WE’RE now firmly into the aftermath of Liverpool’s goalless draw at Southampton and opinion has been divided on the result and where it leaves the Reds. It’s not an awful result, in my opinion. You’re going to get games where it doesn’t...
JÜRGEN Klopp spoke to the press at Melwood today ahead of the visit of Walter Mazzarri’s Watford, a game that the Reds really have to win, writes Peter Tscherewik. Liverpool managed to see off the Hornets with ease back in May, winning 2-0. That game meant...
TODAY had the sort of feel of an international break in football news terms. A sort of void between the game just gone against Crystal Palace and the focus beginning to switch towards Sunday’s game against Watford. Say what you like about how a lack of European...
JOSE Mourinho has today been charged for comments made about the Manc ref prior to Manchester United’s 0-0 draw with Liverpool at Anfield. Massively up and down week for Old Jose, there. Starts with him getting pumped by his old team, followed by his own...
IT’S the day after the Reds knocked Spurs out of the League Cup to reach the quarter-finals, leaving another trip to Wembley just around the corner. Probably worth mentioning, at this stage, that I think cup draws are utter shite. Just seems no need for all that...
BIG game for the Reds tomorrow as the long ball, bus parking merchants West Brom arrive at Anfield. Every game feels like a six-pointer this season, which is a positive and a negative. It’s positive because we’re in this, we know we’re in this and we...
JÜRGEN Klopp was speaking to the press at Melwood today ahead of the visit of Tony Pulis’s West Brom, who have proved to be something of a bogey opponent in recent times. To be fair, Pulis is just a bogey manager for the Reds. All signs point to the fact that we...
IT’S the day after an anti-climatic end to 17 days of highly-anticipated build-up to the visit of Manchester United to Anfield, as the Reds had to settle for a goalless draw. Jürgen Klopp would have left the least happy of the two managers, as Jose Mourinho clearly...
ANOTHER working day draws to a close and we’re a day closer to watching the Reds take on Manchester United, in what promises to be a big occasion under the lights at Anfield. There’s been a lot of talk ahead of the game today, and I don’t know about...
THE ever-dull international break has finally come to an end so to celebrate we’re having an on-loan players catch-up special! Exciting that, isn’t it? That’s right, for now we’re just going to ignore the uncertainty of which players are going...
Earl Jenkins is a well known name in Liverpool for his work helping youth aspirations through sport. “I’ve wanted to make sure that we use the football in a way that supports these kids, and shows them a path out of the neighbourhood and raises their aspirations,” said Jenkins.
The Anfield Wrap, alongside Nike, have worked with Earl Jenkins and Kingsley United, Merseyside’s most diverse footy team to create a Kingsley United girls’ team, a BAME [Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic] youth leadership forum in partnership with other organisations in the city, and a bursary scheme for a BAME coaching course.
Kingsley United came about after a merge with Tiber FC where the two clubs realised that would be stronger together. A new astroturf on Lodge Lane is one of the many signs the club is being revitalised. Kingsley Road is now a symbol of what unites the community through football.
Earl Jenkins describes his coaches as mentors “first and foremost.” He goes on to say “in some respects, some of our coaches become that role model or father figure for the kids in the team. And if you look at any of our training sessions, you can see a real sense of community and family as well.”
Also on the show, John Gibbons speaks to Earl Jenkins the chair of Kingsley United, and Josh is joined by Joseph Symes from the It’s A Funny Old Life podcast.
