Neil Atkinson is away but Rob Gutmann is in! Everyone's favourite Liverpool mover and indeed shaker joins John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia for this weeks episode of The Rider. He has brought three great songs with him too, a couple of new ones and a blast from his murky past. The rest of the gang bring it up to ten foot tappers intersected with talk of Beyonce and Jay-Z's kids, important Spandau Ballet updates and new fun bars in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle Learn more about your a...
Jul 06, 2017•1 hr 19 min
It's an Anfield Wrap special on transfers this week and on it we've got four people who are close to the process to tell us what they're all about. What are the common misconceptions about transfers? Why can it take so long? Are agents mad and is it all a bit 'wild west'? Paul Joyce, The Times' Merseyside football reporter, Neil Sang, a football agent, Stephen Warnock, offering a player's perspective, and Oliver Hunt, a sports lawyer from Onside Law, tell us about their experiences of transfers ...
Jul 03, 2017•1 hr 31 min
WITH Shrewsbury Town bidding to become the first English club with a safe standing section, West Brom stating their willingness to trial rail seating in the Premier League and Spirit of Shankly voting on an official stance on safe standing next week, Gareth Roberts hosts a special on the subject. First Gareth speaks to Jon Darch, a leading campaigner on safe standing who has worked closely with the Football Supporters’ Federation. He is then joined by Glyn Price, a Shrewsbury Town supporter who ...
Jul 01, 2017•55 min
Neil Atkinson and Adam Melia are back from Glastonbury and a little worse for wear. They try and piece together their weekends along with John Gibbons, who watched it all from the comfort of his own home. Nine great songs, some of which were from Glastonbury, some of which simply from the world of music. Enjoy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 30, 2017•1 hr 6 min
An Anfield Wrap with a difference today, all the transfer tattle is over on our subscription feed, with Rob Gutmann getting ridiculously excited about more potential ins to follow in the footsteps of Mo Salah. Here though, we’re doing something else in a podcast of two parts. First, I’m joined by Andy Heaton, Ian Ryan and Paul Senior and with Liverpool making two high-profile appointments off the pitch this summer in the shape of chief executive Peter Moore and head of club and supporter liaison...
Jun 26, 2017•1 hr 23 min
Mohammed Salah has signed for Liverpool. But are we satisfied? Are we ever? Rob Gutmann is joined by John Gibbons, Craig Hannan and Gareth Roberts to discuss what Liverpool still need to do in the market to compete on all fronts this summer and to analyse the likelihood of the names currently being linked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 23, 2017•55 min
As part of our TAW Player programming, we recorded a TAW reaction special to chat about the arrival of Mohamed Salah from Roma for a reportedly club record fee. Here is a five minute clip of the show - For the full 25 mintue recording as well a ton of other Liverpool content you can subscribe to TAW Player for only £5 a month here - https://goo.gl/RqMpPd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jun 23, 2017•9 min
It's our yearly Glastonbury Rider. Where people who are going and people who aren't tell you who to see and who to avoid at Worthy Farm. Two of our squad are actually DJing at Glastonbury this year. Try and guess who. I'll give you a clue. Mo Stewart rejoins the team this week. He runs down his weekends action and his plan of attack for work and play. Around Mo, Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan talk clashes, must sees, early starts and weather reports. And the fact Neil is going f...
Jun 22, 2017•1 hr 48 min
This week The Anfield Wrap looks into Liverpool's relative inertia to date, imagines what the squad could come to look like and plots the course through pre-season. Jurgen Klopp will want his players in, he always does, but can the club manage that? Hosted by Neil Atkinson and with Mike Nevin, Dan Morgan, Melissa Reddy and John Gibbons this is the current state of play for Liverpool FC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jun 19, 2017•52 min
Citytalk this week sees Neil Atkinson back from Utah and ready to take stock on the summer to date with John Gibbons and Gareth Roberts. What is happening with Liverpool's midfield this summer? And why has nothing happened yet? The three chat to Rod Dixon, theatre director about his forthcoming adaptation of The Damned United at the Unity Theatre and in the Edinburgh Festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jun 16, 2017•50 min
Adam is in Spain, hopefully going to his own Gig of the Week, so Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons and Stephanie Heneghan get up on a Sunday to bring you nine great songs that are currently lighting our musical fires. They also talk about conflicting weekends, with Steph running and John drinking, John's holiday to Mykonos and all the usual tangents and nonsense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jun 13, 2017•1 hr 12 min
ROB Gutmann hosts Gareth Roberts, Mo Stewart and Paul Senior as the panel try to make sense of the latest transfer rumours around Liverpool. Could the Reds really, somehow, actually be in for Kylian Mbappé? Could the much-wanted teenage Monaco star end up at Anfield or is it yet more eye-rolling clickbait? And what of Virgil van Dyke? Is that dead in the water now or is there some way Liverpool could kiss and make up with Southampton and get the defender kitted out in red? All the other talk, to...
