Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Mark Walters believes Liverpool finally boast a team capable of bringing the “Holy Grail” back to Anfield. Title glory eluded the former Reds winger under both Graeme Souness and Roy Evans in the early 90s but he's confident the current crop can succeed where they failed. Walters expects Jurgen Klopp's side, who are only off top spot on goal difference, to push champions Manchester City all the wa...

The Blood Red podcast is back and like Jurgen Klopp, we've rotated our squad. Out goes full-time Liverpool correspondent (both home and away) James Pearce and in comes Dan Kay and Theo Squires. Meanwhile, Reds reporter Ian Doyle is playing in an unfamiliar role, with Joe Rimmer taking up hosting duties to talk about the victory over Cardiff. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are discussed, with Joe ask...

It's another bumper edition of Allez Les Rouges, with Liverpool season ticket holder and The Farm frontman Peter Hooton in his regular hosting seat. Joining him on this episode are Kop stalwarts Keith Culven and John Nicolson, as well as Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman. The team look back at the Red Star Belgrade victory and contemplate what constitutes the Reds' best back line - with a di...

Liverpool ensured there was to be no unlucky 13 as they safely negotiated Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday night - and game No.14 of the season comes hot on the heels for Jurgen Klopp's side. Paul Gorst, James Pearce and host Kristian Walsh sat down to talk about that game - a visit from Neil Warnock's Cardiff - but not before our Liverpool reporter gives an in-depth insight into what he's done with...

Not only did the Reds get back to winning ways in European competition after a disappointing defeat to Napoli last time out, but Jurgen Klopp's men seemingly rediscovered their attacking verve as they scored four goals and put Red Star to the sword. James Pearce, Paul Gorst and Joe Rimmer sat down to discuss the finer points of the game, including individual performances from Fabinho, Xherdan Shaq...

Champions League football is back at Anfield on Wednesday night - and the clash with Red Star Belgrade will be special for one Liverpool player in particular. Marko Grujic is a Red Star fan who grew up in Belgrade and rose through the ranks of his hometown club before Jurgen Klopp made the midfielder his first signing as Liverpool manager in January 2016.Grujic is currently on loan with Bundesliga...

In the latest Blood Red podcast, Liverpool reporter and regular host Ian Doyle is joined by ECHO triumvirate Joe Rimmer, Paul Gorst and Connor Dunn to look back at the dreary win over Huddersfield Town, consider Joe Gomez's form and Xherdan Shaqiri's impact, assess the issues in midfield and ponder what to expect against Red Star Belgrade. Also includes a little chat about Jose Mourinho because yo...

It was far from pretty but Liverpool's hard-fought victory at Huddersfield Town this evening means they have moved level on points at the top of the Premier League table with current leaders and defending champions Manchester City. But bar from Mohamed Salah's expertly taken 24th-minute strike, which ultimately proved the difference between the sides, the Reds failed to impress at the John Smith's...

With Liverpool flying high in third, with six wins and two draws from their unbeaten opening eight games to the Premier League campaign, surely the trip to Huddersfield Town is an away banker? Huddersfield, after all, are winless, sit third from bottom and have not scored at home since April 14 when former Reds youngster Tom Ince secured a priceless victory over Watford. But Reds boss Jurgen Klopp...

Real football is back this weekend... and in your and second and final Blood Red podcast of the week, host Joe Rimmer is joined by James Pearce and Paul Gorst to look ahead to Liverpool’s Premier League return at Huddersfield Town on Saturday, and much more else besides. But before that – and after a shout out to Gorsty’s mum – the trio discuss the UEFA Nations League, which may have caught the im...

Cast your mind back to this stage of the season one year ago and Mohamed Salah sat on four goals from his first eight Premier League games of the campaign. Fast-forward 12 months and Liverpool’s superstar striker has netted just one goal fewer despite having to overcome the physical and emotional effects of what happened in Kiev and before, during and after the World Cup. But given the incredible...

Neil Fitzmaurice is back with his Poetry in Motion podcast and for the latest episode he is reunited with Joe Rimmer and joined by Kristian Walsh, who keeps his place after an impressive showing last time out. In contrast, Jurgen Klopp may have to ring the changes for Saturday’s trip to Huddersfield after a number of his players picked up injuries while playing for their countries. But the lads ar...

