Matt Ladson
Matt Ladson is the co-founder and editor of This Is Anfield, the independent Liverpool news and comment website, and covers all areas of the Reds for FourFourTwo – including transfer analysis, interviews, title wins and European trophies. As well as writing about Liverpool for FourFourTwo he also contributes to other titles including Yahoo and Bleacher Report. He is a lifelong fan of the Reds.
Latest articles by Matt Ladson

The best player in the world? What Mohamed Salah means to Liverpool fans
By Matt Ladson published
KING OF THE KOP Mohamed Salah has just been named FWA Footballer of the Year – but his connection to Liverpool fans will always be about more than outside recognition

Liverpool's '10 games from greatness': The football history already being written in their attempt for the quadruple
By Matt Ladson published
MAKING HISTORY Jurgen Klopp's men are closer to winning an unprecedented quadruple than anyone before. Can they really land the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup in one season?

How Liverpool fans travelled 1,800 miles for an unsuccessful Champions League final – and fell in love with Kyiv
By Matt Ladson published
COMMENT With hotels full, many Ukrainians opened up their homes so Liverpool fans could be in Kyiv for the 2018 Champions League final, forging a bond between the cities that stands strong

League Cup success would give Liverpool squad winning habit – and their 'minimum' achievement
By Matt Ladson published
ANALYSIS For a number of Liverpool's newer faces, a Carabao Cup win would be the first silverware of their careers – and would push the whole squad on to achieve more this season

Why do so many people underrate Mohamed Salah?
By Matt Ladson published
COMMENT Liverpool's star forward Mohamed Salah jets off to AFCON as the Premier League's most in-form player

How COVID-hit Liverpool could line up for three games in one week
By Matt Ladson published
LIVERPOOL Over the next week, Liverpool face Leicester, Leeds and Leicester again – despite having four players isolating. So how will Jurgen Klopp's team look?

Africa Cup of Nations: Liverpool’s options without Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane during AFCON
By Matt Ladson published
ANALYSIS Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are set to miss most of January while representing their countries at the Africa Cup of Nations – so what will the Reds do about it?

Ranked! The 5 best Liverpool wins at Goodison Park
By Matt Ladson published
LIVERPOOL Liverpool wins away at Everton have been few and far between recently. So after this week's 4-1 thumping, This Is Anfield's Matt Ladson looks back on the greatest Goodison victories for the Reds
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