View from the Kop: Keeping calm in the title race and Klopp’s defining Champions League moment

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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4.4 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The dust has settled on the Merseyside derby and, while it still feels like two points dropped, the Liverpool fans who make up the latest View from the Kop podcast panel are remaining upbeat.And it’s a new-look panel with regular Paul Philbin join by two guests who were visiting the Liverpool ECHO office for the day – Nigel Railton, who is the CEO of Camelot, the operators of the National Lottery, and local lad Ben Woods, who 15 years ago last week scooped £2.5m on the Lotto.As both are big Reds supporters, we invited them on to the pod, and after Ben talks about the night that changed his life, and why Anfield was his only destination to go public on his huge win, they join Paul in discussing where the stalemate with Everton leaves Jurgen Klopp’s side.Talk then turns to the respective run-ins of Liverpool and Manchester City – with Nigel pinpointing one game in particular as being crucial – and why whoever finishes second could well be creating history.Also up for debate is whether it’s better to be chased or be the chaser and whether City are as bulletproof as some would have you believe.The visit of Burnley to Anfield on Sunday is previewed as is the trip to Munich to take on Bayern in the Champions League on Wednesday. Paul, who will be there as part of the travelling Kop, reckons it is a pivotal one for the Reds manager.Liverpool’s and City’s injury problems are also on the agenda, which in turn leads to the talk of the role Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain could play between now and the end of the season.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy 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	Well, hello and welcome to the view from the Cop Liverpool FC fans podcast on the Blood Red channel.
0:13.2	I'm your host Paul Wheelock and I'm pleased to say I'm joined by one of our regular
0:16.4	guests, that's Anfield season ticket hold that Paul Philbin.
0:18.8	Hello.
0:19.8	But I'm delighted to say we are joined by two very special guests. The first
0:23.0	Nigel Railton who is the CEO of Camelot who of course the operators of the
0:26.6	National Lottery. Nigel thank you very much for agreeing to come on and speak to us
0:30.3	today. A pleasure. And we're also joined by fellow Liverpool fan Ben Woods who 15 years ago this month or 15 years
0:37.2	ago last week did what we all dream are doing and that's won't win the lottery.
0:42.1	2.5 million. the price of one whole
0:44.4	Sammy hippier I think the stats only. Ben great to have you on me.
0:48.6	Yeah thanks mate. It's not every day you get a chance to meet and speak to someone who's won the lottery.
0:54.0	So before we get talking, all things like Bull FC, let's take you back to 2004 when you're 23, I believe.
1:00.0	And how and when did you find out that you'd actually won the money that you did?
1:04.8	I found out I'd finished work, it was a guard for Rainsy Rail, I'd finished spare about 8 o'clock,
1:11.8	Saturday night, went down for a pint with my dad and my mom and my dad saw me in a toilet.
1:19.2	Do you believe him? I didn't have the time, like I had to check the numbers on teletext
1:24.3	and say not around anymore.
1:26.3	But yeah I checked the numbers on teletext and then we had a little hug
1:30.1	in a cuddle and then that was it like.
1:32.0	Oh. Did you sleep that night? going to curl and then that was it like. Oh, just went from there.
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