by Karl Coppack | Nov 28, 2016 | Footie
IN April 1990, Liverpool beat QPR 2-1 at Anfield. A John Barnes penalty won the game and, by extension, the league with two games to go to finally see off the threat of – yes – Aston Villa. All wrapped up to the extent that Kenny brought himself off the bench for the...
by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 27, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player
‘The Anfield Wrap this week sees Neil Atkinson host John Gibbons, Craig Hannan and Paul Cope as they discuss Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Sunderland. Divock Origi’s goal, Jurgen Klopp getting at the fans and Roberto Firmino’s brilliance all get...
by Neil Atkinson | Nov 26, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
HUNG on at the whistle. Hung on to give one more ‘is right’ and one more ‘cop for that’ and one more ‘up the Reds’. Hung on to see the manager and the captain in the middle of the pitch and to see them give it the big one, and I...
by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 26, 2016 | Podcast, Post-Match Show, TAW Player
Neil Atkinson is joined by Paul Senior, Philippa Smallwood and Stuart Wright after Liverpool overcame David Moyes’ Sunderland by two historic goals to nil. The Pink is The Anfield Wrap at its most full-throated whether joyous in victory or broken in defeat. The...
by Andy Heaton | Nov 26, 2016 | Footie
The match ratings from Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Sunderland. Loris Karius: 8 Another clean sheet for the young German, clearly gives no fucks what you think and good for him. Two decent saves in each half in angled one v one situations. Bar giving a soft corner...
by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 25, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player
Neil Atkinson hosts as Gareth Roberts, Mike Girling and Ian Salmon talk at length about Steven Gerrard, Sunderland and Liverpool bouncing back from their draw against Southampton. Steve Goldsmith from Wise Man Say Podcast lets us know what Sunderland have been up to...
by Michael Nevin | Nov 25, 2016 | Footie
APRIL 14, 2016, was a terrible day for me. Driven to the point of insanity with toothache, I’m lying in bed when I get a text which reveals Borussia Dortmund, who we play tonight, are secretly training about 400 yards from my house — at Marine AFC in Crosby. For...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Nov 25, 2016 | Footie
EVERY so often, in different walks of life, an individual comes round who turns out to define a generation. In football, a player might go down as one of the all-time greats to play the sport. Steven Gerrard is certainly one of those figures, yet his is a legacy which...
by Rob Gutmann | Nov 25, 2016 | Footie
HE’S a funny cat Moyesy. It’s fashionable to dismiss him as just another incarnation of the British manager morph. There is no value left in the stock of UK-born managers. The nadir that the Gareth Southgate-for-England campaign represents has assured that much. It...
by Josh Sexton | Nov 25, 2016 | Footie
AHEAD of David Moyes’ return to Anfield we spoke to Eve Sayers from Sunderland fanzine A Love Supreme to get the lowdown on Liverpool’s upcoming opponents. Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself and A Love Supreme I’m a 21 year old Sports Journalism graduate and now...
