CITYTALK: THIS IS THE START

ANOTHER season awaits for Liverpool, just weeks after the highs and the final low of last season. Now Brendan’s tricky Reds need to start all over again, with loads of new bodies to help push them that little bit further. In the CityTalk 105.9 studio this week...
LIVERPOOL: NOW IT GETS INTERESTING

LIVERPOOL: NOW IT GETS INTERESTING

SO now for the interesting bit. The last pre-season ball to be kicked in mild irritation has mercifully been and gone. The next one Liverpool Football Club kick will have points riding on it. The next line-up that Brendan Rodgers names will be one designed to...
LIVERPOOL: PROCEED WITH TOTAL ABANDON

LIVERPOOL: PROCEED WITH TOTAL ABANDON

NEIL Scott wrote a piece for The Anfield Wrap called “Proceed with Caution”.  I refuse to read it, writes MARTIN FITZGERALD. This is a point-blank refusal. Unequivocal. Nothing he could ever do would ever make me read it. It was received really well by those more...
LIVERPOOL: I NEVER MAKE PREDICTIONS AND I NEVER WILL

LIVERPOOL: I NEVER MAKE PREDICTIONS AND I NEVER WILL

By Phil Blundell THE PREMIER LEAGUE starts in two days – so you’ve got every Tom, Dick and Harry having their say about what will happen, what might happen, and what could happen. Ultimately, you’ll read most of them back and think, ‘That’s absolutely ridiculous’....
LIVERPOOL: PROCEED WITH CAUTION

LIVERPOOL: PROCEED WITH CAUTION

SOMEONE was always going to have to do this. It might as well be me, writes NEIL SCOTT. I’m going to level with you. I’m concerned. Now, as a Liverpool supporter in the post-Suarez age I know that’s an admission of personal weakness. It’s a position destined to raise...
DALGLISH – THE KOP GETS ITS KING

DALGLISH – THE KOP GETS ITS KING

LIVERPOOL manager Bob Paisley paid a British record £440,000 to bring Kenny Dalglish south from Celtic. As a player at Anfield, Kenny won six league titles, two FA Cups, four League Cups, three European Cups and one Super Cup. It’s widely recognised as the best...
LIVERPOOL FC AND THE LUCKY UNDERPANTS

LIVERPOOL FC AND THE LUCKY UNDERPANTS

WIND the clock back to September 2, 2013. Liverpool sits pretty at the top of the Premier League having comfortably beaten Manchester United at Anfield. The scoreline read 1-0 to the Reds, but the outcome was never in danger. It was a controlling performance on a...

In The Know. Or not.

ITK definition: Someone who is ‘In The Know’ about a football club’s transfer policy. Generally tends to be teenagers. Usually obsessed with their follower count. Will definitely have used the “Liverpool Sign Bent” joke at some point. Often confused with parody...
PEPE REINA: A DEPRESSING FAREWELL

PEPE REINA: A DEPRESSING FAREWELL

IT WAS A SAD IMAGE that will linger long in the memory. A brooding scowl lay upon the face of a man who sat motionless in a resigned slump behind his manager. Watching the football. Not playing it. Predictably, it went viral immediately on social media. It will...
CITYTALK PODCAST: HEATON’S COLANDER

CITYTALK PODCAST: HEATON’S COLANDER

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Gareth Roberts, Andy Heaton and football agent Stephen Morris for this week’s Anfield Wrap on CityTalk 105.9. Download Issue 10 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices. DIRECT LINK TO CITYTALK –...