EVERYONE remembers their first game don’t they? I think I’ve told you mine but I’ll tell you again. May 1990, I’d just turned 8 years old, and my dad had two tickets for Liverpool vs QPR at Anfield. When he showed me them they may as well have...
IRRITABLY, Manchester United fans have a renewed spring in their step this summer, writes JAMIE CASEY. While us Reds are dealing with the loss of our flawed genius, left wondering what will become of this flamboyant side without him, that lot are lauding the arrival...
EXTORTIONATE ticket prices, stupid kick-off times, absentee owners fleecing the club you love… With all that to bear, it would be easy to walk away from the game – especially when things start to go wrong on the pitch. But supporters stick with it through the wind and...
A REGULATION 3-0 away win against average and limited opposition? We can laugh, and of course we do, but if truth be told, it was a regulation 3-0 away win against an average and limited opposing manager. No team that can boast forward players of the calibre of Robin...
“HP baked beans; they’re the beans for me.” BANG! More than just a slogan to sell haricot beans in a tasty tomato sauce. It’s an early 1980s visit to Old Trafford – that most friendly and hospitable of away grounds for the discerning travelling Red to tip up at...
by DAVE MARTINEZ 13th January 2013 ‘Der der der der der der der RACIST BASTARD!’ I AM sat in the South Stand at Old Trafford awaiting kick-off as Luis Suarez predictably receives an earful from the Stretford End while he warms up. I have been afforded the dubious...
By Sam Drury THE day the fixtures for the new season are announced in June is an important one in the football calendar. After weeks without club football, for many fans it is the day the countdown to the new season begins in earnest. It is a new start. Everything...
We’ve had a recurring theme in recent weeks of ‘Greatests’ over the years and this week’s was a no-brainer, even if the judging process was a bit more difficult. Let’s face it, any win over the Mancs is just sweetness personified. Here’s our top five, let us know your...
Liverpool’s Famous Kop & Man City | The Anfield Wrap
Liverpool face a Manchester City side this weekend, a game which would grab the attention of the nation regardless, with City having been found guilty of cheating by the Premier League facing a side that ran them so close on various occasions, the eyes of the nation will be glued to a fixture that promises a powder keg of an atmosphere – but with so many questions hanging over Manchester City, should this fixture even be played at all and what can we expect when the side found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges levelled at them roll in to Anfield?
To discuss all the above, Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons and also Brian Reade to talk not just about the weekend’s clash, but also his new book ‘The Kop’ which explores how and why the Kop became the globally-renowned stand it is today.
Also on the show, Neil chats to Charles and Andrew Hendy of ‘The Mary Wallopers’ to talk about their James Skelly produced new album ‘Paddywhackery’.
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