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Football, Politics & The Billionaire Boys Club

Football, Politics & The Billionaire Boys Club

Jim Ratcliffe's recent comments on migrants in Britain shone a spotlight on billionaires in football looking down on the game's lifeblood...   THERE'S LONG been a trope that football fans and players are thuggish, mindless and violent in both their language and...

Liverpool Are Seeing Something Special Emerge In Florian Wirtz

Liverpool Are Seeing Something Special Emerge In Florian Wirtz

The brilliance of Florian Wirtz is now beginning to shine through at Liverpool after a period of settling in to his new surroundings...   SOMETIMES it’s easy to see. I remember watching Xabi Alonso on an early autumn Saturday afternoon at Anfield against Norwich...

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1: Match Review

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1: Match Review

Neil Atkinson's post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at the Stadium Of Light… Win the right to play. Football changes all the time. Positions flit in and out of importance. Shapes are fashion. Sometimes...

Perspective And Recalibrating Expectations

Perspective And Recalibrating Expectations

Often, only with the benefit of time can we judge how things truly are. In the present, we may have to settle for changing expectations...   NOW WHAT? Where are we now? There are times when frustration gives way to anger and onto an acceptance. Liverpool just...

Liverpool 1 Manchester City 2 Match Review

Liverpool 1 Manchester City 2 Match Review

Neil Atkinson's post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 1 Manchester City 2 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at Anfield… WHEN THE remarkable, eyes-on-stalks, Houllier-at-Goodison-face, freekick hit the back of the net Liverpool deserved to lead. So...

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Football, Politics & The Billionaire Boys Club

Football, Politics & The Billionaire Boys Club

Jim Ratcliffe's recent comments on migrants in Britain shone a spotlight on billionaires in football looking down on the game's lifeblood...   THERE'S LONG been a trope that football fans and players are thuggish, mindless and violent in both their language and...

Liverpool Are Seeing Something Special Emerge In Florian Wirtz

Liverpool Are Seeing Something Special Emerge In Florian Wirtz

The brilliance of Florian Wirtz is now beginning to shine through at Liverpool after a period of settling in to his new surroundings...   SOMETIMES it’s easy to see. I remember watching Xabi Alonso on an early autumn Saturday afternoon at Anfield against Norwich...

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1: Match Review

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1: Match Review

Neil Atkinson's post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at the Stadium Of Light… Win the right to play. Football changes all the time. Positions flit in and out of importance. Shapes are fashion. Sometimes...

Perspective And Recalibrating Expectations

Perspective And Recalibrating Expectations

Often, only with the benefit of time can we judge how things truly are. In the present, we may have to settle for changing expectations...   NOW WHAT? Where are we now? There are times when frustration gives way to anger and onto an acceptance. Liverpool just...

Liverpool 1 Manchester City 2 Match Review

Liverpool 1 Manchester City 2 Match Review

Neil Atkinson's post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 1 Manchester City 2 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at Anfield… WHEN THE remarkable, eyes-on-stalks, Houllier-at-Goodison-face, freekick hit the back of the net Liverpool deserved to lead. So...