DALGLISH – THE KOP GETS ITS KING

DALGLISH – THE KOP GETS ITS KING

LIVERPOOL manager Bob Paisley paid a British record £440,000 to bring Kenny Dalglish south from Celtic. As a player at Anfield, Kenny won six league titles, two FA Cups, four League Cups, three European Cups and one Super Cup. It’s widely recognised as the best...
LIVERPOOL FC AND THE LUCKY UNDERPANTS

LIVERPOOL FC AND THE LUCKY UNDERPANTS

WIND the clock back to September 2, 2013. Liverpool sits pretty at the top of the Premier League having comfortably beaten Manchester United at Anfield. The scoreline read 1-0 to the Reds, but the outcome was never in danger. It was a controlling performance on a...

In The Know. Or not.

ITK definition: Someone who is ‘In The Know’ about a football club’s transfer policy. Generally tends to be teenagers. Usually obsessed with their follower count. Will definitely have used the “Liverpool Sign Bent” joke at some point. Often confused with parody...
CITYTALK PODCAST: HEATON’S COLANDER

CITYTALK PODCAST: HEATON’S COLANDER

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Gareth Roberts, Andy Heaton and football agent Stephen Morris for this week’s Anfield Wrap on CityTalk 105.9. Download Issue 10 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices. DIRECT LINK TO CITYTALK –...
LIVERPOOL IN NEW YORK – AN AMERICAN’S VIEW

LIVERPOOL IN NEW YORK – AN AMERICAN’S VIEW

REY MASHAYEKHI was at the Yankee Stadium for Liverpool’s penalty shoot-out win over Manchester City. “Hey Xabi, you know which train we gotta take?” The man on the platform, identifying me by the “Alonso 14” on my back, was draped in red from head to toe. With...
WHEN BERGER WAS KING

WHEN BERGER WAS KING

ON this day in 1996, Liverpool Football Club unveiled the signing of Patrik Berger from Borussia Dortmund. I was very excited. It was a time when Liverpool didn’t have many overseas players, and long before it was cool to sign people from Dortmund. When Berger...
LIVERPOOL: THE PRE-SEASON DILEMMA

LIVERPOOL: THE PRE-SEASON DILEMMA

EVERY year, sometime around mid-July, it’s the same script, writes CRAIG RIMMER. The withdrawal symptoms induced by having not watched the Red men do their thing for two full months reach the point where a pre-season kick about with Preston North End is greeted...
GOODBYE SOUTHAMPTON, HELLO LIVERPOOL

GOODBYE SOUTHAMPTON, HELLO LIVERPOOL

WITH Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren joining the Reds this summer – and Southampton trousering £49m from the transfers in the last three months – I spoke to BEN STANFIELD, a born-and-bred Southampton lad, a Saints fan for over 25 years and a...
ME AND ROGER HUNT

ME AND ROGER HUNT

FIFTY-SIX years ago to this day – July 29, 1958 – a bonafide legend signed for Liverpool Football Club. “Sir” Roger Hunt was spotted playing for Stockton Heath in the Mid-Cheshire League by Bill Jones, himself a former Liverpool player, and the grandad of...
PODCAST: JAMIE CARRAGHER SPECIAL

PODCAST: JAMIE CARRAGHER SPECIAL

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Rob Gutmann, John Gibbons and special guest Jamie Carragher, as they chat about Jamie’s career, the upcoming season and whether Liverpool can get to, or surpass, 84 points. Download Issue 10 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at...