First State Kopites

It's the first of February and on the back of 2 big wins in the capital, the Mighty Liverpool appear to be flying again. #FirstStateKopites has Daz, Sean and Paul having a lovely chat about the Reds and what's gone so well.   We talk about what was so enjoyable about the Liverpool performances and goals in the games against Spurs and West Ham United. Trent and Bobby were awesome at Spurs, and...

January 24th 2020 Enrique from OLSC Delaware plus Sean and Paul talk over the game at Old Trafford. There were definitely bright spots, just need that to translate into form in the weeks and months ahead.   Looking for themes:  Our xG suggests that we should have scored 6.6 goals in the last 4 games, when actual goals has been zero. Can we get back to exceeding xG?  The low block ha...

It's January 17th, 2020, Liverpool drew 0-0 with Man Utd earlier today.   We talk about Justin's support for the Reds and the first supporters club in North America. He's on the LFC NY board and he's a contributor to Anfield Index. We talk about the supporters club and what they've been doing during the pandemic. Shout out for Food Bank donations as we celebrate Martin Luther King and th...

Recorded January 10th, 2021, after Liverpool got back to winning ways against Aston Villa's youth team. We look at what's been happening with the Champions and seek out some solutions going forward.   Ben, Sean, Daz and Haitham help Paul figure out how significant some of this season's refereeing fails have been for the Reds - taking in the recent Michael Oliver comments where he confirms tha...

Recorded January 3rd, 2021, joined by Lingerr, Haitham and Daz. On the day when we lost Gerry Marsden, singer of the club's anthem - RIP Gerry.   We touch on the last game of the year, and of some the reaction on social media. Although it was hard not to reference the cameo from Thiago.   We detour into penalties and question whether VAR is actually the handicapping system that the Premi...

#FirstStateKopites end of year edition. Haitham and Daz join Paul to reflect on the highs and lows from Palace to West Brom. Rollercoaster sounds such a cliche, so we will say that the Palace second half created an illusion of 'we're back', West Brom was like a 3 act play where we went from that back to the worst of the Fulham self-doubt.   Anxiety in the stadium, VAR MIA, Mane being wrestled...

Recorded on December 20th, 2020 after Liverpool beat Crystal Palace by 7 (seven) goals to nil.  Sean and Paul are joined by Wes Young, son of a former professional footballer and huge Red. Wes talks about his Liverpool journey, the difficult 90s, the joy of the Houllier years and the absolute ecstasy of the Klopp years.   Wes shares his Club World Cup Final experience, the joy of be...

Recorded December 17th, 2020. Special edition  to review the victory over Tottenham Hotspur and all that its entails (VAR, Harry Kane and our magnificent academy players), and marking the passing of Gerard Houllier, a card carrying member of the magnificent 7 of Liverpool managers from Shankly to Klopp.  We reference the many tributes to Gerard Houllier.  From Jessie Marsh to the pl...

Recorded December 13, 2020. Good friends of the #FirstStateKopites podcast, Hatitham, Ben and Daz join Sean and Paul to recap the week of 1--1 draws with Mijdttland and Fulham. As you might expect, lots of chatter about team selection, injuries and fitness levels.  We will be working on a special edition 'Positivity of Ben' episode before the end of the season. In the interim, Ben brings us b...

Recorded December 7th, 2020, the day after Liverpool beat Wolverhampton Wanderers by 4 goals to nil to stay level on points with Spurs at the top of the Premier League. Today Sean and Paul are joined by Craig Hannan. A wide ranging discussion of what's going on at the Anfield Wrap, and as head of marketing at TAW, Craig is well positioned to talk about Liverpool's brand and the influence that Jurg...

Recorded November 29th, after Liverpool's 1-1 draw at Brighton. Earlier in the week, we had a very rare home defeat against Atalanta. Upcoming we have Ajax and Wolves (the latter coming after an almost luxurious 5 days between games).   Sean and Paul are joined this week by Daz and Haitham to discuss the performances and what we can read into them. Of course we talk about some of the other he...

Recorded November 23rd, 2020 after Liverpool has beaten Leicester City by 3-0 in a classic performance to break the club record for games undefeated at Anfield - now stands at 64.   We are delighted to have Alisha and Nader join us to talk about the exciting news that The Anfield Shop has become the first North American commercial partner for LFC. Well done #TheAnfieldShop.   We talk abo...

Recorded November 15th, 2020 - we originally had no plans to record because it was the international break and what could possibly happen... Paul is joined by Haitham, Ben and Daz to pick through the impact of Covid-19, the internationals and the seemingly never ending news about injuries.  We begin with some great reflections on Ray Clemence who passed today - one of the players that took us...

