THERE is something about the first home game of the season, isn’t there? The excitement builds from early on to get back into the ground, to see what’s changed in there. Have a lovely big count of how many extra sets of lights they have erected on the Main Stand to...
WHETHER you like it or not, the debate about rail seating at English football grounds is happening and happening now, writes MATTHEW CRIST. But will it really deliver everything we are lead to believe and just who, if any, will benefit? Since the introduction of...
JORDAN Henderson revealed that the atmosphere created by Liverpool supporters before the 3-2 win at home to Manchester City in 2014 made the players feel as though they couldn’t lose. In a 30-minute interview exclusive to The Anfield Wrap’s TAW Player subscription...
FOR years, football supporters across the UK have discussed rail seating, whether you should be allowed to sit or stand at football matches. They’ve discussed the pros and cons, had conversations with their clubs and supporter groups have asked their supporters what...
FORTY-SIX games. Thousands of pounds. Hundreds of pints. Dozens of hangovers. About 15 parking tickets and two speeding ones. And, so far, 73 points. Will it be worth it? It all felt like it rested on Sunday, if I’m honest. Which is daft really considering all...
SATURDAY I was playing cornet with the brass band at a steam train festival before heading up to the disco festival. That is a funny sentence, isn’t it? I sometimes think my life is wandering from one unusual thing to another. Slightly late. They were both fun,...
A four part Radio City Talk show with more comings and goings than Lime Street Station. You really need your wits about you to keep up. The bread in an all action sandwich this week are John Gibbons, Philippa Smallwood, Jay McKenna and Paul Senior. They focus on...
LAST Sunday must have felt like familiar territory for Jürgen Klopp. A copycat 2-1 defeat with a headed winning goal for Crystal Palace at the Anfield Road End will have had the manager’s thoughts laden with déjà vu. Swap last week’s bright spring sunshine for last...
WITH the debate about the atmosphere at Anfield — or lack of it — never truly going away and envious glances being cast towards Celtic Park’s rail seating section, which has brought noise, colour and occasion to matches where once there was none, I...
WHEN I was younger I used to love the moment at the start of the second half when the opposition goalkeeper ran towards The Kop, The Kop applauded him and he’d applaud back. It struck me as a moment of real sportsmanship, a signal that Liverpool fans were indeed the...
The Anfield Wrap’s midweek free podcast looking back on Liverpool’s win at Anfield over Leicester City and previewing their trip to West Ham on Sunday.
John Gibbons hosts Rob Gutmann, Neil Atkinson and Beth Lindop.