''The Anfield Wrap'' (TAW Player) is a collective of

podcast A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an Episode, episodic series of digital audio Computer file, files that users can download to a personal device or str ...

s, radio shows,

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s, live shows, magazine and website articles predominantly about

Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founded in ...

as well as the culture and music in the city of

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

Content

Described by sports journalist

Barry Glendenning Barry Glendenning (born 12 March 1973) is an Irish sports journalist who holds the position of deputy sports editor on the ''guardian.co.uk'' website run by UK newspaper ''The Guardian''. Glendenning was born in Birr, County Offaly and atte ...

as "essential listening for Liverpool fans", and averaging over 200,000 weekly downloads in over 200 countries including Vatican City they have sold out venues in Australia, USA, Scandinavia as well as Ireland, Hong Kong, Dubai and England and a stage at the Sound City Festival. As well as fan culture the shows have also contained interviews with

Kevin Keegan Joseph Kevin Keegan (born 14 February 1951) is an English former footballer and manager. Nicknamed "King Kev" or "Mighty Mouse", Keegan was recognised for his dribbling ability, as well as his finishing and presence in the air, and is regard ...

Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German football executive and former Manager (association football), manager and Football player, player. He is widely regarded as one of the best football managers in the world. Klopp has been ...

Kenny Dalglish Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish (born 4 March 1951) is a Scottish former association football, football player and manager (association football), manager. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time as well as one of Celtic's, Liv ...

Brendan Rodgers Brendan Rodgers (born 26 January 1973) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who is manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Rodgers began his career as a defender at Ballymena United, where he stayed until h ...

Rafa Benitez Rafa is a masculine given name, mostly as a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Rafael. It may refer to: People * Rafael Nadal (born 1986), Spanish tennis player * Rafa (footballer, born 1985), Spanish footballer Rafael López Gómez * Rafael Ben ...

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Rick Parry Richard Nicholas Parry (born 23 February 1955) is the current chairman of the English Football League (EFL), the former chief executive of Liverpool, the original CEO of the Premier League and a board member at New York Cosmos. Career Parry w ...

Jamie Carragher James Lee Duncan Carragher ( ; born 28 January 1978) is an English football analyst and former player who played as a defender for Premier League club Liverpool during a career which spanned 17 years. A one-club man, he was Liverpool's vice ...

Kieran Maguire Kieran Maguire is a British academic, author, and broadcaster. He specialises in the accountancy of association football and wrote the book ''The Price of Football''. His expertise is frequently sought within English football media. Alongside come ...

Lucas Leiva Lucas Pezzini Leiva (born 9 January 1987), known as Lucas or Lucas Leiva (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Grêmio, Liverpool, Lazio and the Brazil national team. Lucas began his caree ...

and

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. As of July 2017 the shows had received a total of 28,000,000 downloads worldwide. ''The Anfield Wrap'' have made and appeared on video clips for

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. and the Premier League World, and BBC’s Newsbeat as well as making an appearance on the

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documentary ''Being Liverpool'', and representing fan views on issues such as ticket prices and kick off times.

Management

Directors/Officers: Neil Atkinson, Andy Heaton, John Gibbons,

Wayne Scholes Wayne Scholes is a British businessman, the CEO of Red Touch Media and the former owner of ice hockey club the Telford Tigers The Telford Tigers are a National Ice Hockey League (NIHL) ice hockey team that formed in 1985. After initially clos ...

, Colin Zito,

Awards

''The Anfield Wrap'' was awarded the ‘Podcast Of The Year’ award in 2012 and 2015 by The

Football Supporters Federation The Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) was an organisation representing football fans in England and Wales. It campaigned across a range of issues and supports fan representation on clubs' boards, lower ticket prices, and the introduction of ...

, in 2015 according to

The Liverpool Echo The ''Liverpool Echo'' is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales – a subsidiary company of Reach plc and is based in St. Paul's Square, Liverpool, England. It is published Monday through Sunday, and is Liverpool's da ...

presenter and writer Neil Atkinson led The Anfield Wrap delegation to the stage before delivering a “barnstorming acceptance speech”. The Anfield Wrap won ‘Best Football Podcast’ at The Football Blogging Awards in 2016 and was The Football Supporters’ Federation ‘Radio Show Of The Year’ 2016. They were nominated for ‘Club Podcast of the Year’ at the 2017 Football Supporters Federation Awards. At the 2018 British Podcast Awards The Anfield Wrap won silver, behind only

Kermode and Mayo's Film Review ''Kermode and Mayo's Film Review'' was a radio programme with Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo, broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday afternoons. The show was self-described as the BBC's "flagship film programme" and featured film reviews from Ker ...

in the listeners choice award. On 31 October The Anfield Wrap was announced as nominated for the ‘Fan Media of the Year’ award at the 2018 Football Supporters Federation Awards. At the 2019 British Podcast Awards The Anfield Wrap again picked up second place silver medal for the ‘listeners choice’ award. At the 2019 Football Supporters Federation Awards The Anfield Wrap won ‘Best Fan Media’. The Anfield Wrap was shortlisted for the Fan Media of the Year at the

Football Supporters' Association The Football Supporters' Association (The FSA) is the national, democratic, representative body for football supporters in England and Wales. They are the leading advocates for supporter ownership, better fan engagement, cheaper ticket prices, t ...

awards in 2020 and 2021. In November 2023, The Anfield Wrap was nominated in the Club Podcast of the Year category at the Football Supporters' Association awards.

References

{{Reflist Sports podcasts Liverpool F.C.