Jun 12, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Neil Atkinson was intending on speaking to authors about their books exclusively on this edition of The Anfield Wrap on Citytalk. And then Liverpool decided to go to bits around Virgil van Dijk. So this show opens with Neil and John Gibbons talking about the mess Liverpool have got themselves in and the knock on effect of doubt around the club. From there though we get back to beach reading chatting to Daniel Fieldsend about "The European Game", Mark Douglas with "Inside The Rafalution", and Mic...
Jun 09, 2017•46 min
Steph Heneghan is remarkably chipper post festival with Neil Atkinson surprised and impressed. There is all the usual Wham, Bangers and a Gig Of The Me with Adam Melia. The songs are the business too. 9 crackers. Everything you need. A whole world of fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 09, 2017•1 hr 17 min
Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann, Dan Austin and Glenn Price to talk about Jurgen Klopp's talk around the project, Peter Moore's talk around the money and all the talk around the transfers. There is also a long chat about the likely shape of Liverpool's midfield next season in the week of Jordan Henderson's five year anniversary of signing for Liverpool. There are now a new set of question marks around Henderson to do with his fitness. It's a great show, the summer looked forward to. What are we ...
Jun 05, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Neil Atkinson hosts a special edition of The Anfield Wrap to mark Liverpool's 125th Birthday on Saturday. First he is joined by Gareth Roberts to talk about why the club is special, its identity and how it was shaped by European competition. Gareth than shares his best memories as a Red before a string of contributors do the same including Mari Lunde, Mike Nevin, Adam Smith, John Gibbons, Philippa Smallwood, Paul Senior and Rob Gutmann. Up the landmark-reaching Reds. Happy birthday, LFC xxx Lear...
Jun 02, 2017•51 min
Primavera, old Microsoft characters, a virtual running club. The Rider has it all this week. Everything you could want. The hungry four are Neil Atkinson, Stephanie Heneghan, Adam Melia and John Gibbons as they run all around the houses while repeatedly delivering absolute bangers. The songs are the business, the wham effervescent. The Rider delivering yet again. Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling Slowes - Anymore Winston Surfshirt - Ali D Francois & The Atlas Mountains - Grand Dereglemen...
May 31, 2017•1 hr 23 min
Neil Atkinson hosts our first Season Review on The Anfield Wrap with Paul Senior and Melissa Reddy. What went well for The Reds and what could have gone better? How did the season feel? All three give their views on the campaign and what will happen going forward. And then Mel offers a transfer update! 80 minutes on a Sunday? It's The Anfield Wrap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
May 28, 2017•1 hr 21 min
Neil Atkinson hosts as Rob Gutmann, Karl Coppack and Ian Ryan go through the outrageous sums of money Liverpool are being quoted for players this summer. What pressure does this put on Liverpool's budget? The four also look ahead to the FA Cup Final and wonder where Arsenal find themselves now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 26, 2017•45 min
The Rider was recorded prior to tragic events in Manchester but starts with Neil Atkinson, Stephanie Heneghan and John Gibbons having a conversation about that. The show itself is our most on the hoof show we have done which must sound staggering to the regular audience. But it is true. To the extent we don't have a tracklist for you, though we do have 9 excellent songs to listen to. And then all the usual - two very hungover men chatting to one clean living woman. And building a playlist for a ...
