FORMBY, an affluent suburb on the outskirts of Merseyside, has been home to enough Premier League footballers to put together a star-studded mixed age representative team. Steven Gerrard, Leighton Baines, Jordan Henderson, Alan Shearer, Neil Ruddock, Glen Johnson,...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
FOOTBALL – like life – does not follow a linear narrative structure, writes ADAM SMITH. We have, as supporters, become so used to stories being about B following A, leading to C, that we now attempt to impose some sort of shape to what is, in essence, a blank sheet of...
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 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 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...
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...
Getting stuck into the big talking points in football finance, this time looking at Gianni Infantino and his plans to sell off the beautiful game to the highest bidder.
John Gibbons hosts football business journalist Dave Powell.
