The Anfield Wrap

A packed Citytalk show sees The Anfield Wrap look at Liverpool's likely approach to the FA Cup this season and West Brom on Saturday night. Saturday night? What do we all make of that? John Gibbons and Heather Carroll chat to Beth England and Alex Greenwood about Liverpool Ladies's season to date and the games to come. They also speak to manager Scott Rogers. Neil Atkinson and Mike Nevin pay tribu...

Lizzi Doyle joins us and we love her and can be best described as overexcited. Loads of chat about spin because it appears to dominate lives these days. Spin is out of control. Disco Spin. Hip-Hop Spin. 90s Spin. Spin this. Spin that. Spin the other.  Anyway.  The Rider has some terrific new songs lined up as well as spin. A few returning old friends and some new business all come together from Ne...

Taff to take for Liverpool at Swansea as they ended their unbeaten run in South Wales. Was it a bad approach from Klopp and his players or more likely just "one of them"? Did anyone play well? Is it too easy to forget that Liverpool had chances at 0-0 to open the scoring? In general though these have been the games Liverpool have been struggling in. Is there something underlying in that? Neil Atki...

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There is no John Gibbons and no Adam Melia this week and so there have been substitutions. Emilia Bona and Joe Connolly are in talking about:  Doing The Dishes  Roller Derby  Running  Whistling  Amazon Prime  Family Fortunes  Things Neil Has Got Wrong  Stephanie Heneghan and Neil Atkinson are still in. Still motoring.  It's the best new music show going. Get on board.  Tracklisting:  Karen O - Yo!...

What a win to go through - a massive victory for The Reds as they vanquished Manchester City from Anfield. Great performances all over the park from The Reds - Emre Can, Gini Wijnaldum, Andy Robertson and our stellar front three all produced the goods. The goalkeeper is also a bone of contention. Neil Atkinson hosts as Melissa Reddy, Dan Morgan, Gareth Roberts and Mike Nevin are all in the room an...

Neil Atkinson was joined for this week’s Radio City Talk show by Mel Reddy, Paul Cope and Rob Gutmann. Rob also has a chat with John Gibbons about the latest transfer happenings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Rider this week we talk about Friends, depict quiet weekends and imagine what John's cabinet would look like. Anyone want to create a partnership with The Rider? You can't buy this type of unique content you know. The usual then? Well yes, because the usual is 10 great songs, this week they are some returning old friends. Neil Atkinson hosts, John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia...

Hosted by Rob Gutmann, our Gutter show delves deep into the boggy cesspit of transfer speculation. Here is little 10 minute preview of the latest edition with talk of Coutinho, Naby Keita and some fella called Alisson Joining Rob for the latest edition of the show is Melissa Reddy, Adam Melia and Paul Senior. Subscribe to TAW Player on the following link: https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/subscriptio...

With a a club record transfer and a Merseyside Derby victory to discuss The Anfield Wrap isn't short of material this week. We start with off the field matters. Philippe Coutinho has gone to Barcelona and where does this leave Liverpool's season? What should the next move be and what has brought this matters to this pass? To help us get the background on Coutinho and the club's next move we're joi...

A new year and The Rider looking ahead to everything within it with ten new fabulous songs, some admin on air, the desire for new features and a whole new slab of Wham with a best before date of March 2018 rather than that stale stuff they were holding onto.  Neil Atkinson hosts insofar as anyone can as Stephanie Heneghan, Adam Melia and John Gibbons entertain us all for 87 whole minutes. What mor...

Neil Atkinson was joined by Andy Heaton, Mo Stewart and Dan Austin for a free midweek podcast looking forward to the Friday night derby under the lights with a chance to settle scores against Everton. Neil also chats to BBC Radio 5 Live's Conor McNamara about the magic of the FA Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What a victory for Liverpool against Leicester - a game which had a bit of everything. A brace, a ton of needle and Harry Maguire's big head. Liverpool did the business when the pressure was on and the crowd responded. Joining Neil Atkinson to work through it all are John Gibbons, Gareth Roberts, Mike Nevin, Philippa Smallwood and Ian Salmon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

John Gibbons hosts the latest edition of The Team Talk to talk Leicester at Anfield and Burnley away. Ian Ryan, Gareth Roberts and Mo Stewart are in the studio and are joined on the phone by Pete Selby and Tyrone Marshall to talk Leicester and Burnley respectively. John is then chats to Aizaz Sheikh for this week's travelling Cop and then Kev Sampson and John Mackin to talk Burnley away. Learn mor...

On today's Friday show we were joined on the phone we're joined by Guto Llewelyn of The Jackcast to talk about the new appointment of Carlos Carvalhal as Swansea manager and look to their season to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A TAW Player Christmas Freebie! A longer Review show as The Anfield Wrap takes the opportunity to relax into The |Reds after a 5-0 win at home to Swansea. We talk about their approach, what they could have done differently and about why this Liverpool side were so effective. Rob Gutmann hosts and is joined by Sean Rogers, Neil Atkinson and Karl Coppack for this look back to Swansea, look at the bi...

Liverpool have yet again thrown points away from a winning position. What should Jurgen Klopp be doing about this? What could the consequences be? It was a frustrating game but one where Liverpool also played very well. The club though has some hard choices to face. And a game in two days. Swansea City are on the horizon for The Reds. Who should start in goal? Guto Llewelyn joins us on the phone;...

It's the Christmas edition of The Rider and as such there is lots of talk of little drinks, nights out and decorations. There are festive tunes. There is John's Spotify hacker. And there are songs of the year of sorts. Neil Atkinson hosts somewhat chaotically with John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia all cutting loose and feeling frisky. It's the perfect tonic to Christmas shopping and...

The Anfield Wrap this week takes a long look at Liverpool's fantastic 0-4 win at Bournemouth and dwell on the sheer quality of that front three. The intensity was there throughout from The Reds and their quality shone through. It's a chance to take a breath and assess the season as well and we have a little bit of Mancunian influence as Steve Armstrong joins to chat through the situation in the wi...

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Gareth Roberts and John Gibbons speak to Rob Sutherland, online editor of the "Five Year Plan" fanzine, about claims by Sussex Police that Crystal Palace fans were carrying knives and knuckle dusters at their game versus Brighton. Rob and the fanzine challenged the claims prompting a police u-turn and public statement. Gareth and John also speak to Amanda Jacks from the Football Supporters' Federa...

Post derby despair for the Reds off the back of a 1-1 defeat against an Everton side so negative it would make Moyes blush. Joining Neil Atkinson for this week’s big show to trawl through a frustrating evening under a snow lit Anfield are Andy Heaton, Gareth Roberts, Paul Senior and Rob Gutmann. Has the sucker punch penalty decision coloured a display that was broadly fine, or where Liverpool to b...

Seven against Spartak. What about Everton? One of the things about a big win is that it concentrates the mind on the next game. You just want to see Liverpool play and win again. That goes double when the next game is the Derby. Talking about Everton we have Dave Downie from the Blue Room. Looking at the Liverpool week and the squad we have John Gibbons and Adam Smith. Holding it together in the m...

A cast of thousands as Stephanie Heneghan has been inviting whoever she likes to this week's Rider. Therefore the usual suspects are joined by Joe Connolly and Rob Gutmann. She's also playing newcomers Frankie Goes To Hollywood. This is very much The Rider with its hair down but reapplying its make up before the big Christmas push. Neil Atkinson hosts, John Gibbons and Adam Melia are also in atten...