Liverpool Adventures

Covid chaos and fans’ boost

Liverpool legends Sammy Lee and David Fairclough on the new covid threats for Premier League, the lack of vaccinated players as well as post match Newcastle and pre match Spurs. Hosted by Ragnhild Lund Ansnes. Enjoy!

Stevie G returns

Two local lads and Liverpool legends on what it will be like when Steven Gerrard returns to Anfield serving the opposition. David Johnson and David Fairclough share why Stevie G is so special. Both as a player and a leader and they both reveal their favourite Stevie G moment.
Also many stories from the memory Lane as two old team mates from one of Liverpool FC’s best sides ever meets in Hotel Tia’s Players’ Lounge.
Post match reactions on Everton, Wolves and Milan too. Hosted by LFC author and Hotel Tia owner Ragnhild Lund Ansnes.

Manager carousel

This season has been mad carousel for the Premier League managers so far. Nine of the clubs have changed managers already before Christmas.
Liverpool legends and close mates Sammy Lee and David Fairclough look into why the pressure has increased on managers and why they are getting less time to prove their quality.
Sammy Lee is still in the coaching game and knows what it is like to come in to save clubs as well as what it is like when you are about to be released from your duties. This podcast gives you a great insight to manager changes from a coaching- and a players perspective. And we talk in particular about how Steven Gerrard is getting along in Aston Villa, the exit of Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Rafael Benitez choice to manage city rivals Everton. We also look ahead to Southampton and land the matches against Porto and Arsenal. Hosted by LFC author and Hotel Tia owner Ragnhild Lund Ansnes. Enjoy!

Gerrard back in Premier League

Gerrard is returning to Premier League as the new manager of Aston Villa. David Fairclough and James Pearce discuss why Villa is the perfect way into Premier League as a manager for Stevie G.
And there are some interesting personal fixtures when Steven returns to Anfield in December, plays against Benitez at Goodison and when he meets Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester...
We talk about the unusual high rotation of managers in Premier League this season and about why Liverpool is lucky. Also a post match talk on West Ham away and looking ahead to Arsenal home. Pearce reveals what he is working on for The Athletic and Fairclough is getting ready for the 10th charity ball in honor of his wife Jan Fairclough to fundraise for the Walton Centre, one of the leading neurology hospitals in the UK. Hosted by Hotel Tia’s LFC author Ragnhild Lund Ansnes.

“He is not as black as I thought”

John Barnes has spent 10 years writing the book The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism, and is sharing some of  the stories from his own life, including the conclusion from two old men at the Kop who said: “He is not as black as I thought,” when Barnes played really well in his debut match at Anfield for the Reds.
He also reflects on why we are all biased and how we can make the world a better place.
He also explains why we shouldn’t have player favourites as he, David Fairclough and host Ragnhild Lund Ansnes discuss the booing of Suarez in our post match talk on Atletico Madrid and we are looking ahead to the match against West Ham in form. And: will the Ballon d’Or go to Salah? Enjoy!

Exceptional strikers and unpredictable rivalry

Ian Rush turns 60 and we honor him with stories about his time as the best striker in history for Liverpool told by his former team mate David Fairclough, musician and author Peter Hooton from the Farm and the Spirit of Shankly and LFC author Ragnhild Lund Ansnes. They also talk about Mo Salah’s incredible record breaking confidence run, post Atletico Madrid, about important work by The Spirit of Shankly, how the new ticket system is working as well as looking ahead to the biggest game of the year in Premier League. Enjoy!

Roger Hunt - The Golden Boy

John Aldridge and David Fairclough stood on the Kop and admired him. And he was Fairclough’s main autograph target.
In Aldo’s opinion Hunt was the best striker Liverpool ever has had. «We all wanted to be Roger Hunt in the streets. We loved him. And we got to know him, we were in awe of the man.» It has been a hugely emotional week after the passing of Hunt. He was a God.
In this week’s podcast two of Liverpool’s fine strikers honour Sir Roger. We also look back at the Brentford match and they give us an insight in how to become more lethal goal scorers (with some advice to Salah and the boys), we also wrap up Porto and look ahead at Manchester City at home. Enjoy!

Memory Lane Away days

What started up as a chat about Crystal Palace, ended up in a beautiful talk about the meaning of «You’ll Never Walk Alone», and as two away matches awaits against Norwich and Brentford, some stories about what it was really like to be on away trips as a kid in the 1970s and 80s when Nicky Allt, Dave Kirby, Emma Case and David Fairclough gathered around the table. We will hear about the fights and the cheeky street smartness and about Fairclough breaking many windows.
You also get to hear about the new exciting projects our creative guests are working on - and it is all about capturing supporter stories.
Hosted by Ragnhild Lund Ansnes. This one is long, but well worth the listen. Enjoy!  

Bill Shankly Special

Karen Elizabeth Gill has so many stories to tell about her granddad Bill Shankly and shares some of them in this Bill Shankly special.  What was like home and as a granddad, about all the letters he wrote to the fans and what he still means for the supporters and why he is a lighthouse in modern football. In conversation with LFC author Ragnhild Lund Ansnes who was the editor for Shankly’s own book in Norwegian. Enjoy!

No rabbit out of the hat

David Fairclough and Ragnhild Lund Ansnes talk you through the transfer window for Liverpool and the disappointment of Jürgen not pulling out a rabbit out of the hat. They also discuss the effect of the new longterm contracts and the Ronaldo-effect as well as discussing Chelsea and look ahead at Leeds away. Also, they talk about the impact of the effect Klopp has had on the connection between Germany and England, about the possible FIFA-sanctions after holding back our Brazilian players from going to a red listed country and they honour Bill Shankly, 108 years after his birth. Enjoy!