Harry Wilson and Ben Woodburn are currently on international duty, team-mates with Wales, but on Saturday the highly rated Liverpool youngsters will be on opposite sides with their respective on-loan Championship clubs. However, whereas Wilson is seemingly making a big impression at Frank Lampard's Derby County, with his stunning goal and 'five times' celebration in their Carabao Cup win at Manche...

In a special Blood Red podcast, Liverpool reporter and regular host Ian Doyle is joined by ECHO triumvirate Kristian Walsh, Joe Rimmer and Connor Dunn to discuss the FSG reign. What have they done right? What have they done wrong? What about transfers? What has been their greatest achievement? What has been their biggest failure? And what are they going to have to do next? All this, and plenty mor...

Jurgen Klopp may have so far this season resisted the temptation to rotate the impressive squad he has put together in his three years as Liverpool boss, but that’s exactly what we have done for our latest View from the Kop podcast. Caoimhe O’Neill makes her debut on the show, and along with regulars, and fellow Reds fans, Paul Philbin and Neil Macdonald, and host Paul Wheelock, they kick-off by r...

In the latest Blood Red podcast, Liverpool reporter and regular host Ian Doyle is joined by ECHO triumvirate Kristian Walsh, Joe Rimmer and Paul Gorst to discuss the last few days of all things Anfield. Amid the stupor of the international break, discussion turns to the travails of Naby Keita, the best way of sorting the creativity issue, how the summer signings have fared, the biggest disappointm...

With Liverpool without a game this weekend due to the international break, we thought we would focus attention on football that is far removed from the Premier League for our latest podcast. It’s Non-League Day in England, which means football fans, not just of top-flight and Championship clubs, are encouraged to get down and support their local team, and discover just what a brilliant job they do...

Peter Hooton returns with the Allez Les Rouges podcast and so do three of his regular guests, Ste Monaghan, Kieth Culvin and John Nicolson, to look back on the final two matches of a testing and stamina-sapping run of seven games in 23 days for LiverpoolThe quartet start by examining the Champions League encounter with Napoli, and explain why there were elements of the trip, like the match itself,...

A true Liverpool FC legend is the special guest of our latest Blood Red spin-off podcast. Kevin Keegan was back in the city last week to promote his new autobiography, My Life in Football, and Paul Wheelock caught up him with him after a signing session. They talked Keegan’s six-year Liverpool career, which saw him win three First Division titles, two UEFA Cups, one FA Cup, and in his final game i...

In our latest Verdict podcast, Paul Wheelock speaks to the Sunday Times football correspondent, Jonathan Northcroft, on what could not be the more timely of days. The pair met at the oh-so-glamorous location of Uttoxeter Services on the same day that Jurgen Klopp celebrated his three-year anniversary as manager of Liverpool and Jonathan launched his new book. Jonathan went behind the scenes at Mel...

Host Joe Rimmer is joined by our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce, Theo Squires and Dan Kay for our first Blood Red podcast of the week. The quartet pick the bones out of the top-of-the-table 0-0 draw with Manchester City at Anfield and try to explain why it failed to provide the spark and edge we were expecting it to. James’ decision to pick Jordan Henderson as his man-of-the-match generat...

Let's face it, that didn't live up to the hype, did it? But this afternoon’s 0-0 draw with Manchester City at Anfield does mean that Liverpool remain unbeaten after the first eight games of the season - and does mean they will go into yet another international break level on points at the top with the defending champions and an increasingly impressive Chelsea side. That would not have been the cas...

A massive game at Anfield awaits and we have the very latest chat ahead of the crucial clash. Host Kristian Walsh sits down with Paul Gorst and Paul Philbin to discuss the impending visit of Man City and just what is needed to put down a marker in the Premier League title race. The team discuss whether victory is possible without the front three returning back to their best, while there is also re...

We have a special Blood Red spin-off podcast for you to head into the weekend. Stuart Brennan is the long-term chief Manchester City writer for the Manchester Evening News. And host Paul Wheelock picked up the phone to Stuart to get the inside track on the visitors to Anfield on Sunday. City are the defending Premier League champions and currently top the table on goal difference from Liverpool. B...

Neil Fitzmaurice is back with his Poetry in Motion podcast and, for this episode, he is joined by Kristian Walsh and Paul Wheelock, who are asked, just what went wrong in Naples last night? Kristian wonders whether we witnessed something Jurgen Klopp rarely does while Paul questions whether the Liverpool players had more than half an eye on Manchester City. Mohamed Salah’s struggles continued in t...