Recorded November 15th, 2020 Sean and Paul are joined this week by Imani Williams - occasional contributor to The Anfield Wrap and many other LFC podcasts. OLSC Austin is her supporters club - we loved the idea of a singing section at the pub. Imani has been a Liverpool fan since high school, and she shares her experience of a great European night in Madrid (no, not that one).    he Flat...

This week - November 8th, 2020, we have special guest Haitham from Chicago, Daz from Baltimore and our own Enrique Jackson. Great opportunity to talk at length about the City game. The importance of Allison, the effectiveness of Joel Matip, and the roles of Gini, Bobby and Diogo Jota in this performance and beyond. Some conversation about the formation, was it 4-4-2 or 4-2-4 or some combination in...

Recorded after Liverpool beat West Ham at Anfield to equal the 63 game unbeaten record of the 1979-81 vintage - Klopp's teams have lost 4 games in 5 years at Anfield - It is officially a Fortress!  This week Sean and Paul are joined by Lingerr from San Francisco, Ben from Des Moines and Daz from Baltimore. We talk about where you can see the game in our respective cities - Keyzar Pub San Fran...

#FirstStateKopites has a new format with guests Daz, from OLSC Baltimore and Ben for OLSC Des Moines. Although we should say, these are our own opinions - not those of Liverpool FC..  This week, we cover the last 8 days and look ahead another 7 days - some highlights... Ben offers the optimistic perspective on VVD being out for months - we can buy in to that. Daz offers the upside of Alisson...

While we are members of the Official Liverpool Supporters Club of Delaware, this is an independent view of our great club and how fans experience this great team.  Today, Chris Perkins - author of 'Let's Talk About Six' joins us to talk about the book and many other facets of supporting this great club. The book is one of our recommendations. We talk about his first experiences of seeing the...

We welcome Richie from https://www.kopiteklobber.com and Damian Kavanagh, #TheAnfieldWrap contributor. Lots of content in this one. Richie and Damian, survivors of Hillsborough, talk to us about the last 32 years, the trauma of the event and the trauma of the truth being suppressed for 23 years. Damian talks about the achievement of truth in his lifetime being a huge victory. We talk about the uni...

Recorded October 7th, 2020, Tim, Charlie and Paul are joined by Roddy from Las Vegas and Haitham from Chicago Supporters Club to dissect the Reds disappointing loss at Villa. If you are in need of some positive vibes after that difficult experience, I think you can find them here. We look ahead to the Derby against Everton. I think we all believe that there will be a reaction, not to mention the p...

So in this really fun episode, we talk to another Supporters Club leader. This time it's Roddy McOwan of the Las Vegas branch.  He shares his journey from Edinburgh, Scotland to Las Vegas via Liverpool. We detour into fast food, and reference the time when the Kop was sponsored by McDonalds. He shares the things that made him fall in love with our great club (Kevin Keegan and cross bars are p...

#FirstStateKopites bring you this weeks podcast on #InternationalPodcastDay . We share our excitement about the Jota signing, the wonderful wins at Chelsea and Lincoln and at home to Arsenal.  Hard to disagree with #TheAnfieldWrap that this is one of the best performances in the Klopp era - and that is remarkable given how many great performances this team have given.  The lazy punditry...

Recorded September 27th, 2020. We are delighted to have Peter Hooton on the podcast. The chat ranges from Bill Shankly to Sadio Mane and from Joe Strummer of the Clash to Eric Cantona. We name check Wade Smith, Geoff Twentyman (an important figure in Liverpool's successful history) and Big Audio Dynamite. Of course we mention his band, the Farm. Peter is the author of 'The Boot Room Boys' - based...

Check out the new logo, and subscribe to #FirstStateReds podcast if you haven't already.   Charlie, Sean, Tim and Paul welcome our good friend Daz from OLSC Baltimore.   On this week's edition we talk Thiago Alcantra, who finally signs for the Mighty Reds for a mere 5GBP a year. It appears that we actually have a player who could be an upgrade on this magnificent team. In the course...

Tim, Charlie and Paul are joined by Talia to about Talia's Liverpool story.  First up we celebrate the holiday weekend and #ThisMeansMoreChallenge ​ organized by #LFCFoundation ​. Talia provided the wonderful music to accompany the collage of photos.  We talk Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, the leadership example of James Milner and our welcoming Supporters Club here in Delaware.  ...