Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

With the impressive Wembley win over Tottenham Hotspur continuing the perfect start to the Premier League season, Liverpool can now turn their attention to their Champions League opener with Paris Saint-Germain.And what a match it should prove to be as Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Co come to Anfield for what could be another European night to remember at Anfield.The ground will be a vibrant sea of colour and noise – and a lot of down will be down to the guests of our latest podcast.We invited four Spion Kop 1906 members, Phil Walton, Sam Evans, Lewis Steele and Patrick Fitzsimons, as well as season-ticket holder Ste Martin, to talk about the supporters group that create and organise flags and banner displays on the Kop.The lads explain how and why the group was formed and what they have achieved in the years since. They also talk about the 77th-minute walkout versus Sunderland in February 2016, which forced Liverpool to make a U-turn over ticket prices and had an impact across the Premier League, and why there has been an improved relationship with the club in the years after.The panel all welcome the club’s decision to slash ticket prices for the upcoming Carabao Cup tie with Chelsea but, while accepting it is not an easy problem to solve, they are worried the next generation will not be able to get to the game regularly, given the unavailability of tickets and given the other distractions young fans now have.The podcast rounds off with some football talk, including memories of last season’s run to the Champions League final, and why Jurgen Klopp has been central to bringing everyone together. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Well, what a difference a year makes... Or 11 months to be precise.Last October Liverpool lost 4-1 to Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley to slip to ninth in the Premier League and leave them trailing eventual champions Manchester City by a massive 12 points.But fast forward to the present day and Jurgen Klopp’s side sit level on points at the top with five wins from five after they comprehensively outplayed Spurs to maintain their perfect start to the season.Our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce kicks off the Post-Game podcast with his verdict on the impressive 2-1 triumph.You then hear from Reds fans Sam Planche and Alex Watt before highlights from Jurgen Klopp’s press conference round off the show.We’ll be back with your next Post-Game podcast after Tuesday’s mouthwatering Champions League opener against Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield.But for now enjoy reflecting on what really was a statement of intent from Liverpool. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Proper football is back as Liverpool travel to Tottenham - and our latest Blood Red podcast has every angle covered.Kristian Walsh hosts with James Pearce, Theo Squires and Caoimhe O'Neill there to discuss a mammoth seven-game stretch.The long-term future of Fabinho is pondered, while the team explore whether the Reds' record at the top six is much cause for concern.There's also a pretty stern message for Gary Neville and his Champions League theory.A must-listen. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Peter Hooton sunning himself in Sicily ahead of the launch of his brilliant new book, the latest episode of the Allez Les Rouges podcast is hosted by a voice that will be very familiar to our listeners.The Liverpool ECHO’s former Liverpool FC editor Andy Kelly made a warm welcome to our studio to record the show, which also features journalist and author, Simon Hughes, Spirit of Shankly committee member Joe Blott, and regular guest and Kop season ticket holder, John Nicolson.And it’s safe to say the lads have a lot to talk about ahead of a run of seven games in 22 days that Andy rightly calls ‘mouthwatering’.Liverpool will go into the first of those games, against Tottenham Hotspur, on the back of four straight wins to start a league season for the first time since 1990.But the panel are of the opinion that Jurgen Klopp’s side have yet to truly get going and they look at the reasons why that is the case.There is no need for alarm – every other club would like to be where the Reds are – but Andy and Co accept the performances must move up a level, starting at Wembley on Saturday.And they believe that is exactly what will happen given the nature of the opposition that lie in wait including and after the showdown with Spurs.Selection for the clash against Mauricio Pochettino’s men is discussed – including the case for a first start for Fabinho – before talk turns to the Champions League and Tuesday’s visit of Paris Saint-Germain to Anfield.The potential ‘banana skin’ in the hectic run of matches is also discussed before the podcast ends with a chat about Liverpool’s new additions to the coaching staff and Peter’s new book, The Boot Room Boys: The Unseen Story of Anfield’s Conquering Heroes. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re bringing you our Preview podcast a little earlier than usual but after two weeks without a Liverpool match, we’re getting a little excited, especially when a trip to Wembley to take on Tottenham Hotspur kick-starts what could be a season-shaping run of seven games in 22 days for Jurgen Klopp’s Premier League leaders.The show kicks off with a chat with our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce who cannot wait for what he believes will be the Reds’ first ‘proper test’ of the campaign.James also looks back on last season’s corresponding encounter and the lessons that were learned in the aftermath as well as providing an update on the mini goalkeeping scare Klopp has suffered in the lead up to the match.With Hugo Lloris and Dele Alli sidelined, James reckons Mauriccio Pochettino has got bigger problems than his counterpart, and the second guest of the podcast, Alasdair Gold, who covers Spurs for Football.London, would be inclined to agree.While Tottenham have won three of their first four games of the campaign, Alasdair why explains they are a little bit ‘fragile’, why the reintroduction of Toby Alderweireld and the form of Lucas Moura are giving Pochettino a headache, and why the match is being played at Wembley and not at the club’s new stadium, and what that means for the players and supporters.