Jonathan Liew joins The Anfield Wrap to talk about the Naomi Osaka situation and what it says about the treatment of athletes by the press… Jonathan Liew wrote in The Guardian: ‘As a journalist who has sat through thousands of these inane obligations, and...
Karl Coppack writes about the significance of Jordon Ibe publicising his battle with depression and how it shows that anybody from any walk of life can suffer… “I WANT to apologise to all my fans around the world. “I’ve find myself in a dark place, due to...
This weekend, all FA Cup matches will kick off a minute late to encourage fans to look after their mental health and that of their family and friends. John Gibbons speaks to Lee Richardson, psychologist at Liverpool FC, to discuss the importance of the...
Chris Kirkland chats exclusively to The Anfield Wrap about his mental health journey and how it led to him setting up the “Yapa” app to help others. John Gibbons and Lizzi Doyle ask Chris all about that, as well as his thoughts on the current Liverpool men...
Marvin Sordell retired from football aged 28, citing mental health as a big factor, and is now backing CALM’s #LetsShirtTalk campaign to get people talking. Gareth Roberts spoke to the former Watford, Bolton Wanderers and Burton Albion striker about how being a...
THE gleeful face of Kenny Dalglish in the Anfield stands at the weekend was a reminder of a time so long ago now, it seems like another place – a different world. In so many ways it was. When that same face beamed with joy 29 years ago, there was no stand at Anfield...
JUSTIN BLOCK WHEN you walk through a storm, hold your head up high… And don’t be afraid of the dark… At the end of the storm, there’s a golden sky… Darkness brews inside your temporal walls. There’s no warning heeded, grey sky spotted, or...
For a special Citytalk show looking at Mental Health issues both in sport and outside of it Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons are joined in the studio by Mark Boyns of Opening Up Cricket. Mark has been using sport as a way of addressing the causes of illnesses for a...
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Christmas Number One: The Wrap Up
The best bits from The Anfield Wrap produced across a week in which see’s the Reds top the table at Christmas