PLAYING semi-finals at Wembley is a joke but here we are and stomachs are starting to flutter as the hours tick down to Liverpool’s last four clash with Aston Villa in London. We asked DAVE WOODHALL, editor of Heroes and Villains, a Villa fanzine that has been...
WELL, it’s rather nice to be writing the first of my Friday columns on the eve of Liverpool’s Wembley weekend. I wrote earlier this week about attending my first FA Cup semi-final in 1980 and I’ve done the sums to calculate this is my tenth. Despite my advancing...
THOUSANDS of Reds will head south on Sunday to watch Liverpool take on Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi final. We asked four Anfield Wrap contributors to write about a memorable past last-four clash in the competition. MIKE NEVIN: LIVERPOOL v ARSENAL 1980 I DOUBT my...
IT wasn’t the best Liverpool performance you’ve ever seen. No DVDs will be burned and few will seek out the ‘highlights’ today. There were 7,000 souls in Blackburn, Lancashire, but it wasn’t the best support from those congregated in the Darwen End either. There was...
ON the way to Blackburn, while sat in traffic (EVERYONE was sat in traffic), I checked the odds on the game. I like checking odds — much more than I like actual betting — as I think it gives an interesting indication of where heads are at. Who is fancied...
IT does rather feel like it’s just the FA Cup left for Liverpool now, making tonight’s quarter final replay a massive game for the club. Many will argue that we shouldn’t be needing to play a replay at all. Surely we should be beating Blackburn (and...
HUMANS are a funny bunch. By nature, we tend to expect the worst. The train will be late or cancelled, that girl/boy we fancy won’t like us back, and they will never replace that boring tosser on The One Show with Gordon the Gopher. The glass is invariably ¼ empty. We...
POOR old Brendan Rodgers. He’s gone from being within two points of winning Liverpool their first title in over 20 years one season, to having some fans call for his head with at least eight games still to play the next. It’s not just season on season that fans change...
WITH Liverpool making the 40-mile trip to Ewood Park tomorrow night for the FA Cup quarter-final replay, we spoke to Lancashire Telegraph sports reporter PAUL WHEELOCK, who has covered Blackburn Rovers home and away for two-and-a-half years, about the match. How...
LIVERPOOL Ladies exited The FA Cup at the fifth round stage yesterday after suffering a 3-1 defeat away at Birmingham City Ladies. The Reds’ Natasha Dowie had headed a first-half equaliser for the reigning Super League champions to level things up after...
Changing Expectations As Reds Fly: The Anfield Wrap
Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Sean Rogers and Ian Salmon. We discuss what constitutes a good season from this point, what Liverpool need to go right on and off the pitch to achieve this success and the ever looming contract situation.
Also in the show Neil chats to Dave Lynch about his substack….
