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Weekender: ESL, Newcastle & The Next Generation
John Gibbons hosts Lizzi Doyle, Kev Walsh and Phil Blundell to look back over the week’s Super League madness and ahead to Newcastle.
Also on the show, Harrison Worden hosts a panel of young Anfield Wrap stars in Chloe Bloxam, Cam Rimmer and Sam Evans to talk about the impact of the European Super League situation in reference to the next generation of Liverpool fans and football fans in general.
And lastly, Neil Atkinson speaks to author and journalist Michael Calvin about his new book ‘Whose Game Is It Anyway? Football, Life, Love & Loss’ written about football’s much-changed relationship with fans at the height of the pandemic which has become even more apt after the events of this past week.
