Chris Kirkland on his Reds return and what has been going on at Liverpool FC Women

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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🗓️ 27 September 2018

⏱️ 15 minutes

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It may be less than six weeks old, but it has already been an eventful season for Liverpool FC Women.After a summer of massive change that saw the majority of last season’s squad leave along with manager Scott Rogers, the club was looking to stabilise under Neil Redfearn.But the former Leeds United boss rocked the Reds by quitting after just two games in charge.That left ex-Liverpool and England men’s goalkeeper Chris Kirkland, and Redfearn’s first-team coach Vicky Jepson, to take up the reins on a caretaker basis.And the duo, along with the rest of the backroom staff, have overseen back-to-back victories, which have lifted spirits going into the first Women’s Super League home match of the season against Reading at Prenton Park on Sunday (2pm kick-off).So to preview the game, and to find out what life has been like back at the club he played for and supports, Kirkland speaks to our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce.There is also an update on the Reds’ U18 and U23s academy sides.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.
0:08.0	Hello and welcome to a special Blood Red spin-off podcast.
0:12.0	Hopefully you'll know by now that we regularly track the fortunes of
0:15.6	Liverpool's under 18 and under 23 teams in our Academy show and we will be
0:20.0	providing a quick update on those sides in this podcast but our main focus in this
0:24.9	show is on Liverpool FC women it was a summer of massive change for the club
0:29.2	after the majority of last season squad left along with manager Scott Rogers.
0:34.0	Former Legion item manager Neil Redfern replaced Rogers and he set about rebuilding a completely new team.
0:40.0	But the Reds were rocked when Redfern Quist had to just two matches in charge.
0:44.4	A one-nill defeat to Manchester United in the League Cup and then a five-nill loss at Arsenal in their
0:49.3	opening women's Super League match of the season.
0:51.6	But under the curtaker control of former
0:53.9	Liverpool and England men's goalkeeper Chris Kirkland and Redfern's first team coach
0:57.9	Vicky Jepson, the side have bounced back. They won their league up tie at Durham on
1:02.4	penalties before they picked up their first
1:04.4	points of the Women's Super League season with a 1-0 win at Brighton. That means spirits have been
1:09.2	lifted going into the Reds' first home league game of the season this Sunday against Redding.
1:14.0	The game will take place at Prenton Park and kicks off at 2 p.m.
1:18.0	and is free to Liverpool and Tramier-over season ticket holders,
1:21.0	as well as LFC official members and to preview the match
1:24.6	our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pierce caught up with Chris Kirkland. It's a
1:29.2	really good interview which you can listen to him full now.
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