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The Weekender: Can The Reds Keep It Together? Oct 05, 2018

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It's another packed Weekender. We have a long chat about Liverpool falling short at Napoli. What brought about Liverpool's poor performance in this one? Who in particular struggled?

We are joined by Joe Blott from Spirit Of Shankly to talk about the work they have done with the club around Mental Health Day. Ragnhild Ansnes talks Bruce Grobbelaar and his autobiography with us - Life In The Jungle.

We end looking ahead to City at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts and is joined by Ragnhild, Paul Cope, Neil Jones and John Gibbons.

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The Anfield Wrap: Sturridge Stunner Proves A Point Oct 01, 2018

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Liverpool maintain their unbeaten start to the Premier League season in the most dramatic fashion with a contender for goal of the season from the suddenly free scoring Daniel Sturridge.

Having had the better of exchanges the Reds found themselves facing their first defeat of their League campaign with only seconds on the clock with a equaliser that felt more like a winner.

Joining Neil Atkinson to reflect on a more than useful point on the road are Paul Senior, Adam Melia and Rob Gutmann.

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The Weekender: No Backward Steps For The Relentless Reds Sep 28, 2018

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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.

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The Rider: Not Quite The Prime Position Sep 27, 2018

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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

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The Anfield Wrap: Six In A Row For The Reds Sep 24, 2018

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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.

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The Weekender: Can Liverpool Put The Saints To The Sword? Sep 21, 2018

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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.

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The Rider: Clean House For Tea Sep 20, 2018

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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

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The Anfield Wrap: The Reds Make It Five In A Row Sep 17, 2018

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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.

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The Weekender: Patience And Progress Sep 14, 2018

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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#/

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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?

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TAW Moments In Time: 2001 FA Cup Final - Liverpool v Arsenal Sep 11, 2018

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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.

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