THE PINK – POST SWANSEA

THE PINK – POST SWANSEA

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...
MATCH REVIEW: SWANSEA CITY v LIVERPOOL

MATCH REVIEW: SWANSEA CITY v LIVERPOOL

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...
MATCH RATINGS: SWANSEA CITY v LIVERPOOL

MATCH RATINGS: SWANSEA CITY v LIVERPOOL

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...
THE PINK – PRE MATCH SWANSEA

THE PINK – PRE MATCH SWANSEA

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....
A MANIFESTO FOR MODERN FOOTBALL (SLIGHT RETURN)

A MANIFESTO FOR MODERN FOOTBALL (SLIGHT RETURN)

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...

CITYTALK: A BEVY OF SWANS

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...

THE PINK

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...
JUST THE TICKET: FIVE FAVOURITE LIVERPOOL STUBS #1

JUST THE TICKET: FIVE FAVOURITE LIVERPOOL STUBS #1

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...