ONE of my favourite things about being a sports fan is the ability to watch any given thing for a short period of time and very quickly feel as though I’m an expert. I remember being in a sports bar in Nottingham once when tobogganing was on the TVs. As you...
HOW’S the transfer window been for you so far? It’s now an established past of the season — when football teams try to solve all their problems and supporters are glued to Twitter and Newsnow with even the most obscure link only a YouTube compilation...
ON Thursday 2nd June’s Wrap Up, Neil Atkinson is alone in the tower shouting into the abyss about the latest LFC news. He talks Coutinho and a potential move to Paris St Germain. He talks Danny Ings and his positive statements on his fitness. He talks Gerard...
NEIL Atkinson is joined by Mike Nevin and Gareth Roberts to chat about the 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on this week’s free podcast. Was Mauricio Pochettino’s side the best to visit Anfield this season? How far away are Liverpool from achieving...
THE rumours began to circulate on Sunday morning. I watched, listened and read as the word spread further and further but I could not allow myself to believe it until the team-sheet was published on Twitter around 1pm Daniel Sturridge, Phil Coutinho and Roberto...
LIVE on Thursdays for the first time overlooking a festive night-time Merseyside, Neil Atkinson, NOT in a Christmas jumper is joined by Jay “Silent Night” McKenna, Joe “Away in a Manger” Connolly and John “Little Donkey” Gibbons....
BACK in July and August, on the eve of the new season, Anfield Wrap writers looked at what the future could hold for players and manager at Liverpool FC as the big kick-off loomed large. A lot has happened since then, not least the sacking of Brendan Rodgers and...
“I CANNOT, just cannot, begin to describe the size of the hook I’d give Coutinho at half time. I don’t have the vocabulary to do so.” Neil Edward Atkinson, 13:25, 31st October 2015 Makes fools of all of us, the football. One of its most...
MICHAEL T Nevin is away. Words which should strike fear into the heart of hoteliers around the world. Michael T Nevin is away. He is drinking your booze. Swimming in your sea. Wearing your slippers. Instead you’ve got me, Neil Atkinson, writing more about the...
QUIETLY, in the background, it is building. While the focus is on the potential exit of Brendan Rodgers, work has begun on a different Liverpool outgoing. With most stood at the front door waiting for a new manager to come in, the stories of Philippe Coutinho being...
The Anfield Wrap’s podcast looking back at the weekend as Liverpool came from behind to beat bottom club Southampton at Anfield to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table.
Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Kieran Molyneux and Rob Gutmann.