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...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 20, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player
Neil Atkinson hosts after Liverpool batter Everton by one goal to nil. It was a richly deserved win for the Reds who showed they are very much focused on winning the championship in May. He is joined by Joel Richards, Melissa Reddy and John Gibbons as they go through...
by Ben Johnson | Dec 19, 2016 | Footie
1995: It’s ages ago that, isn’t it? I mean really, think about it. What were you doing in 1995? How old were you? I was 15 and I was a bit of a farce. Britpop hadn’t really taken hold, New Labour was in its infancy — two years away from government. That...
by Josh Sexton | Dec 16, 2016 | LFC News
Simon Starts CHANCES are you probably know this already, or you expected it to be the case — or maybe you’ve just been living under a rock since Loris Karius let Dimitri Payet kick it into his goal last weekend — but Jürgen Klopp has today confirmed...
by Neil Scott | Oct 29, 2016 | Featured Writing, Footie
SOME of you won’t remember much about Ian Rush. You’ll have heard stories, seen clips. You’ll know about the camera sent tumbling in the back of the Everton net, the four goals at Goodison in the Glenn Keeley derby. You might even have commemorated it in song. You’ll...
by Melissa Reddy | Apr 21, 2016 | Footie
“HOW on earth was that only 4-0?” As I exited the press box after the final whistle on Wednesday night, those were the first words I heard. And indeed, how exactly did not Liverpool better the 6-0 scorching of Everton recorded at Anfield in September 1935? It, and...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 21, 2016 | Footie
FIRST goal goes in. James Milner can put a cross in, can’t he. Second goal goes in. James Milner can really put a cross in, can’t he. Can’t he? Yes. Yes he can. What a terrific half of football from Liverpool. Before they go 1-0 up they should be 2-0...
by Martin Fitzgerald | Apr 20, 2016 | Footie
Evening everyone, Here’s my Five from Fitzgerald for tonight’s game: 1) The Anfield Wrap’s Kate Forrester I had the following conversation with Kate Forrester on WhatsApp earlier: “Can you send me your Five Things from Fitzgerald after the...
by John Gibbons | Apr 20, 2016 | Footie
OH go ed the Reds. For a while record scores were threatened, but in the end even the greedy will take Liverpool 4 Everton 0. The first twenty minutes were very open. Liverpool dangerous, remarkably easily, from balls over the top. Everton, Barkley and Lukaku...
by Simon Hughes | Apr 20, 2016 | Footie
WITH several other journalists, I was invited to interview Phil Jagielka at a high school in Halewood ahead of the last Merseyside derby. Autumn had almost arrived and Jagielka was flourishing again in the centre of the Everton defence after what he admitted had been...
