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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.4 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

As we continue to chart Liverpool's historic 2000/01 treble-winning season, for the latest instalment we're joined by former Reds' goalkeeper Sander Westerveld. The Dutchman joins Guy Clarke to look back on his career at Anfield, having signed for a then-British-record transfer fee for a goalkeeper arriving from Vitesse Arnhem in the summer of 1999. Westerveld reflects on his role in the 2001 League Cup final, saving two penalties in the shoot-out against Birmingham City before talking in depth on the UEFA Cup run and FA Cup victory. He also opens up on how his time with the Reds came to an end before giving his thoughts on Alisson Becker and his understudy Adrian, having been thrust into the spotlight due to the recent injury to the Brazilian. Enjoy.The Liverpool Echo sends a twice-daily Liverpool FC bulletin out via email with the all latest news, views and analysis from Anfield. Sign up for this service here: https://communicatoremail.com/F/QvfUCndgGDRHFbKqw0Z7Ip/Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TbqyJWlhRPedk-if0rKtw?view_as=subscriberVisit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fcDownload our Liverpool FC app for free: Apple – https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/lfc-echo/id1255495425 Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mirror.liverpoolfc 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	Five trophies in one calendar year, over 100 appearances in just over two years between the sticks
0:15.2	Sanda Vestavald remains Liverpool's most decorated goalkeeper of the 21st century.
0:21.0	I'm Guy Clark welcome along to the Blood Red channel. Having played in
0:24.6	all but two of the Red 63 games en route to their historic treble in 2001,
0:30.0	Vestavald was a key member of Gerard Hulier's side straight from the off after arriving at
0:35.3	Anfield in 1999 from Vitesa Arnhem in the era of his e. As well as looking back on that memorable
0:42.3	treble winning season we were able to catch up with
0:45.0	Sander here on Blood Red, and over the next 45 minutes he recounts his time at Anfield,
0:50.6	the highs, the lows, the trophies, the tears. Here's what happened when we caught up with
0:55.3	Sandra Vestavale on the Blood Red channel. The Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo.
1:00.5	Sandra, first of all, thanks for joining us on the Blood Red
1:04.9	podcast. How are you keeping? I must say I'm fit and I'm healthy so I can't complain but I must say I'm pretty bored at the moment
1:18.8	Everything I do is related to football and that's not really cracking at the moment for me and if you're not a football player everything is very quiet.
1:30.3	So it's pretty boring, but like I said, it's a luxury problem and there are people with the more difficult situations. So I'm not I'm not complaining.
1:42.0	Yeah, we're going to look back on obviously your time at
1:44.8	Liverpool primarily that treble winning season where every cup competition you guys were in you seem to
1:50.4	take home the trophy but before we get into that season want to sort
1:54.5	to take you back to the start of your Liverpool career in the summer of 1999
1:59.2	when you arrived at the club and how proud were you to first of all sign for the club and what were
2:05.1	the emotions for you was it nervousness or excitement because I think you came at
2:09.2	the time for what was then a British transfer record for a goalkeeper?
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