IN a Swansea hotel room Neil Atkinson is joined post match by Phil Blundell, John Gibbons, Paul Senior, Rob Gutmann and Steve Graves. They get into today’s game against Swansea in the immediate aftermath and then things get a lot broader. Positive Joe Allen talk...
HALF time. Half time and my Lord, my hand to God, Liverpool look a mile away. As though the game has come as an enormous surprise to the lot of them. A day out at the Gower and Colin Pascoe says: “Forget this area of outstanding natural beauty lads, we kick off...
WELL it’s three points isn’t it? Wasn’t pretty, but a win is a win at this stage of the season. Up the Reds. SIMON MIGNOLET 7 Saved all the balls that were kicked at him. You’ll get some lads moaning about his kicking but, call me old...
AN impromptu crew discuss the weekend’s results and anticipate the Swansea away game watching The Reds. It’s Gutmann’s hotel room with Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons, Paul Senior and Steve Graves. It’s a bit guerilla. It’s all too exciting....
NEIL ATKINSON is joined by Mike Nevin and Rob Gutmann to discuss part two of Liverpool’s landmark treble season in 2000/01. This goes from Spurs in November to Rome in February and sets up one of the most remarkable run ins in the club’s history. Expect...
I TALK to Mick Coyle on his CityTalk show on a Tuesday morning. It’s one of the best things I get to do on a weekly basis. Last Tuesday we spoke about Matthew Crist’s piece on this very website, his ‘manifesto for the modern game’. I spoke...
NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Steve Graves, Alison McGovern and John Gibbons to discuss the Reds’ trip to Swansea in search of another three points on this week’s TAW on CityTalk. Music this week: Mark Frith – Istanbul This track has just been chosen...
NEIL ATKINSON hosts an immediate post-match chat with Phil Blundell and Paul Johnson. There is no worse possible game to have started this with after the bore against Blackburn, yet Phil and Paul deliver the sort of conversation we all want. They also explain the name...
NEIL ATKINSON, Mike Nevin, John Gibbons and Rob Gutmann look back on the 2000/01 campaign, otherwise known as the treble season. In this first part, the lads look back at the summer transfer business, discuss Phil Babb and examine the first third of a landmark season...
WE’VE asked some of The Anfield Wrap’s regular contributors to crawl around the loft and look under the bed to dig out some of their most treasured ticket stubs and tell us the tales behind them. First with his favourite five is MIKE NEVIN. FA CUP FINAL...