WE’VE been in Porto since Monday and finally the promised wet weather has arrived. I’m sat in my hotel room looking across a rainy city rather than the one baked in sunshine that we have been enjoying for the last couple of days. We were warned, though....
I WAS in Sheffield on April 15, 1989. I was 22 years, four months and 10 days old. I try to think about that day as little as possible. The years have passed to become the decades that are now drifting by at pace. My memory of that April day is razor sharp. I think...
It’s Under The Lights live from Porto on the eve of Liverpool’s quarter final second leg. Joining John Gibbons for our first of many shows recorded in Portugal over the coming days are Lizzi Doyle, Craig Hannan and Kev Walsh. To hear the full version of...
Liverpool travel to Portugal for the second leg of their Champions League quarter final with a win and a clean sheet after besting FC Porto by two goals to nil. Liverpool started aggressively and for a period looked like they could put the game beyond the visitors but...
ALRIGHT. A bastard of a word. But that was the most alright, wasn’t it? Good alright, I mean. It was, however, almost much better than alright. However, Liverpool have a big game at the weekend. However, Porto are a tidy side. However, sometimes it just...
Alisson: 7 Made two good saves in about a minute and then didn’t have loads to do. I write the same thing every fucking week, don’t I? Arnold: 8 Back up there with his best. Good defensively, good going forward. Great run for the second, great ball. Is right. Virgil:...
Liverpool emerged from the first leg of their quarter-final tie against Porto at Anfield two goals to the good thanks to Naby Keita and Roberto Firmino. Joining Neil Atkinson for immediate post-match reaction are Steve Graves, Ste Evans and Paul Senior. For more...
IT’S one of the most soothing sounds in football. The rest is a nervous silence, which emphasises all other noises around it, as a random European legend twists open the plastic ball like he’s just eaten a massive Kinder Surprise, places the empty shell on the desk...
It’s Under The Lights with John Gibbons as Liverpool prepare to face familiar foes Porto in the quarter final first leg at Anfield. John is joined for the latest edition of Under The Lights Chloe Bloxham, Paddy Fitzsimmons, Mike Nevin, and Kev Walsh. Also in the...
I’M away for this. On holiday. Feels a bit mad to be away at this most crucial phase of our season, but we are where we are. Watching football alone in bars in warmer places is a guilty pleasure of mine, though. I’m at peace with it. My sons kick off whenever I book...
To take stock of the week just gone and look ahead to Liverpool v Southampton, John Gibbons hosts Andy Heaton, Sian Bennett and Craig Hannan.
Also on the show, we go back to what was a busy weekend for the city with three pilot events taking place in the form of ‘The First Dance’ presented by Circus at Bramley Moore Dock on the Friday and Saturday, as well as a concert in Sefton Park on the Sunday, as Liverpool gears up for life after lockdown.
To reflect on all of that and discuss what is next for the city as COVID restrictions continue to ease, John speaks to Claire McColgan, the Director of Culture Liverpool; Matt Ashton, the Director of Public Health; and DJ Lauren Lo Sung who was the first performer at the event on the Friday.
