The Anfield Wrap

The Anfield Wrap on Citytalk this week is looking back at a 0-7 hammering of Maribor and looking ahead to a massive game against Tottenham at the weekend that this Liverpool side should be going into with a lot of confidence. It is a game Liverpool should be looking to win while respecting their opponent and one which they can win if previous years are anything to go by. TAW also speaks to Mary Lily and Manoj Kuduvali from Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital about their fundraising drive to bring the first Robotic Surgery unit to the city. To get involved go to www.lhchcharity.org.uk or call 0151 600 1409. The Anfield Wrap is hosted by Neil Atkinson and talking away about The Reds are John Gibbons, Ian Salmon and Josh McHugh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Rider is ever so slightly out of its natural habitat and more than ever so slightly giddy. Neil Atkinson hosts in the loosest sense of the word while John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Ad Melia run riot across the show. We're all over the running, of course we are, the weekends and the stupendous new music. We want to know about your lawn, of course we do. Of course, of course. And Stephanie talks eloquently about the Harvey Weinstein revelations and the wider implications of the subsequent reaction and outpouring from other women. You want/need any more? The songs are good. The songs are great. Ten of them, all new. This is the best new music show out there, even while it falls apart at the seams. Thank you for listening. Tracklisting: Alex Lahey - I Haven't Been Taking Care Of Myself Wu Tang Clan - Why Why Why Haarm - Valentine Noname - Diddy Bop Blonde Maze - Thunder Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - In A World But Not Of The World Run The Jewels - Mean Demeanor Big Thief - Shark Smile Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Over Everything Flyte - Faithless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many Liverpool fans will have heard the name Owen McVeigh, the 11 year-old Liverpool fan who tragically lost his life to Leukaemia in 2015, and even more will be familiar with the flag made in his honour and the t-shirts that have been seen the world over, but some of you may not know about the foundation set up in his memory. In to talk to Andy Heaton about the Owen McVeigh Foundation are his Dad Mark and Adam Kearns who was instrumental in helping the McVeigh family set up the foundation and is a member of the foundation committee. Mark and Adam talk to Andy about the aims of the foundation, how it was set and some of the help that has been done in Owen’s memory. You can support the foundation in any number of ways, their website can be reached at http://owenmcveighfoundation.co.uk or you can purchase the now famous t-shirt at Hat Scarf or a badge on the following link http://hat-scarf-or-a-badge.com/Pre-Order-Owen-Mcveigh-Foundation-T-Shirt The foundation also has Facebook and Twitter profiles at the following addresses - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/owenmcveighfoundation Twitter - https://twitter.com/mcveigh_owen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool 0 Manchester United 0, but not a game where Liverpool can feel either hard done to or disappointed with themselves. With Manchester United approaching the game looking for a smash and grab, how did The Reds respond? Should they have looked to push on or did they do the right thing staying solid? How did the fullbacks do? And what should we want and expect from Maribor? With a ton of Daniel Sturridge talk to go with everything else, this week's TAW show is a primer on everything currently happening with Liverpool FC. Neil Atkinson hosts with Goal.com's Melissa Reddy, Ben Johnson and Rob Gutmann all in for a long Sunday morning of Liverpool talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Anfield Wrap on Citytalk focusses all its energies on Liverpool vs Manchester United; a game which feels as though it has so much riding on it. How much of a factor is last season's game in terms of what we can expect? What about the injuries? What are the expectations? We divert briefly to chat to Martin Fitzgerald about his book Ruth And Martin's Album Club. In the studio we have Neil Atkinson, Adam Smith, Rob Gutmann and John Gibbons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wham heavy this week on the Rider, hosted by Neil Atkinson. He's joined by John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia to work through Gig Of The Week, the joys of Antwerp, and Blade Runner 2049. There is also talk of the running club that never meets. The songs are the business and we end with a chat about Automatic For The People from 1992 reissued next week on its 25th anniversary. Tracklisting: Kllo - Dissolve Ebenezer - Cliche Yumi Zouma - December Fatima Yamaha - Love Invaders Shout Out Louds - Ease My Mind My Sad Captains - Don't Listen To Your Heart Jamie Jones feat Katy B - Sound of Music Dave - Question Time Oscar and The Wolf - Infinity R.E.M. - Sweetness Follows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two current Liverpudlian anniversaries dominate this week's Anfield Wrap. The first is that Sunday 8th October marked the end of the second year of Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager. It's arguable that right now Klopp finds himself under the most pressure he has been under at the club and that he has set his own standards at a time it will be toughest to reach them. The second is that next Sunday (15th October) sees the seven year anniversary of FSG's acquiring of Liverpool. Theirs is a constant trade off in the debit and credit column and this is worked through not for the first time by The Anfield Wrap, hosted by Neil Atkinson and with Paul Senior, Adam Melia and Gareth Roberts. Gareth also speaks to Tony Zeverona, chairman of Prescot Cables on Non-League Day about his role and the challenges facing clubs such as his. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A different Anfield Wrap this week sees Neil Atkinson chat away all over the place. He speaks to Scott Murray, author of The Title, the history of the football league division 1; Becky Ayres from Liverpool Sound City about their move back into the city; Michael Cox about his book The Mixer, a tactical history of The Premier League and Heather Carroll about Liverpool Ladies's start to the season. The Story of the First Division - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-title-9781472936615/ The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-mixer-the-story-of-premier-league-tactics-from-route-one-to-false-nines/michael-cox/9780008215545 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"It's after 9 o'clock and we've all lost our heads." Even by its own standards this week, The Rider is a bit all over the place. We're very much pulling a late one to get you the best new music we can. We discuss Kendrick touring, Lady Gaga's documentary and far, far more and we also play 10 great songs across the 90 minutes including Gig Of The Week. We hope you like it. Tracklisting: Hercules & Love Affair - Are You Still Certain? Lord Echo - The Sweetest Meditation (feat Mara TK) SUGARMEN - Our Gallows Behind The Shadow Drops - Positive Shadow Negative Light LUCES - Soak The Halamays - Smudge J Galvin feat Beyonce - Mi Gente TRACE - You Don't Know Me Banks - Underdog Veranden - Follow The Money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another weekend ruined as Liverpool contrive once again to throw away a win with a painfully lacklustre and all to familiar display at St James Park. Having never recorded a win against a Rafa Benitez team, the Reds put themselves in pole position to take all three points thanks to a Phil Coutinho howitzer only to surprise absolutely no one by gifting Newcastle the softest of equalisers. Joining Neil Atkinson to pull on all the threads are Gareth Roberts, Mike Nevin and Melissa Reddy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices