by Rob Gutmann | Sep 15, 2016 | Footie
“CHELSEA. Are a bunch of wankers.” My oldest best mate, from my days growing up in London, Giulio, always used to be very clear about this. “We’ve got Chelsea. Ah, yeah. Chelsea. Bunch o’ wankers.” I’d nod approvingly. Silently. No words....
by Josh Sexton | Sep 14, 2016 | Footie
FRIDAY night sees the Reds returning to Stamford Bridge to face Antonio Conte’s Chelsea, who are yet to lose a game this season but looked decidedly rocky against Swansea at the weekend. Since The Londoners paid their way into regular contention at the top of...
by Ben Johnson | Aug 29, 2016 | Footie
THE dust settles, the Reds leave the Big Smoke with a point and we are all disappointed. Do me a favour and have a think about that for a minute. Last year, Tottenham finished third in a two-horse race and were being praised by all and sundry as the most exciting...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 28, 2016 | Footie
A NEW one, this, taking 10 talking point from yesterday’s game. We asked TAW contributors to message us on the final whistle as Liverpool drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. This is what we got back. 1. Where’s Wijnaldum? I’ve NO idea...
by Adam Smith | Aug 25, 2016 | Footie
BEFORE I get too heavily into what’s on my mind this week, there’s some background information I need to give you about my friends from school. In short, I was always the stupid one. As adults, one of my school friends has gone on to work for a bank, one has become a...
by John Gibbons | Aug 22, 2016 | Footie
JOHN Gibbons is aiming to attend EVERY Liverpool league game this season. With that in mind, we bring you Home And Away – Gibbo’s story of the season following the Reds. And so, the trip to Turf Moor. MY away day starts with the realisation that I haven’t...
by Ben Johnson | Aug 22, 2016 | Footie
OH, the Reds. Where do we start with that one? What about the positives — shall we start with the positives? Did anyone see any positives? I’ve got to say this one hurt, and much more than it should have done. On the face of it, it is one of them games —...
by Rob Gutmann | Aug 19, 2016 | Footie
I’ll tell you now and I’ll tell you firmly. I don’t never want to go to Burnley. What they do there don’t concern me. Why would anybody make the journey? (John Cooper Clarke) Cooper Clarke is a tough crowd. He’s dealt a near fatal blow to a...
by Michael Nevin | Aug 19, 2016 | Footie
ONCE the final whistle blew at The Emirates last Sunday, and particularly once the flap of the last half hour was reduced to a mere detail amid a dazzling Reds’ performance and a cracking day out, the scoreline I took home with me was Arsenal 1 v 4 Liverpool. I paused...
by Simon Hughes | Aug 16, 2016 | Footie
FOR the first time since his controversial departure from Liverpool to Chelsea in 2011, Fernando Torres has given his side of the story. In Simon Hughes’s new book Ring of Fire, which is released next week (Thursday, August 25), Torres exclusively catalogues the...
