THE RIDER – JOHNNY HOLIDAYS

John has the decency to turn up between engagements to find only Neil and Steph have a voice and Adam is almost in the recovery position. Expect tales of tears and dancing for this is The Rider after the Bestival Festival. Direct link to THE RIDER: JOHNNY HOLIDAYS...

The Big Corona – A Football Detective Story Ch.1

This fiction is initially inspired by this tweet from Andy Burnham. And my own immediate response to it. ATKINSON – FOOTBALL FLATFOOT (2)  [The first Chapter One of Atkinson – Football Flatfoot is available here]  Chapter 1 – The Proposition Sticky Liverpool...

TANKERS NEED GOOD DRIVERS

By Phil Blundell “ENGLISH football is a tanker that needs turning. The real challenge for us looking forward is that we’ve gone from 70% English players in the Premier League to 30% and it’s still falling. If that continues, we won’t have a...

Nige-Mageddon

IN case you missed it, Greg Dyke, the new FA Chairman, said this in a speech last week. “I’ve been planning this speech almost from the day I was offered the job as FA Chairman and I have read with interest recently people arguing that English football needs a...

PODCAST: TRANSFER AFFECTION

Neil sat with Nick O’Prey, Steve Graves and Paul Cope to continue the discussion of Liverpool’s transfer window. The lads talk about the ins and outs, the sales and loans, and those who stayed, in some cases maybe unexpectedly. How will this impact the...

CITYTALK: SHELL LIKE

International break, no football to speak of, but loads of football to talk about. Neil was joined in the Tower by Rob Gutmann, Sean Rogers and Jim Boardman to discuss how the Liverpool squad looks after the ins and outs, Michel Platini”s hard-line stance on...

THE RIDER – GREAT SONGS

This week there is no Adam but instead Steph steps in with two songs. Neil and John produce four. And all are absolute belters, rattling through genres so saddle up and come aboard. Direct link to THE RIDER: GREAT SONGS Podcast RSS feed iTunes [smart_track_player...

Merseyside Moving Forward

SO the transfer window to end all transfer windows has slammed shut for another four months. “Good riddance” come the cries from the merry folk; time to talk about the actual football – I mean, that is why we’re here, right? In the olden days, before the...

PODCAST: TOP OF THE LEAGUE

WITH Liverpool top of the league after beating the visitors from Old Trafford, Neil Atkinson, Steve Graves and Rob Gutmann went straight to the top of the tower to shout about it. Direct link to PODCAST: TOP OF THE LEAGUE Podcast RSS feed iTunes [smart_track_player...