Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Ahead UEFA European Under-21 Championship knock-out stages kicking off on Monday, our latest podcast looks at the players that are set to make an impact and who could one day be of interest to Liverpool. Matt Addison is joined by Scouted Football's Joe Donnohue to assess the main contenders, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and France, plus Denmark and Croatia. They pick out the pl...

To mark the end of the season, the latest Liverpool.com podcast is here to hand out our end of season awards for the most memorable moments from the campaign. Host Dan Morgan is joined by Joel Rabinowitz and Guy Clarke to talk through the highlights and the lower points of Liverpool’s season. From the player of the year award to categories for goal of the season, best performance, biggest surprise...

Ibrahima Konate is signing for Liverpool for a fee of £36m after they activated his release clause - but what else does Jurgen Klopp and Michael Edwards need to get done in the market this summer? Host Matt Addison is joined by Ian Doyle, Joe Rimmer and David Lynch to explore the arrival of French defender Konate, who turned 22 earlier this week, and what skillsets he will bring to Anfield. The pa...

We have a special final episode of our season-long Houllier’s Treble Winners podcast series. It’s one that covers the whole of the incredible 2000-01 campaign, which took place 20 years ago, and which saw Liverpool win the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup, as well as finishing in the Champions League places in the Premier League. Jamie Carragher, Phil Thompson, Danny Murphy and Gary McAllister tell...

Dave Powell is joined by sports lawyer, author and Reds fan Daniel Geey for the latest edition of The Bottom Line podcast – the podcast which goes in-depth on football finances... and Liverpool Football Club’s particular. The main topic of debate is the multi-club model operated by the likes of Manchester City and the Red Bull group – and with FSG having done a £530m deal with Gerry Cardinale’s Re...

Peter Hooton is joined by Kieth Culvin, Ste Monaghan, John Nicolson and Ian Byrne for the first Allez Les Rouges podcast since Liverpool pulled off their ‘mission impossible’ to qualify for the Champions League. So just how good an achievement was it by Jurgen Klopp and his players? The panel discuss that, looking back on the key moments on the end-of-season run-in, including Alisson’s wonderful w...

Josh Williams and David Hughes return with the Analysing Anfield podcast, looking back on the final-day win over Crystal Palace that ensured Liverpool finished third in the final Premier League standings, and on the season as a whole for the outgoing champions. Also on the agenda is the departing Gini Wijnaldum, and the possible reasons why the Reds have chosen to sever ties with the well-loved Du...

Liverpool are in talks to sign RB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konate in a deal that could be worth up to £40m. So, in this breaking news podcast, Matt Addison gets the inside story from the Liverpool ECHO's LFC correspondent Paul Gorst, while we also hear from RB Leipzig expert - and former team-mate of Jurgen Klopp - Guido Schafer. Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www...

Paul Gorst, Sean Bradbury and Matt Addison join Guy Clarke for the Blood Red podcast after Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-0 to book their place in the Champions League before saying goodbye to Gini Wijnaldum. The panel look back on the Sadio Mane-inspired win over Palace, and the season as a whole, before asking what Liverpool’s superb form in the run-in means for their rivals, like Manchester Ci...

Liverpool U18s take on Aston Villa U18s in the FA Youth Cup final at Villa Park on Monday night as Marc Bridge-Wilkinson's side aim to make it two Youth Cups in three seasons for the young Reds. So for the latest Academy Show, Matt Addison and Guy Clarke are joined by the ECHO's chief Liverpool writer Ian Doyle and then Liverpool U18s captain Jarell Quansah to preview the showpiece game and look b...

Gini Wijnaldum bid farewell to Liverpool after five years at the club, following the Reds 2-0 win over Crystal Palace to secure Champions League football. Join Guy Clarke for reaction to the final day of the season win as Liverpool finish third in the Premier League. Hear from the ECHO’s Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst at Anfield, along with 10,000 fans, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s press c...

Liverpool know a victory over Crystal Palace today will almost certainly be enough to seal qualification for the Champions League - and 10,000 fans will be inside Anfield to cheer them over the line. So is there anything that Palace and their departing manager Roy Hodgson can do to stop the Reds? To answer that question, Matt Addison speaks to comedian, writer and Eagles fan Kevin Day for the fina...

Stand-in host Guy Clarke joins Josh Williams for the latest edition of Analysing Anfield to assess the 3-0 win at Burnley, and the starring roles played by Nat Phillips and Thiago Alcantara, and preview Liverpool’s final game of the season at home to Crystal Palace. Win that one and the Reds will almost certainly book their place in next season’s Champions League. But after a testing campaign, do...

