by Phil Greene | Apr 17, 2016 | Footie
THERE is a smashing story that is told about Kolo Toure. No, it’s not the one you’re thinking of (though that is a cracker in its own right). The one I am talking about centres around Toure’s trial with Arsenal and comes from Ray Parlour, via John Cross’ book Arsene...
by Rob Gutmann | Apr 16, 2016 | Footie
WE’RE hoping for some weather. Seven men in a van going for a knees-up in a seaside town. The life the Reds give you. I’m getting this done at half six on the morning before the game. Getting picked up in three hours. Driving down in handsome John Gibbons’...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 16, 2016 | Footie
THE board had just gone up showing four minutes of added time as Daniel Sturridge fed James Milner in the penalty area, writes JOEL RABINOWITZ. His first touch was heavy, just keeping the ball in play as he floated the ball to the back post, where Dejan Lovren,...
by John Gibbons | Apr 15, 2016 | Footie
WHO can believe it. Those Reds. Those Tricky Reds. Liverpool were outplayed and outclassed. Someone needed to show them the way to go home. I said to competition winner Tom that we didn’t want to score before half time. Once we were losing by two our best chance...
by Martin Fitzgerald | Apr 15, 2016 | Footie
ALL right, everyone. Here’s five thoughts on that Liverpool game that’s just happened. 1) Me, me, me I woke up in London this morning, had lunch in Nottingham, and arrived in Liverpool at about 6:30pm. Weighed down by travelling, and an inbox that never...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 15, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player
NEIL ATKINSON, Phil Blundell, Adam Smith, Kim Gordon, Tom from Earache Records react to Liverpool somehow smashing Liverpool into the next round of the Europa League. If you're already subscribed, click here to...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 15, 2016 | Footie
WHAT a week. What a gang of lads. What a set of Reds. Did you have a little cry? I know I did. 4-3 and I am full of joy, that angry joy, that ‘stitch that’ joy, that joy unconfined, that joy that is the language of heaven with the noise of hell, that joy...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 14, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player, TAW Special
NEIL ATKINSON hosts a Dortmund Pre-Match Special chat about Liverpool’s second leg Europa League tie against Borussia Dortmund. He is joined by German football aficionado and part time Hugo Boss model Raphael Honigstein. The pair chat about how Dortmund might...
by Craig Hannan | Apr 13, 2016 | Footie
DEMAND outweighs supply when we consider a certain kind of striker. The type sought after by all but who usually gravitates towards Europe’s elite. The sort of forward whose presence will instantly elevate others around him, and who has the ability to illuminate any...
by Melissa Reddy | Apr 13, 2016 | Footie
THERE is always a then and now. Regardless of the ever-changing landscape of the game, that juxtaposition is one of football’s constants. Even the profession of covering the sport has its sepia-tinted throwback and high-definition reality. Journalists reporting on a...
