by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 24, 2016 | Footie
WHEN Jürgen Klopp joined Liverpool in October, it was the start of a new era, writes LUKE CHANDLEY. Under Brendan Rodgers, the football started poorly, moved on to a good patch, then an excellent patch and was soon followed by a from-bad-to-worse patch. That’s pretty...
by John Gibbons | Jul 24, 2016 | Footie
JET lag is a killer, isn’t it? It’s not yet 6am and after a long flight to LA and a few beers to try to help me sleep I’ve given up and started writing this. Andy is up, too, making coffee and watching the sun come up over Santa Monica Pier. There is...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 22, 2016 | Podcast
The Anfield Wrap’s weekly free magazine show on Radio CityTalk – a show that can come at you from any angle; from a look at books to the most recent game; from a question around an issue to a discussion around transfers. Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons are joined...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Jul 22, 2016 | Footie
THERE we have it. Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum becomes Jürgen Klopp’s sixth permanent signing for Liverpool, completing a £25million transfer from Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle to join up with the Reds on their pre-season tour in the USA. After what seemed like an...
by Ben Johnson | Jul 22, 2016 | Footie
EVERY year, without fail, I fall for the same trick. Three of four weeks without any football and come the first pre-season game I’m scratching for a glimpse of the new Reds — the champions elect in the new kits — so I can try to figure out how good we are...
by Michael Nevin | Jul 22, 2016 | Footie
I’M sure some of you will dismiss this article as the rantings of a middle-aged man; stuck in the past, holding onto ideas that belong in another century. You’re probably right readers, but bear with me on this one. If you’re from the Premier League, do read on...
by Adam Smith | Jul 21, 2016 | Footie
MY palms were really sweaty. That’s the first thing I remember. And my mouth felt incredibly dry. It wasn’t that the room was spinning, exactly. More like it was swaying side-to-side in quite a violent fashion. As though I was on a rope bridge in the middle of a...
by Phil Blundell | Jul 20, 2016 | Footie
AUGUST 4, 2006: Rafa Benitez’s Reds are five days away from the first game of their season — a Champions League qualifier at Anfield against Maccabi Haifa. They’re in Germany to face a little known Bundesliga side called Mainz in their final pre-season friendly....
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 20, 2016 | Footie
AS a journalist once said to a famous footballer from Northern Ireland, where did it all go wrong? In the case of Christian Benteke, he’s certainly no George Best, writes Ian Ryan. In fact, there’s many a Red who will tell you they would rather have had his catwalk...
by Dan Austin | Jul 19, 2016 | Footie
WORKING part-time in retail is, without doubt, one of the most insipid ways to make a living in modern Britain. Your days are repetitive, you’re not engaged. You flog cheap tat to hard-working people, while the conglomerate in control reaps the profits and pays...
