Interview – The Tea Street Band
SINCE featuring music on The Anfield Wrap’s City Talk podcast, the band that we have had the greatest positive response to has been The Tea Street Band. So I met up with singer Timo Tierney and keyboard player James Albertina for a brew to talk music and their...
The Hodge Files
Here we are. A labour of love. Well, not love. Most definitely not love. But a labour. This is my friend Ben Johnson’s (@benjanijohnson on Twitter) Hodge File. It isn’t definitive. He only started maintaining it when he realised exactly what we were dealing with when...
AN UNPOPULARITY CONTEST?
By Karl Coppack A thread on a Liverpool forum recently asked if LFC are becoming hated. The opening post read… "Ahead of today's game Moyes had been saying that neutrals want Everton to win. Now I know he's playing games but it got me thinking, I always seem to...
Pro – Your Help Gratefully Received
On a couple of podcasts recently I've been discussing the short film I've written and produced called “Pro”. Pro is the story of a fictional footballer, Thomas Ryder, who gets himself into a spot of bother on Twitter and who is being quietly stalked by a small boy....
THE FOOTBALL BUBBLE
THE football bubble is simple. In it, anything goes. People think and act differently. They take leave of their senses. Common sense goes out of the window. Dignity is forgotten; respect means nothing. Abuse is fine in the bubble. Ditto racism, violence and bigotry....
Interview – The Tea Street Band
SINCE featuring music on The Anfield Wrap’s City Talk podcast, the band that we have had the greatest positive response to has been The Tea Street Band. So I met up with singer Timo Tierney and keyboard player James Albertina for a brew to talk music and their...



The Hodge Files
Here we are. A labour of love. Well, not love. Most definitely not love. But a labour. This is my friend Ben Johnson’s (@benjanijohnson on Twitter) Hodge File. It isn’t definitive. He only started maintaining it when he realised exactly what we were dealing with when...
AN UNPOPULARITY CONTEST?
By Karl Coppack A thread on a Liverpool forum recently asked if LFC are becoming hated. The opening post read… "Ahead of today's game Moyes had been saying that neutrals want Everton to win. Now I know he's playing games but it got me thinking, I always seem to...
Pro – Your Help Gratefully Received
On a couple of podcasts recently I've been discussing the short film I've written and produced called “Pro”. Pro is the story of a fictional footballer, Thomas Ryder, who gets himself into a spot of bother on Twitter and who is being quietly stalked by a small boy....
THE FOOTBALL BUBBLE
THE football bubble is simple. In it, anything goes. People think and act differently. They take leave of their senses. Common sense goes out of the window. Dignity is forgotten; respect means nothing. Abuse is fine in the bubble. Ditto racism, violence and bigotry....









