by John Gibbons | May 25, 2017 | Footie
FORTY-SIX games. Thousands of pounds. Hundreds of pints. Dozens of hangovers. About 15 parking tickets and two speeding ones. And, so far, 73 points. Will it be worth it? It all felt like it rested on Sunday, if I’m honest. Which is daft really considering all...
by Ben Johnson | May 23, 2017 | Footie
WHAT a day. What a night. What a goal. What a bevy. What a song. “De, de, de, de, de, de…” “Gini Wijnaldum.” Or as Adam Melia, the sharpest Lyricist in Europe, sang. “Who played Willy Wonka…” “Gene Wilder.” If you weren’t hanging off a light fitting or...
by The Anfield Wrap | May 21, 2017 | Podcast, Post-Match Show, TAW Player
NEIL Atkinson was joined for the last Pink of the season by Peter Marshall, Philippa Smallwood, Rob Gutmann, Paul Senior and Stu Wright. Champions League? We’re having a laugh! If you're already subscribed, click here to login... – Wrap at it’s most...
by Andy Heaton | May 21, 2017 | Footie
WHAT a difference a few minutes can make, albeit with 15 minutes of half-time in the middle. Got to be honest, the head nearly fell off. NO, YOU FUCKING CALM DOWN. Simon Mignolet: 7 Rocking the new Sensible Soccer green goalie top — may as well have been on the...
by Neil Atkinson | May 21, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
“BE kind. In the first place try to be nothing but kind.” My mental note where I start all of these things. Seasons are fractured. Shall we do our best, one last time? Let’s go, Reds… — As a city Liverpool only makes complete sense in an...
by Rob Gutmann | May 19, 2017 | Footie
THE last day of term, then. Always a strange feeling. The sense that something is ending, changing, and that life is going to be a bit different from here on in. I’ll locate the season tickets – cleverly hidden at the back of a drawer no burglar would ever think to...
by Gareth Roberts | May 14, 2017 | Footie
“WE’RE the best behaved supporters in the land (when we win),” goes the chant. “We’re a right shower of bastards when we lose,” it adds. Perhaps it’s time for amendment to that last line in 2017. Because that’s been an accurate description of much of the...
by John Gibbons | Dec 16, 2016 | Footie
MIDDLESBROUGH. Eight-seater car. By Wednesday morning, that is about as far as we got. No-one seems to know who is driving or really how far Middlesbrough is. Mick Clarke reckons it’s “only two hours”, but he also wears shorts in November, so his...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 15, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player
Neil Atkinson is joined by Sean Rogers to have their say on Liverpool’s impressive 3-0 win against Middlesbrough. The Tuesday Review is a considered in-depth discussion of Liverpool’s last match introducing talk around tactics and selection. It’s just one of a...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 14, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
BOUNCING. Absolutely bouncing. Everyone around me, bouncing out of the Riverside after Liverpool scored three goals against Middlesbrough and conceded none. Afterwards, the Liverpool squad came over and showed their appreciation and had that appreciation returned to...
