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And it's John Gibbons for the Anfield Act with a special podcast on Michael Robinson.

Now Michael Robington has a tribute game coming up.

It's Liverpool against Osceuna at

am field on Monday night. It's a chance for lots of people to see

Liverpool but it's also a chance for Liverpool football club and Osceuna of

course to pay tribute to Michael Robertson but I am conscious the lot of our

listeners and indeed lots of Liverpool fans from no huge amounts about Michael

Robinson he was only at Liverpool for the short time he wasn't't at Osso sooner, to be fair, much longer,

but he's had a big impact on the football world

and a big impact on lots of people,

and that is why this game's taking place.

So not everyone gets a tribute game,

but Michael Robertson has, and I think you will learn

as part of this podcast hopefully quite right to so we're going to go in a bit of a journey

coming up we've got Tony Evans who wrote a book on the 83-84 season which was Michael

Robert's main time at Liverpool so we're asking Tony about the impact they made

and why the fans talk to Michael at this time here and then I've got Sidlow who wrote an excellent piece

where Michael died last year on Michael's impact on Spanish football and on Spanish media

and on how Spanish football is still now covered over in that country.

But to start us off, obviously there was a journey to Liverpool and I'm interested in why

Liverpool went for Michael Robertson at that time to come and play up front alongside

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