by Simon Hughes | Apr 13, 2016 | Footie
BRENDAN Rodgers resisted the ray of warm sunshine that flashed through the window in front of him by wearing a long, grey coloured mac. Perching himself on a table he began to confidently explain how his Swansea City team had secured their Premier League future...
by David Segar | Apr 13, 2016 | Footie
THURSDAY brings with it Liverpool’s biggest European game since the 2010 UEFA Cup semi-final with Atletico Madrid. Little did we know when Diego Forlan was denying us the chance to batter Roy Hodgson’s Fulham in the final that it would be the last time the Reds would...
by Michael Nevin | Apr 13, 2016 | Footie
THIRTY ONE years ago today. The 1985 FA Cup semi-final. Probably the most raw, intense atmosphere and drama I have ever experienced. I doubt it will ever be beaten. I’m not sure I even want it surpassed for it belongs in a different age when, pre-Heysel and...
by Ian Salmon | Apr 12, 2016 | Footie
I HAVEN’T written anything on here for a couple of weeks. I’d love to think you’ve missed me but my ego’s not quite that rampant. My ego is, in fact, non-rampant enough to have looked at the stuff on the site and gone, ‘yeah, was going to...
by John Gibbons | Apr 12, 2016 | Footie
DORTMUND holds a special place in my heart, as I’m sure it does for many others around my age. My first European final in 2001, the club’s first since 1985, and a crazy day and night where it lashed down and there were an improbable number of goals...
by Karl Coppack | Apr 12, 2016 | Footie
APRIL 12, 1986. It was 30 years ago today. There were many things wrong with this day and they were all my fault. Every single one. No one else’s. I could point to many things – maybe my feng shui was all over the place or my chakras weren’t balanced or something, but...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 11, 2016 | Podcast
NEIL ATKINSON is joined by Rob Gutmann and John Gibbons to bask in Liverpool’s 4-1 win against Stoke City and to ask what this tells Jürgen Klopp going forward. With exciting displays to discuss from Divock Origi and Daniel Sturridge and the first from Sheyi Ojo...
by Ben Johnson | Apr 11, 2016 | Footie
Show them the way to go home, They’re tired and they want to go to bed (40 winks*) They’re only half a football team compared to the boys in red. Oh THE greatest of football songs this. In fact, I’d go as far as to say it is my favourite. Reasons as...
by Martin Fitzgerald | Apr 10, 2016 | Footie
ALL right, everyone. You know the drill by the now, here are five thoughts on the game of football that happened earlier. 1) Pre-Match I caught up with Neil Atkinson and Rob Gutmann before the game while Leicester continued their bizarre march to the Premier League...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 10, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player
NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Philippa Smallwood, Paul Senior and Ben Johnson for our TAW Player post match reaction show ‘The Pink’ recorded immediately after at the match in Liverpool City Centre. Listen to a free clip from the Liverpool v Stoke edition of...
