MATCH REVIEW: SOUTHAMPTON 0 LIVERPOOL 2

MATCH REVIEW: SOUTHAMPTON 0 LIVERPOOL 2

WALKING around the ground in the teeming rain, the absolute teeming fucking rain, after the game there was this enormous buzz of the Red support leaving the ground, songs echoing around, smiles wide. The Reds are coming up the hill, clambering up, dust smeared faces,...
LIVERPOOL: A HANDSOME UGLY WIN

LIVERPOOL: A HANDSOME UGLY WIN

DOO is a bit angry. Anger doesn’t suit Doo. Doo is a really nice fella. Doo is a Southampton fan. *This isn’t going to go all ‘I want to introduce you to someone’. Doo works at Southampton University, is a born-again fitness enthusiast and has been nowhere near Iran....
PODCAST: THE WEDDING PRESENT

PODCAST: THE WEDDING PRESENT

NEIL ATKINSON is joined by Rob Gutmann, John Gibbons and Paul Cope after Liverpool’s season opening 2-1 win over Southampton. Download Issue 11 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! Don’t...
LIVERPOOL: WHAT’S THE SCRIPT, BRENDAN?

LIVERPOOL: WHAT’S THE SCRIPT, BRENDAN?

LIVERPOOL would bust lungs, strain muscles and push for victory like a sprinter at the Olympic Games with the finish line in sight and a record time on the clock. They would relentlessly square up to opponents in their own half – get in their faces, force them on to...
GOODBYE SOUTHAMPTON, HELLO LIVERPOOL

GOODBYE SOUTHAMPTON, HELLO LIVERPOOL

WITH Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren joining the Reds this summer – and Southampton trousering £49m from the transfers in the last three months – I spoke to BEN STANFIELD, a born-and-bred Southampton lad, a Saints fan for over 25 years and a...
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...
AND WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN MAY?

AND WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN MAY?

TO be honest, I still haven’t got over Stoke away. Stoke was the season. It was 0-0s and defeats only prior to the current insanity. Stoke is Jon Walters, long throw-ins, getting smacked all over the park, always cold and that nervous walk back to the car across...
PODCAST: ALL THE BEST

PODCAST: ALL THE BEST

NEIL Atkinson was joined in the studio by Rob Gutmann, Sean Rogers and James Sutton as they revel in the afterglow of the brilliant 3-0 win at St Mary’s, and yet another step towards the League title.   Get issue 7 of TAW’s monthly digital mag free...
CITYTALK PODCAST: ALL SAINTS DAY?

CITYTALK PODCAST: ALL SAINTS DAY?

NEIL ATKINSON is joined in the studio by Peter Hooton, Andy Heaton and Rob Gutmann to discuss Saturday’s trip to St Mary’s Stadium.  Also on the agenda: Liverpool’s playing style and The Reds’ loan stars – who would (and wouldn’t)...