The Anfield Wrap
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| Anfield Wrap | |
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| Language | English |
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| Original release | 1 August 2011 |
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| Website | theanfieldwrap |
The Anfield Wrap (TAW Player) is a collective of podcasts, radio shows, videocasts, live shows, magazine and website articles predominantly about Liverpool F.C. as well as the culture and music in the city of Liverpool.
Described by sports journalist Barry Glendenning as "essential listening for Liverpool fans",[1] and averaging over 200,000 weekly downloads in over 200 countries including Vatican City[2] 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.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
As well as fan culture the shows have also contained interviews with Kevin Keegan[9] Jürgen Klopp, Kenny Dalglish, Brendan Rodgers, Rafa Benitez, Gerard Houllier, Rick Parry, Jamie Carragher, Kieran Maguire, Lucas Leiva and Xabi Alonso. As of July 2017 the shows had received a total of 28,000,000 downloads worldwide.[10]
The Anfield Wrap have made and appeared on video clips for ITV News,[11] Sky Sports.[12] and the Premier League World,[13] and BBC’s Newsbeat[14] as well as making an appearance on the Fox Sports documentary Being Liverpool, and representing fan views on issues such as ticket prices and kick off times.[15][16][17]