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The following was originally written as a blog for The Times. Well, no, that’s not true. It was actually the middle section of a blog about something else written for The Times, and then brutally and ruthlessly cut down by heartless sub-editors. I felt it warranted a...
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

EVEN when we win ugly, it’s beautiful. Yes, the 2-1 win against Sunderland was an undeniably nervous one, but in many respects that shouldn’t have come as any surprise. Liverpool have just come off the back of a run of five league games, four of them away...
LIVERPOOL 2 SUNDERLAND 1

LIVERPOOL 2 SUNDERLAND 1

AND on we go. And on we fucking go. That wasn’t nice. That wasn’t fun. That wasn’t Brendan Rodgers’s Tricky Reds. That wasn’t the People’s Champions. That was the Champions Elect. They didn’t play well. It wasn’t pretty....
LIVERPOOL FC: MAKING ODDBALLS OUT OF EVERYONE

LIVERPOOL FC: MAKING ODDBALLS OUT OF EVERYONE

“TO a New Yorker like you, a hero is some kind of weird sandwich.” – Oddball to Crapgame; Kelly’s Heroes. 1970. Crapgame portrayed by Don Rickles. THE greatest line from the greatest war movie ever made –  the 34th best war movie ever made, according to Channel...
PODCAST: KILL THEM UNTIL THEY ARE DEAD

PODCAST: KILL THEM UNTIL THEY ARE DEAD

NEIL ATKINSON is joined in the studio by Andy Heaton, Mike Girling and Paul Cope to reflect on Liverpool’s run of the mill 6-3 win at Cardiff City. They are also joined by Steve Goldsmith to talk about the forthcoming game against Sunderland. Get issue 8 of...
LIVERPOOL ARE GOALS

LIVERPOOL ARE GOALS

LET’S start with the facts. 1988: Arguably our greatest side – 87 goals in 40 games. 1979: For me, the perfect Liverpool team – 85 goals in 42 games 1977: Our greatest season – 62 goals in 42 games Ladies and gentlemen, Liverpool currently sit...
Cardiff City 3 (THREE) Liverpool 6 (SIX)

Cardiff City 3 (THREE) Liverpool 6 (SIX)

THIS isn’t just about one game. It’s about two – let’s go crazy. Maybe even three – let’s go nuts. Because: And then there were three. Arsenal are now three and insurmountable goal difference behind Liverpool. To finish ahead of...
LIVERPOOL: LOSING MY PERSPECTIVE

LIVERPOOL: LOSING MY PERSPECTIVE

by NEIL SCOTT PERSPECTIVE.  Something we’re always being told we must maintain a sense of, yet no-one can definitively state what it does or doesn’t entail.  An unflinching optimist’s perspective will differ wildly from that of a committed misery-guts and it seems...
BRENDAN RODGERS: SIX OF THE BEST AT LFC

BRENDAN RODGERS: SIX OF THE BEST AT LFC

by DAVE MARTINEZ BRENDAN Rodgers took on the daunting task of replacing Kenny Dalglish as the manager of Liverpool Football Club 21 months ago. He inherited a squad that had finished eighth in the Premier League after chalking up just 52 points in the 2011/12 season....

PODCAST – LIVE IN NYC!

NEIL ATKINSON and a cast of hundreds chat live in New York City in the aftermath of the 3-0 obliteration of Manchester United at Old Trafford. Get issue 8 of TAW’s monthly digital mag free from iTunes for iOS devices or from app.theanfieldwrap.com for everything...