Neil Atkinson (born 21 January 1981) is a

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based writer, broadcaster and film producer. Atkinson is the host, ‘Content Manager’, and one of the main writers and business developers behind online football and culture magazine ''

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'' which has had over 28 million podcast downloads worldwide. Atkinson has presented sell out shows of ''The Anfield Wrap'' in

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and

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as well as on stage at the ''Sound City Festival'' in Liverpool. Atkinson co-wrote and co-produced the film ''

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'' which had a theatrical release in the UK in 2018 and won the feature film award at the 2016 Boston science fiction festival. Described as ‘smart’ and ‘elegant’ by Peter Bradshaw in ''The Guardian''. Kim Newman in Empire magazine described it as ‘ambitious, unusual and thought-provoking’. In The Times Ed Potton a "script full of promise, with provocative things to say about empathy, obedience and individualism". Atkinson is a regular

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presenter and won the Football Supporters Federation 2016 national radio show award. He runs his own Liverpool-based production company, Film1st, and hosts music podcast ''The Rider''. Atkinson has guested as a pundit on

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discussing Liverpool Football Club’s 2019-20 Premier League title triumph, and Liverpool’s 5-0 win at

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over

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on 24 October 2021. Formerly a chairman for Spirit of Shankly, he has contributed to ''

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'' discussing the social impact of tragedies and has appeared on ''

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,'' ''

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,'' ''

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'',

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and ''

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'', during which former

defender

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described Atkinson as "a better pundit than me". He co-wrote the 2014 book ''Make Us Dream'' with John Gibbons about the 2013-14 Liverpool F.C. season as well as ''Numero 6'' in 2019, about Liverpool’s 2018–19 season culminating in their

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victory, their sixth European Cup triumph. In August 2019 with

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Atkinson began ''Red Letters'', a weekly correspondence about the

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for the Liverpool Echo’s American website, which is being edited into a book. Atkinson has also written for newspapers such as newspapers such as ''

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'', ''

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'' the ''

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'' on Liverpool FC related topics.

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