May 24, 2017•1 hr 17 min
Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons, Gareth Roberts and Ben Johnson to analyse Liverpool's 3-0 victory against Middlesbrough. We discuss the performance of The Reds, what it means to get back into The Champions League and what we have to look forward to this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 22, 2017•1 hr 5 min
This week on Radio Citytalk Neil Atkinson talks to James McKenna, Steve Graves and John Gibbons about the importance and nature of the game against Middlesbrough. It's a huge occasion for The Reds and one they need to win. Neil is also joined by Heather Carroll and former England International Sue Smith to talk about The Spring Series and how the women's game is going from strength to strength. While he is in, James McKenna has a chat with us about the disbanding of the LFC Supporters Committee ...
May 19, 2017•1 hr 1 min
What dolphin? What? What on earth is going on? The Rider this week has 10 great songs, of course it does, but it has some of the finest collection of wham known to man. Everything you pay for in one place. Beyond Dolphins there is loads of stuff about weekends, about music, about life. This is like life. Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia rattling through. Tracklisting Lady Leshurr - Juice J Hus - Common Sense Kasper not Kasparov - Mechanical Turk Jade Imagine - You &...
May 18, 2017•1 hr 24 min
The Rider this week comes separately and late. Apologies for the latter but not for the former. Adam Melia and John Gibbons hold up one side of the bargain with Stephanie Heneghan at the other end and we hear about how brilliant the Disco Festival was from all quarters. The songs are marvellous. The hosting by Atkinson nearly as good. What more do you want? On time. You want it on time. Soz... Songs: Djustin - Dancing Phoenix - J-Boy Swimming Tapes - Cameos The Imagineers - If I See You Again Dr...
May 16, 2017•1 hr 22 min
After a fantastic win and performance from Liverpool against West Ham United, Neil Atkinson is joined by Gareth Roberts, Jay McKenna and Rob Gutmann. The three talk about the astonishing quality of Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge within the change of shape from the Liverpool manager. Sturridge takes up much of the show. What he showed against the Hammers and what happens next with him. What should he do, what should Klopp do? Was Sunday a game changer? Liverpool have one game to go to con...
May 15, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Citytalk this week has everyone talking about Liverpool's trip to West Ham and whether or not they are worried. Neil Atkinson is joined by Simon Hughes, Rob Gutmann and Andy Heaton to go through this and Sean Rogers having a look at the mindset going into the game. Heather Carroll also will be joining us to let us know how the Spring Series has been going. Everything the weekend needs here... You can also get involved in the Wreckfish Kickstarter discussed on the show on this link https://www.ki...
May 12, 2017•56 min
John Gibbons and Craig Hannan tell you how you can win the new 17/18 home jersey signed by Phil Coutinho. For more information, visit www.theanfieldwrap.com/coutinho . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 12, 2017•5 min
On this day 10 years ago, Lucas Leiva signed for Liverpool from Gremio for a fee of £5million. Back in February, The Anfield Wrap spoke to the midfielder in an honest and open hour-long interview as part of our TAW Player Big Interview series. To mark his decade in the city we’ve now decided to let you hear it for free. Simply visit www.theanfieldwrap.com/lucas . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
May 11, 2017•10 min
After another disappointing home result against Southampton, The Anfield Wrap gets stuck right into the issues beguiling this Liverpool side. Melissa Reddy, Ben Johnson and Gareth Roberts wonder about Divock Origi, contemplate where Gini Wijnaldum disappeared to and ask all the questions about Liverpool's lack of tempo and hesitant approach. And they even get stuck into the referee for once. Hosted by Neil Atkinson this is the final word on a game which wasn't Liverpool's finest hour. Everything...
May 08, 2017•1 hr 9 min
A four part Radio City Talk show with more comings and goings than Lime Street Station. You really need your wits about you to keep up. The bread in an all action sandwich this week are John Gibbons, Philippa Smallwood, Jay McKenna and Paul Senior. They focus on Anfield, what needs to be done in the future and by the fans on Sunday, before later turning attention to what they would like to see from the team. The filling is a delightful combo of Laura Brown talking about the Empty Spaces Festival...
May 05, 2017•51 min
