LFC

Steven Gerrard and The Missing Page in Liverpool’s Scrapbook

As I write this Liverpool Football Club sit proudly at the top of the Premier League table and for want of a more suitable phrase ‘this shit just got real’. Of course there’s a legion of old-timer Kopites who have seen all this a dozen times or more, but similarly there is a whole generation...

Anfield Index PODCAST: PRESSING ZONES: Liverpool 4 Spurs 0

Episode 20: PRESSING ZONES Date: 31st March, 2014 DJ Spoony and Jay Riley return to the Anfield Index Podcast this week with regulars John Ritchie, Dave Hendrick and Gags Tandon. The panel discuss the excellent result against Spurs as Gags goes into detail about Liverpool's pressing with exclusive pressing action stats available no where else. Gags also has...

Raheem Sterling – A Wing and a Player

Brendan Rodgers once spoke of his reluctance to give a young player a lucrative contract early in their career. The thinking behind this is that the natural hunger for the game which players possess at this age, can transform into a hunger for their next pay packet or bonus, and have an adverse effect...

April 1964: 50 Years On, Liverpool Seek to Relive the Past

As Liverpool FC take the field to take on Spurs on March 30th it will be exactly 50 years to the day since they also faced their North London opponents on the same patch of green Anfield turf. Back in 1964, The Beatles were number one in the charts with Can't Buy Me Love and...

Liverpool FC – They’ve Got The Balls!

As a 34 year old Liverpool fan with a dodgy ticker, the last few years have been relatively easy to get through, stress wise. We haven't been that great and we haven't had much to play for at the business end of the season. Sure we've had times where we've played well and yes, we've...

Liverpool 2 Sunderland 1 | In-Depth Tactical Analysis

Liverpool continued in the 4-3-1-2 diamond-type shape from the last three matches. Coutinho remained at the tip with Allen and Henderson playing as the shuttlers outside of  Gerrard. Possibly the best way to describe the shape Poyet played was a 5-2-1-2. Bridcutt and Cattermole played as defensive midfielders in front of the backline and Giaccherini...

Why has 89 replaced 63 as Liverpool’s new Magic Number?

Neil Poole explains the significance of the number 63 in Liverpool’s recent history and why 89 is now the new number on the block. The complete irrelevance of the number 63 in the world is quite startling. At best, it’s the year that Joseph of Arimathea went to Glastonbury on the first Christian mission to...

The Ryan Review | Cardiff 3 Liverpool 6 – Reaction, MoTM, SAS Watch

Anfield Index’s resident Ryans share their thoughts on the weekend’s game against relegation fighters, Cardiff City. Levis and McTernan come together for the ‘Ryan Review’. Initial Reaction Ryan Levis: *Takes in a deep breath after the lunacy I’ve just seen* So Ryan mate, initial thoughts after that barmy 90 minutes of football? Ryan McTernan: Well, Ryan, that...

Live Audio Commentary | Cardiff City Vs Liverpool FC (AI Podcast)

Welcome to live audio commentary for the Cardiff City Vs Liverpool game. The commentary is totally free, all you need to do is log in via Twitter in the section below or sign up via email to get access to the free audio commentary! Play by Play Commentator: Gags Tandon (@AnfieldIndex) Colour Commentator: Jim Fishlock (@JimFish286)

Brendan Rodgers and the rebirth of Steven Gerrard

At a time where many of us are patting ourselves on the back and saying, "I told you Brendan Rodgers was the man for us" and watching in admiration at how he is helping return us to our perch, I feel it is only right that I hold my hands up and admit to...