AS the old cliché goes, home is where the heart is. And there’s nothing more heart-breaking than humiliation on your own doorstep. When Liverpool play at Anfield — our patch, our city, our ground — we expect to win the match. No matter who the...
FOOTIE is a passionate game. From furrowed brows to foaming mouths, jumps of joy to manic laughter; it’s a sport that provokes extremes of emotion that are on display at every match and beyond. It’s one of the reasons you stick with it. You’re all...
AFTER a whole week of discussion in the national media about the actions of the gobshite that is Jose Mourinho — and a fresh delivery of camera-facing crap from the mouth of the Portuguese yesterday (‘fake result’ my arse) — it’s worth...
IF there was one thing that annoyed me in the wake of that May mauling at the hands of Stoke City, it was the suggestion that it didn’t matter. “Nothing riding on it was there?” “Only the last game of the season. Why are you arsed, why you angry – go on holiday,...
IT’S three trophy-less years since Brendan Rodgers was confirmed as Liverpool manager, an appointment that prompted John W Henry – who remains principal owner of the club despite his current disinterest – to say at the time: “We do not expect miracles overnight nor...
THE term ‘legend’ is one bandied around all too readily in the modern game but Roger Hunt, who is 77 today, is a player truly worthy of the mantle. Sir Roger, as he was affectionately christened by The Kop, still has a burning passion for football. When we meet in a...
THE most protracted and public of departures is finally sealed then. The briefing, the bullshit, the leaks, the accusations will be no more and Aidy Ward’s bull in a china shop approach to client representation will become Manchester City’s problem to deal with....
THERE are two sides to every story and I don’t believe for a minute that there aren’t things Liverpool couldn’t have done differently when it comes to the handling of Raheem Sterling over the last couple of years. He should have had bump in his wages...
IMAGINE a hangover. The worst in years. An all-consuming, all-pervading, omnipresent bastard of a fug seeping into everything you do. Day after day, it’s there; nagging, festering, taking you down a peg, holding you back. And, as you stumble on regardless, deep down...
JOHN HENRY — who remains the Principal Owner of Liverpool Football Club — once said: “I think the biggest issue was the sense of disenfranchisement and their sense of not being a part of their own club, so that’s what we discussed. This was a big...
The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Southampton 2 Liverpool 3, a result that puts Liverpool 8 points clear at the top of the Premier League.
John Gibbons hosts Adam Melia, Rob Gutmann and Steve Graves.
