglish in the Anfield stands at the weekend was a reminder of a time so long ago now, it seems like another place – a different world. In so many ways it was. When that same face beamed with joy 29 years ago, there was no stand at Anfield...
SUNDAY was a good day. Considering it started with me dry heaving in the shower after over-excessing at a wedding the day before, the rest of it represented a great turnaround we can all be proud of. I left the house at around 8am, grabbing a dozen or so beers I...
EARLIER this week, a Swiss research group called CIES Football Observatory announced that Andy Robertson, the magnificent left back and Scottish captain, is now worth £72.12m. The organisation, which provide “technical analysis of player performance and the scientific...
THIS time last year, Liverpool’s first-choice full-backs were Joe Gomez and Alberto Moreno. Turn the clock forward five years from now and it wouldn’t be a surprise if Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson were still the men in possession. It already feels like...
THIS is the third article I’ve written about Andy Robertson for The Anfield Wrap. READ – Andrew Robertson: Why Liverpool Fans Shouldn’t Scoff At Interest In Scotland’s Starlet READ – Andrew Robertson: How Scotland’s Starlet Has Established Himself...
AS a footie fan who invests so much into the club you love – time, effort, money, thinking – you want that club to have an identity; to stand for something, to mean something. Liverpool may have a global appeal, and supporters from all over the world, but, ultimately,...
An unconventional Anfield Wrap this week sees Neil Atkinson host a long long at the aftermath of the World Cup along with the realities of squad management that now confront Jurgen Klopp. What does an ideal Jurgen Klopp squad look like? Indeed, can such a thing be...
On this episode of TAW Unwrapped, we look at the winners and losers of Liverpool’s pre-season, those that have impressed and took their opportunity from senior members of the squad, our new signings and academy prospects, before casting an eye on those who may have missed a chance to make an impression.
John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson, Kieran Molyneux and Craig Hannan…
