SCUDAMORE, BANTER, WOMEN AND FOOTBALL

SCUDAMORE, BANTER, WOMEN AND FOOTBALL

ALISON McGOVERN, Labour MP for Wirral South, says the Richard Scudamore sexism row presents wider questions about women and football BANTER.  The modern term for the age-old phenomena of joking around on the verge of acceptability. Yep, this article is about banter. I...
LIVERPOOL: SILVER MEDAL, SILVER LINING

LIVERPOOL: SILVER MEDAL, SILVER LINING

“If you are first you are first, if you are second you are nothing.” ONE of Bill Shankly’s most famous quotes. It has adorned many a dressing room wall, inspiring hundreds if not thousands of people, not just athletes, to achieve their goals of being...
LIVERPOOL: NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING

LIVERPOOL: NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING

LOOKING back at this season, it’s hard to shake the feeling of ‘what could have been’, writes PAUL McCABE. The Chelsea defeat and the surrender of a three-goal lead to Crystal Palace prompted many to accuse Liverpool of bottling it; of coming up short when it mattered...
CITYTALK: NO BACKWARD STEPS

CITYTALK: NO BACKWARD STEPS

NEIL Atkinson was joined in Liverpool’s Radio City Tower by John Gibbons, Rob Gutmann, Steve Graves and Kristan Heneage as they look towards Sunday’s Newcastle game at Anfield, which will cap a magnificent season for the Mighty Reds regardless of the final...
LIVERPOOL: THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN

LIVERPOOL: THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN

BOOTIFUL. Just bootiful. Three games to go. The fourth game from the finish line took balls to navigate – balls made not of butter, but of steel. Stainless steel. This was Norwich City, this was Norfolk, this was Bernard Matthews country and this was no turkey trot....
LIVERPOOL WIN AT NORWICH: REACTION ROUND-UP

LIVERPOOL WIN AT NORWICH: REACTION ROUND-UP

LIVERPOOL are now five points clear at the top of the Premier League with just three games left to play. Seven points will guarantee the 24-year wait for the title is finally over. Here is how some of the mainstream media reacted to the 3-2 victory for Brendan...
THE SPIRIT OF 05

THE SPIRIT OF 05

THE nerves, the tension, the joy, the fear – for the title-chase of 2014 see the Champions League run of 2005, says DAVE MARTINEZ. Tuesday May 3, 2005 Whether you were there in body or simply in spirit, you will never forget it. The greatest night in Anfield’s...

PODCAST – SEVENTY FIVE!

NEIL Atkinson was joined in the studio by Steve Graves, Rob Gutmann and Jim Boardman as they reminisce about the 2002 season and other nonsense on a matchless week – including our impending trip to NYC – for AN ENTIRE 75 MINUTES! Get issue 8 of TAW’s...
PREMIER LEAGUE – WE’RE HAVING A LAUGH….

PREMIER LEAGUE – WE’RE HAVING A LAUGH….

THIS 2013/14 variation of Liverpool FC seems to have attained the power of humour most surreal. In the days following the wins against Arsenal and Swansea, whenever the manner of those victories flashed across my mind – even upon beautifully random occasions...