The Anfield Wrap

Our Weekender has Mel Reddy, Paul Senior and Adam Melia looking back on Liverpool's first defeat of the season. What did Liverpool do well and what went wrong? How special was Hazard's goal? Then Neil Atkinson speaks to Rory Smith about the cycle sides can end up tangled up in using Manchester United as an example. Timo Tierney talks about Tea Street Band's new album and the importance of it charting well. Paul Senior lets us in on Motel's fifth birthday plans. Then we look ahead to the big one on Saturday night. Chelsea The Second. The show starts with Neil mentioning this [insert link] appeal in the memory of Mike Woodburn. Please donate if you can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28 Sep 20181h 10min

Back together, back atop the tower of power.  That's (not) what she said.  It is The Rider working through all the hits:  Innuendo  Gmail  GOTW  The Telly And That  Adam's Book Reviews  We also have a chat about the Queen's eye surgeon. Because why not. Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons, Adam Melia and Stephanie Heneghan are all on the show.  And the songs, always the songs.  Julia Holter - I Shall Love 2  Paul Simon - Darling Lorraine  Teleman - Song For a Seagull  BC Camplight - Deportation Blues  Drew Beskin - Pharmacy Girl  Tuff City Kids ft Joe Goddard - Reach Out  Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex  Chas & Dave - Aint No Pleasing You Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27 Sep 20181h 21min

Liverpool continued their excellent start to the season with a 3-0 victory of Southampton at Anfield to maintain their 100% start to the season. Joining Neil Atkinson to go through the games talking points, including a long discussion about the performance and subsequent substitution of Xherdan Shaqiri and the thinking behind the half-time tactical switch are Rob Gutmann, David Lynch and Paul Senior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 Sep 201855min

What a week, what a Weekender we have for you. We start looking back at Liverpool vs PSG, a great win dissected one last time by John Gibbons, Caoimhe O'Neill, Emilia Bona and Adam Smith. Then John chats to Forbes Parr about the work the LFC Foundation is doing before Neil speaks to George Dugdale about Oxford United and BT's football coverage. Then we have Andrew Pimberley and Nisha Katona in talking about their Mowgli Trust Dogs Show at Claremont Farm this week. What a day that sounds.  We end speaking about season ticket pricing and Southampton's visit to Anfield this weekend. What to expect from Mark Hughes's men? And what might Klopp do? It is everything a weekend needs. And it starts here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Sep 20181h 15min

The Rider this week has Anna Walsh stepping in for both John and Adam and picking a couple of cracking songs for us.  Neil Atkinson hosts with Stephanie Heneghan and here is the tracklisting:  Santigold - Gold Fire  King Princess - 1950  Death Cab for Cutie - 60 and Punk  Tropical Fuck Storm - Rubber Bullies  Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson, Silk City, Diplo - Electricity  Bobbie Gentry - Fancy  Johnny Kills - Seems  Mac Miller - Self Care Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20 Sep 20181h 3min

Liverpool emerge victorious from a game that everyone thought was a step too far for Jurgen's profligate Reds. But despite dominating for large swathes of the fixture Liverpool's wastefulness in front of goal saw them nearly come a cropper late in the game. Joining Neil Atkinson for this week's free podcast to talk about all the above and more are Josh Sexton, Gareth Roberts and Paul Senior. Today’s free Anfield Wrap show was supported by RedsBet. Tailor-made for Liverpool fans, RedsBet are an online gaming platform which seeks to build strong lasting partnerships with supporters that enable them to share 50% of net profits generated from bets to be used specifically for fan causes and other initiatives that matter to supporters. RedsBet offers a fun and innovative take on sports betting. Share the Glory! www.RedsBet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17 Sep 20181h 1min

What a show this is. Neil Atkinson hosts as Melissa Reddy, John Gibbons, Alison McGovern and Robbie O'Neill look back on the progress made by Jürgen Klopp and his side since visiting Wembley last season. The 4-1 defeat last season was a major marker for Liverpool. Neil then speaks to Michael Calvin about his excellent book State Of Play, to Rory Smith about his piece for the New York Times and then to Robbie about his fundraising for post-production for his film Seconds Out.  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/seconds-out-short-film-post-production#/ @secondsoutfilm We end looking ahead to Tottenham, talking about their much vaunted stability imagining how Liverpool undo them. What constitutes a good result for The Reds? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14 Sep 20181h 18min

This is the third in The Anfield Wrap’s series of free audio documentaries, TAW Moments In Time, bringing you eyewitness accounts of significant days in the history of Liverpool Football Club. This time we travel back to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, on May 12, 2001, for an FA Cup final between Liverpool and Arsenal which is often attributed to one man’s efforts alone. Telling the story of that day are former Liverpool players Sander Westerveld, Stephane Henchoz, Jamie Carragher, Emile Heskey, Gary McAllister, Patrik Berger and (of course) Michael Owen; the assistant manager at the time, Phil Thompson; the referee on the day, Steve Dunn; journalists Chris Bascombe, Oliver Kay, Amy Lawrence and Clive Tyldesley; and supporters Gareth Roberts, Kevin Walsh and Dan Morgan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Sep 20181h 6min