by Michael Nevin | Apr 28, 2017 | Footie
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...
by Gareth Roberts | Apr 27, 2017 | Footie
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...
by Adam Smith | Apr 27, 2017 | Footie
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...
by John Gibbons | Apr 26, 2017 | Footie
I WENT to two football games this weekend so I’m going to talk about both of them. Mainly because the Sunday one was absolutely rubbish and I’m still fuming. Saturday I went to Marine FC. Lots of us involved in TAW try and get to non-league games when we...
by Rob Gutmann | Apr 21, 2017 | Footie
WHEN I was a kid we seemed to be exposed to quite a bit of Ancient Greek mythology. I think whatever passed for the national curriculum in the 70s was still rooted in the basic disciplines of an Empire education. Those Greeks. All their stuff seemed so long ago. Where...
by John Gibbons | Apr 7, 2017 | Footie
BY Wednesday I am more or less over the derby hangover and looking forward to a day at the races on Thursday. All I need is a nice win for the Reds to set me up for a great day of taking money off the bookies. Neither of these things happen. We’re all in work...
by John Gibbons | Apr 5, 2017 | Footie
A FEW years ago I got married. Our reception was in The Florrie in Liverpool 8. It’s a wonderful old building that was reasonably recently restored to it’s rightful glory. It holds a special place in my heart not just for the memories I have there but also...
by Karl Coppack | Apr 4, 2017 | Footie
IT’S a strange thing to have one of your favourite games of all time be a draw, stranger still perhaps to choose a draw from a season where your side has hammered the entire division into oblivion in 10 months of mouth-watering high octane football, but this is one...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Apr 2, 2017 | Footie
WHEN Seamus Coleman had his leg virtually snapped in two by Neil Taylor during the recent international break, the widespread reaction (including from Liverpool fans) was, quite rightly, one of enormous sympathy for Coleman. Not that footballing ability is relevant in...
by Gareth Roberts | Mar 28, 2017 | Footie
JUDGING the collective psyche of thousands of people is always a dangerous game. And yet, it happens every day. Especially in football, or more specifically in football supporter culture. Take the derby this coming weekend. Anfield will be a sellout for the visit of...