by Josh Sexton | Mar 17, 2017 | LFC News
XABI Alonso has revealed how he reacted to being told he would be allowed to leave Liverpool if the right offer came in. The Spaniard, who announced last week that he will hang up his boots at the end of the season, left Anfield for Real Madrid in the summer of 2009...
by Dan Morgan | Jan 19, 2017 | Footie
“WE’RE building something here, detective. We’re building it from scratch. All the pieces matter.” A line from the nonpareil Clarke Peters character Lester Freamon in The Wire, talking about his investigation into a spiralling drug conspiracy case in West Baltimore at...
by Adam Smith | Nov 3, 2016 | Footie
BEFORE a ball was kicked, I said Liverpool will win the league this season. As each game has passed — and Liverpool have responded to every obstacle put in front of them (Burnley aside) — I’m merely becoming more and more convinced. There are a number of...
by Ben Johnson | Oct 10, 2016 | Footie
I’VE been thinking about the 2007/08 season loads recently, mainly because I have had to like, but even still. For those of you who don’t know, one of the regular subscriber shows on TAW is ‘What We Call History’. It is basically a review of the games that make up a...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 7, 2016 | Basic, Podcast, TAW Player, What We Call History
What We Call History focuses in-depth on a season from Liverpool Football Club’s past. Under the aegis of football folk historian Mike Nevin, we remember why Liverpool managers, players or crowds did the things they did, how it felt to be at games and what was...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 28, 2016 | Basic, Podcast, TAW Player, What We Call History
What We Call History focuses in-depth on a season from Liverpool Football Club’s past. Under the aegis of football folk historian Mike Nevin, we remember why Liverpool managers, players or crowds did the things they did, how it felt to be at games and what was...
by Phil Blundell | Jul 20, 2016 | Footie
AUGUST 4, 2006: Rafa Benitez’s Reds are five days away from the first game of their season — a Champions League qualifier at Anfield against Maccabi Haifa. They’re in Germany to face a little known Bundesliga side called Mainz in their final pre-season friendly....
by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 1, 2016 | Footie
WE decided to ask TAW contributors what they would do this summer with clubs that weren’t their own; how they would resurrect the likes of Aston Villa, how Arsenal make the next step. Each got to advise, be Director Of Football or even take the reins at...
by Ben Johnson | May 30, 2016 | Footie
SO the season is over and we have all gone on holiday. Kind of. I stopped thinking about the Reds for about six hours on Saturday morning. I’m in pre-season mode now — wishing Wimbledon would hurry up and piss off and all them boring arse Tories would go...
by The Anfield Wrap | May 26, 2016 | Footie, Podcast
Neil Atkinson hosts a Citytalk podcast which shifts through the gears. It starts with Chris Waugh from The Chronicle in Newcastle talking about Rafa Benitez staying at the club. How has he reached this decision? What will it mean about what happens next? Which of...
