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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Neil Mellor talks football's support for the NHS, 'Boot the Virus' and life in lockdown

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Former Liverpool striker, turned Sky Sports pundit Neil Mellor joins us to talk about life in lockdown, more than five weeks on from Liverpool's last outing. As well as giving his thoughts on the Premier League being suspended, Mellor talks with host Guy Clarke about the way in which football has rallied behind those on the frontline, from the #PlayersTogether campaign launched by Jordan Henderson to a campaign he is backing, 'Boot The Virus', as professional, and ex-professionals, donate memorabilia to raise funds for the NHS. You can find more at bootthevirus.com as well as on both Twitter and Instagram @bootthevirus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Guy here from the Blood Red team. Hope you're all well and sorry to interrupt, but we just got a quick message for you before you get on with the episode that you're listening to.

0:08.0

And while we don't have any football right now, here at Blood Red, we have got our own transfer news to let you know about.

0:14.8

From now on our podcast channel be hosted on the global player app.

0:18.7

Well what does that mean?

0:19.7

Well don't worry if you listen to us on any other platforms like Apple Podcasts Spotify or

0:24.5

a-cast that's fine but to get our pods quicker than anywhere else you might

0:29.4

want to download the Global Player app as our pods will be on there before they're released on any other player.

0:36.0

The Global Player app is available to download on iOS and the Google Play Store, or wherever

0:40.3

it is you get your apps from you can also find them at global

0:43.8

player dot com that's all from me I'll let you get back on with the

0:47.2

episode that you're expecting to hear this is the blood red

0:51.8

podcast from the Liverpool, giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.

0:58.0

More than five weeks on from Liverpool's last outing life in lockdown, sadly becoming second nature to many of us,

1:05.0

whilst of course we do understand it's for the best.

1:07.8

I'm Guy Clark, and here on Blood Red, we thought it about time though that we reflect

1:11.9

on the efforts of those in the front line and

1:14.0

talk a bit more in depth about what football is doing to help. Of course we've

1:18.8

seen Jordan Henderson leading the Players Together Initiative to support and donate to the NHS, but that isn't the only

1:25.5

thing footballers up and down the country are doing.

1:28.8

We're joining us to talk about an initiative he's backing as well as discussing what he's been up to in lockdown.

1:34.0

His former Liverpool striker turned Sky Sports and LFC TV pundit, Neil Mela Nill, how are you?

1:39.0

Yes, very well, thank you Guy, how are you?

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