Special documentary as 10,000 Liverpool fans get ready to return to Anfield on Sunday for the huge match with Crystal Palace. Matt Addison speaks to local businesses and Liverpool supporters, plus journalists, to put you in the mood for the return of fans to the terraces. The 2020/21 season has far from gone to plan for Liverpool. Injuries, poor form, particularly at home in the empty surroundings...

Paul Gorst, Joe Rimmer and David Lynch join Guy Clarke for the final Blood Red podcast of the season as they preview Liverpool v Crystal Palace and discuss all the big Anfield talking points. Victory over Palace on Sunday would all but certainly secure Liverpool’s place in next season’s Champions League. But who are the players who have brought Jurgen Klopp’s side back from the brink? The panel pi...

Listen to Jurgen Klopp's press conference in full to preview Liverpool's huge match with Crystal Palace on Sunday. The match sees the return of 10,000 supporters to Anfield with Klopp having a message to those lucky enough to attend the final game of the season. Win it and the Reds will surely book their place in next season's Champions League. But will Klopp be keeping an eye on the scorelines fr...

Neil Fitzmaurice is joined by Paul Gorst and Sean Bradbury for a positively upbeat edition of the Poetry in Motion podcast. Recorded the morning after the 3-0 win over urnley which moved Liverpool into fourth place with one game to play, and extended their unbeaten run to nine matches, Fitzy asks his guests just what are the reasons for this remarkable last-season surge that should secure Champion...

Liverpool are into the top four for the first time in three months courtesy of a Nat Phillips Man of the Match showing at Turf Moor. The defender grabbing his first goal for the Reds either side of a Roberto Firmino opener and a late Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain strike. With Liverpool now holding their Champions League destiny in their own hands join Guy Clarke for reaction from Turf Moor. We hear from...

Harry Kane will reportedly push to leave Tottenham Hotspur this summer. But should Liverpool be interested in a transfer? And how might the England captain moving elsewhere impact the Reds? On the latest episode of The Agenda, Matt Addison is joined by Theo Squires to discuss the implications that Kane moving on from Tottenham might have, with PSG, Manchester City and Manchester United among the c...

Liverpool will likely need to win both of their remaining Premier League fixtures in order to qualify for the Champions League after Chelsea beat Leicester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. That leaves Liverpool (on 63 points having played 36 fixtures) three behind Leicester and four behind Chelsea (who have both played 37 times), with the Reds facing Burnley on Wednesday night and then Crystal Palace...

Listen to Jurgen Klopp's pre-Burnley press conference in full. The Liverpool boss talks about the trip to Turf Moor and the battle for the top four; Roy Hodgson's announcement that he is leaving Crystal Palace at the end of the season, meaning his final game will be this weekend, at Anfield, the home of his former club; Mohamed Salah's 'commitment', plus the latest team news including a boost for...

Alisson Becker was the Liverpool hero at the weekend as the goalkeeper scored the winner against West Brom, but ahead of Leicester taking on Chelsea on Tuesday night, how well-placed are the Reds in the battle for the Champions League spots? Host Dan Morgan is joined by Joel Rabinowitz, Matt Addison and David Lynch as they discuss the position that Jurgen Klopp's men find themselves in, and what i...

Liverpool’s Champions League hopes remain on course following Alisson Becker’s dramatic winner at The Hawthorns. Host Guy Clarke is joined by Ian Doyle and Theo Squires for the latest Blood Red podcast to discuss the 2-1 victory over West Brom, its significance and the permutations the Reds face in order to secure a top-four finish in the Premier League. Chelsea’s game with Leicester City on Tuesd...

After Alisson Becker became the first Liverpool goalkeeper to score, heading in a stoppage-time corner to seal an incredible 2-1 win at West Brom, join Guy Clarke for all the reaction as Jurgen Klopp's side kept up the pressure on those above them in the pursuit of a top-four finish. Hear from Klopp’s post-match press conference, the ECHO’s chief LFC writer Ian Doyle, as well as regular contributo...

West Brom might be relegated and have little to play for, but the same certainly cannot be said for Liverpool in their bid to make the Champions League places. So, on the latest Behind Enemy Lines podcast, Matt Addison is joined by Birmingham Live’s West Brom reporter Joe Chapman to preview Sunday’s game between the sides and pick out the players to watch, including Matheus Pereira, the tricky Bra...