WHAT an annoying buzz phrase it is. Having been a civil servant for a large part of my recent history, it has been haunting me, following me everywhere. Constantly being told what we are doing ‘going forward’. In the last year or so, I have noticed it...
AUGUST 19th, 1981. The day we sold Jimmy Case to Brighton & Hove Albion. Thirty three years ago today. Which means that one or two of you may not have seen him play on anything other than YouTube. The joys of being old, the joys of living through the glory years –...
DOO is a bit angry. Anger doesn’t suit Doo. Doo is a really nice fella. Doo is a Southampton fan. *This isn’t going to go all ‘I want to introduce you to someone’. Doo works at Southampton University, is a born-again fitness enthusiast and has been nowhere near Iran....
NEIL ATKINSON is joined by Rob Gutmann, John Gibbons and Paul Cope after Liverpool’s season opening 2-1 win over Southampton. Download Issue 11 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! Don’t...
It’s 26 years to the day since Ian Rush returned to Liverpool after his short spell at Juventus. NEIL SCOTT remembers it well. AS anyone with a cursory knowledge of the football landscape will tell you, the transfer window has its own unique lexicon. “Sources...
WITH money and cynicism reaching all-time highs within the game, it’s rare that football fans can almost unanimously celebrate a feel-good transfer story where the fee doesn’t make you spit out your cuppa and proclaim that the ‘game’s gone to the dogs’, writes MATT...
ANOTHER season awaits for Liverpool, just weeks after the highs and the final low of last season. Now Brendan’s tricky Reds need to start all over again, with loads of new bodies to help push them that little bit further. In the CityTalk 105.9 studio this week...
SO now for the interesting bit. The last pre-season ball to be kicked in mild irritation has mercifully been and gone. The next one Liverpool Football Club kick will have points riding on it. The next line-up that Brendan Rodgers names will be one designed to...
NEIL Scott wrote a piece for The Anfield Wrap called “Proceed with Caution”. I refuse to read it, writes MARTIN FITZGERALD. This is a point-blank refusal. Unequivocal. Nothing he could ever do would ever make me read it. It was received really well by those more...
By Phil Blundell THE PREMIER LEAGUE starts in two days – so you’ve got every Tom, Dick and Harry having their say about what will happen, what might happen, and what could happen. Ultimately, you’ll read most of them back and think, ‘That’s absolutely ridiculous’....