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Best Liverpool player so far this season? Joe Gomez would have to be in with a shout, and his fine form was recognised by Gareth Southgate at the weekend when he chose the 21-year-old over Manchester City’s £50m man Kyle Walker to start for England against Spain at WembleyIt continued a remarkable rise for Gomez that started when he landed a deal with his local club Charlton Athletic – at the second attempt – and it is a rise that has been overseen by one of the men who knows him best, Steve Avory.Steve is the long-serving manager of Charlton’s highly successful academy and we spoke to him to get the inside track on the player he calls the ‘ultimate professional’.Steve tells a tale of a level-headed kid who is always able to meet the challenges put him front of him and who boasts the mental toughness to overcome any setback, including the cruciate ligament injury he sustained not long after signing for Liverpool and, more recently, the ankle problem that ruled him out of the Champions League final as well as the World Cup.Steve also has his say on where Gomez’s best position is and how his former protégé will never forget his roots.And there is also a little bit about England manager Southgate, who Steve used to teach in his previous career as head of PE at a secondary school in Crawley, and who he sees real parallels with Gomez.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your latest spin-off show to our main Blood Red podcast is a quick catch-up with ex-Liverpool striker Peter Crouch, who has been back in the city to promote his brilliant new book, How to be a Footballer.The former England international talks his Anfield career, how a night out with Jamie Carragher helped get it off the ground, and how he risked the wrath of Rafa Benitez, both then and now.He also explains why he dedicated the final chapter of the book to Steven Gerrard before engaging in a quickfire Q&A including which of his old Reds team-mates were the best to go on a night out with.He also talks the current Liverpool crop and their chances of winning the Premier League as well as giving his thoughts on their big match with another of his former clubs this Saturday.We’re hoping to get Peter in for a longer podcast in the near future, to look back fully on his excellent career, but for now... enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest Blood Red podcast, regular host and Liverpool reporter Ian Doyle is joined by ECHO duo Kristian Walsh and Paul Gorst along with special guest Caoimhe O'Neill to discuss the form of Brazil duo Fabinho and Firmino, decipher Djibril Cisse's interesting Istanbul tale, debate the impact of the new Main Stand and how it is attracting new fans, and start looking ahead to the weekend trip to Wembley to take on Tottenham Hotspur.Also includes brief discussion about which Liverpool player would be best to go for a pint with. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the dreaded international break now very much upon us, we tried something a little different in our latest View from the Kop podcast.Hosted by Paul Wheelock and featuring season-ticket holders Paul Philbin and Dan Kay, the trio kick off the show by going through each individual player who has started for Liverpool so far this season and rating their performances.Dan and Philbo are very much on the same page when it comes to some – Alisson Becker and Joe Gomez to name two – but surprisingly they have differing opinions when it comes to one key man.The big Reds are massive fans of Roberto Firmino but they also have contrasting thoughts on why the brilliant Brazilian hasn’t yet hit the heights he achieved so regularly last season.Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp made his first change of the campaign at Leicester City last time out when captain Jordan Henderson replaced Naby Keita. But should Keita return for the trip to Tottenham Hotspur? And, if so, which midfielder misses out?As the next episode of this bi-monthly podcast will not be recorded until after the Paris Saint-Germain match, talk then turns to the Champions League group stages and why, although it looks like the Reds have one of the toughest draws on paper, it could be just what they need as they bid to go one better than last season and win number six. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is James Milner getting better with age? Well, the guest of this special Blood Red spin-off show certainly thinks so.Stephen Warnock is a friend and former Aston Villa team-mate of Milner’s and he offers a fascinating insight into the evergreen Liverpool midfielder's character and personality as well as explaining why he should be regarded as world class.Ex-Reds defender Warnock will line up alongside the 32-year-old in this weekend's Match for Cancer at Parkhead, every penny from which will be devoted to tackling the disease through the Celtic FC Foundation, the Stiliyan Petrov Foundation, and the James Milner Foundation.Warnock also played with Petrov at Villa and he speaks openly about the feeling in the dressing room at the time the Bulgarian received his shocking news and the amazing strength of character he has shown since.Former England left-back Warnock also gives his verdict on Liverpool’s flying start to the season, whether their priority should lie in the Premier League or Champions League, Andy Robertson, his own burgeoning media career and coaching aspirations, plus much more. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices