I was the Voice of Anfield for 54 years

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Sports, Soccer, Sports News

4.4 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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#LFC #LiverpoolFC #LiverpoolFootballClub EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/bloodred Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee Liverpool FC's Premier League campaign gets underway at 8pm tonight and thousands of Reds fans will be looking forward to resume their regular matchday routines after a summer away from the L4 stadium. However, the curtain raiser against Bournemouth marks a huge change from something that's been an almost constant at Anfield for over half a century, as it's the first game that won't be sound-tracked by George Sephton's distinctive voice.The 79-year-old, known as the Voice of Anfield, sat down with the Liverpool ECHO for a specal edition of the Blood Red podcast discussing his 54 year career in the gantry, the incredible way he got the job and his new matchday routine. Download SAILY in your app store and use our code bloodred at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase. For further details go to https://saily.com/bloodred Get exclusive Liverpool FC podcasts and video content everyday right here. Subscribe to the Blood Red Liverpool FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3OkL9iT Listen and subscribe to the Blood Red Podcast for all your latest Liverpool FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HfBvKq SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/3SdsjeH Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoLFC Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoLFC Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodred_lfc Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloodred_lfc Subscribe to us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bloodredliverpoolfc Download 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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0:16.0	This is the Blood Red podcast from the Liverpool Echo,
0:19.4	giving you the inside track on all the big talking
0:21.8	points from Anfield.
0:25.3	Hello and welcome to a very special edition of your Blood Red podcast. I am today's host,
0:30.2	Ryan Patton, and I am joined by an absolute Liverpool FC legend, one of the most distinctive
0:34.8	voices in football, Mr George Sefton himself.
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0:58.6	Now, into the World Red podcast, I am absolutely honored to be joined by an absolute Liverpool
1:03.8	legends to George Sefton.
1:05.2	George, how are you today?
1:06.3	I'm very warm.
1:12.6	I always say at this time we are. I don't understand people who pay thousands of pounds to go and get the
1:16.7	sunstroke in it somewhere strange but then I'm just
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