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...
I KNOW exactly what you were doing on May 13, 2006, writes SAM JONES. You were watching the cup final, The Gerrard Final. One of the most memorable games of the modern day – high drama, goals, penalty shootouts; the lot. Two-nil down, pull it back. Go behind again,...
WHEN I woke up on Sunday morning all I could think about was undies. I’d had a dream at some point during the night that I was in the Asda in Bootle and they had loads of boss undies on sale on some kind of bargain shelf by the entrance door. The mad bit was...
ALRIGHT, kids? Here we are again, Back at the start. Refreshed, renewed, reborn. I can feel it. You can feel it. I’m running on the spot as I type this. It’s Friday. Match isn’t till Sunday. I’ll be staying over in London. Thinking about packing my bag now. Not...
IT’S difficult to decide on what constitutes success this season for a Liverpool side that is now very much in the image of Jürgen Klopp. The realist in you is pragmatic — he’s talking fourth-placed finishes, mulling over net spends and how problem...
IT’S that time of year again. Hope springs eternal. A nine-month journey that starts in summer brilliance, ploughs through the dark, mist, wind and rain, and the bite of winter frost before the onset of spring. The title run-in coincides with the return of...
THE last time I was in a football ground I walked out before the match had finished in a huff. I was annoyed. An hour earlier Liverpool had walked off the pitch in Basel with a 1-0 half time lead, about 85 per cent of the ground spent half-time singing There She Goes...
AS we limber up for a new campaign, with players back in training and the first friendly tonight, last season remains something of a head scratcher. No season when Liverpool finish eighth in the league should be allowed to pass without questions being asked,...
WE decided to ask Anfield Wrap contributors what they would do this summer with clubs that weren’t their own; how they would resurrect Aston Villa? How can Arsenal make the next step? Who would you hire and who would you fire? Each got to advise, be Director Of...
WE decided to ask Anfield Wrap contributors what they would do this summer with clubs that weren’t their own — how they would resurrect Aston Villa, how Arsenal make the next step. The questions are endless. Each got to advise, be Director Of Football or...
