Insight into James Milner the man and why the Liverpool midfielder should be considered world class

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Is James Milner getting better with age? Well, the guest of this special Blood Red spin-off show certainly thinks so.Stephen Warnock is a friend and former Aston Villa team-mate of Milner’s and he offers a fascinating insight into the evergreen Liverpool midfielder's character and personality as well as explaining why he should be regarded as world class.Ex-Reds defender Warnock will line up alongside the 32-year-old in this weekend's Match for Cancer at Parkhead, every penny from which will be devoted to tackling the disease through the Celtic FC Foundation, the Stiliyan Petrov Foundation, and the James Milner Foundation.Warnock also played with Petrov at Villa and he speaks openly about the feeling in the dressing room at the time the Bulgarian received his shocking news and the amazing strength of character he has shown since.Former England left-back Warnock also gives his verdict on Liverpool’s flying start to the season, whether their priority should lie in the Premier League or Champions League, Andy Robertson, his own burgeoning media career and coaching aspirations, plus much more. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Liverpool Echo podcast on Anfield Plus, the home of your daily
0:05.3	podcasts bringing you the inside track from Liverpool FC.
0:08.8	Hello and welcome to a special podcast with former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock. My name is Paul Relock and if
0:15.2	you're listening on the Anfield Plus section of our LFC Echo app, thanks for joining me as ever.
0:19.6	And also a big hello to anyone listening on any other platforms.
0:23.7	Hopefully you'll know by now that we are now publishing our spin-off Antfield Plus shows
0:27.8	to the excellent Blood Red podcast on all the main channels.
0:31.7	Right, earlier this week we welcome Stephen Warner to the Echo Studios,
0:35.6	mainly to talk about Saturday's match for cancer and the man he will be playing alongside
0:39.8	at Celtic Park, his friend and Liverpool midfielder James Milner.
0:44.0	Milner would be captaining a team managed by current Liverpool manager
0:46.9	Yeogan Clop on Saturday and they will line up against the Celtic team managed by
0:50.7	former Liverpool manager Brendan Rogers and captain by Stylian Petrov who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2012.
0:58.0	Stephen played with Petrov and Milner during his time at Aston Villa and every penny raised from the match will be devoted to
1:04.0	tackling cancer through the Celtic FC Foundation, the Stilian Petrov Foundation
1:08.6	and the James Milner Foundation. So we kicked off by talking about the match and about Petrov before talk turned to Milner,
1:15.8	Liverpool starts in the season, Stephen's media career in coaching aspirations and much
1:20.2	more else besides.
1:21.6	Enjoy. and much more else besides enjoy. An Anfield Plus podcast from the Liverpool Echo.
1:27.0	Okay, I'm delighted to be joined by Stephen Warren now.
1:30.0	Stephen, good to see you mate. How you doing?
1:32.0	I'm very well, thank you. Yeah, the
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