The Anfield Wrap

The next part of our look at Liverpool's historic rivalries sees Neil Atkinson sit down with Mike Nevin, Rob Gutmann and the Liverpool Echo's David Prentice to look back at the period of worsening cross-Stanley Park relations from 1989 to 2002.

It encapsulates Dalglish's last game, Everton's near relegation, Joe Royle's Dogs Of War. Liverpool's poor runs in Derbies at Goodison, abuse to the players off the pitch and players flying in at each other on it.

It also includes a look ahead to the weekend's game.

Everything a look at football's greatest local rivalry needs...

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Neil Atkinson, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia are without John in the flesh this week but his spirit remains strong. It is his gig of the week in Rome.

Talk of Roller Derby, Dave Chappelle, half marathons and, inevitably, Moel Famau dominate the wham. The songs are terrific. Nine of them, one held back in John's honour...

9 slabs of Wham, 9 great Songs.

Tracklisting

Future Islands - Cave

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Rob Gutmann hosts Stephen Evans and Andy Heaton for a in-depth chat Liverpool's problem position of goalkeeper and whether we are closer to solving an issue that is a constant cause of debate.

Rather than just focus on the first team, we have a comprehensive look our custodian credentials from top to bottom.

As part of the show we also talk to:

Academy expert and now BEIN Sport Assistant Producer Joel Richards about Academy prospects Shamal George and Kamil Grabara.

Huddersfield podcast 'Thrice Champions' about Danny Ward and the season he is having at the top end of the Championship.

Hoffenheim scout and former professional goalkeeper Lutz Pfannenstiel on Loris Karius and what Jurgen Klopp looks for in a goalkeeper.

Sunderland fan, former goalkeeper and now coach and columnist David Preece about Simon Mignolet'a situation.

Rob, Andy and Stephen then round up the show with a chat about whether Liverpool should be looking for improve the situation and how in a bumper 94 minute free show.

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Neil Atkinson is joined for a bumper Radio City Talk by John Keith, who is always a pleasure to have on the show, to talk all things LFC and a couple of John's projects he's got going on at the minute.

We've also got Craig Hannan talking to Robbie Fowler over in Utah as well as John Gibbons and Andy Heaton talking to Xabi Alonso in an excerpt from their hour long TAW Player interview.

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John and Andy chat to CNN's James Masters about the dire situation at Leyton Orient and what the fans are doing to try and help the club.

To help the Leyton Orient Regeneration Fund go to - https://www.gofundme.com/saveorient

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The Rider is a full house. Neil Atkinson hosts as John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia play ten great songs and talk all sorts of wham about the Top 40 being in real trouble, going to Devon and small plates.

As ever, the songs, the songs...

Tracklisting:

Bill Botting And The Two Drink Minimums - Feeling Sad Again

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Today, Ronnie Moran passed away at the age of 83. He worked consecutively at Liverpool Football Club under nine different managers, from player to assistant manager and many more roles in between. The list of honours Liverpool won in that time speaks for itself.

RIP Ronnie

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Breathless, chaotic and ultimately, a point gained rather than two lost.

Neil Atkinson is joined by Melissa Reddy, Adam Smith and Mike Nevin to try and make some sense of the tear up between Liverpool and Manchester City.

The Reds once again proved they can go toe-to-toe with the best and have set themselves up with more than a fighting chance for the top four run-in.

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Citytalk this week has Neil Atkinson focusing on the battle for top four and the importance of the next two games.

He is joined by John Gibbons, Adam Smith and Karl Coppack and the four talk through how Liverpool's season is now defined by the next eight weeks.

Neil and Heather Carroll talk about Liverpool Ladies, the Spring Series and the 5th Round FA Cup clash against Everton this weekend.

Sean Rogers offers his tactical insight into the City game before John, Adam and Karl let us know what they expect from this Liverpudlian weekend.

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Jamie Carragher joins Neil Atkinson to talk about Xabi Alonso's Liverpool career. The pair go through Alonso's career at Liverpool and beyond but also talk about other aspects of the game, such as Emre Can against Burnley and what happens when central defenders lose their spring.

Jamie is as honest and candid as ever about his former teammate. It is a fascinating conversation which acts as a great primer for the TAW Player interview with Xabi Alonso.

That will be released at 4pm on Friday 17th March. TAW with Xabi Alonso. And here is Jamie Carragher - £5 a month? A bargain for all the quality…

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