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

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s, radio shows,

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s, live shows, magazine and website articles predominantly about

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as well as the culture and music in the city of

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Content

Described by sports journalist Barry Glendenning 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

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, Kenny Dalglish,

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, Rafa Benitez, Gerard Houllier,

Rick Parry Rick Parry (born 23 February 1955) is the current chairman of the EFL, the former chief executive of Liverpool, the original CEO of the Premier League and a board member at New York Cosmos. Career Rick Parry was educated at the Kings School Ch ...

Jamie Carragher James Lee Duncan Carragher (; born 28 January 1978) is an English football pundit and former footballer 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 v ...

, Kieran Maguire,

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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 ITV News,

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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 Neil Atkinson (born 21 January 1981) is a Liverpool 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 ''The An ...

, Andy Heaton, John Gibbons, Wayne Scholes, Colin Zito,

Awards

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

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, in 2015 according to

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presenter and writer

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

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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

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awards in 2020 and 2021.

References

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