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First State Kopites Why is every media outlet’s narrative about the Reds so wrong? S7 E22Welcome dear listener to the 22nd episode of the 7th season of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Enrique and Daz. The Reds follow up their win over Real Madrid with a disappointing loss at the Etihad (which for once appeared to be lively)Part one - Always want to start with the comments we made at the start of the season - we should not be picking on any of these boys on the basis of what they went through this summerI’ve seen this defea...

2025-11-1332 min

First State Kopites How much do you think Trent enjoyed this one? S7 E21Welcome dear listener to the 21st episode of the 7th season of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Justin and Daz. The Reds follow up their win over Aston Villa, with a really strong showing against a full strength Real Madrid, who are shit BTWPart one - Beating Real MadridThe game:Built on Saturday’s performance. Determination, spacing, getting Mo involvedMidfield looked powerful, Szobozlai, Mac AllisterStat about Courtois making 23% of his champions league saves against us since the start of t...

2025-11-0935 min

First State Kopites They made fun of Villa's performance, they missed how well we playedWelcome dear listener to the 20th episode of the 7th season of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Sean and Daz. The Reds get back to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa. They end the weekend back in the top 4. And in the mean time we passed on the Carabao Cup for this season.Part One - A performance from the title winning season:The midfield looked like the one we had last year - and no one is sure what our #9 does in this system. Rob...

2025-11-0445 min

First State Kopites Need some cool takes on the major meltdown? S7 E19APOLOGIES FOR THE LATE DROP ON THIS ONE. STILL WORTH A LISTEN!!Welcome dear listener to the 19th episode of the 7th season of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz. In a week where there have been so many hot takes we could probably have heated a major city through a nuclear winter. We’ve taken a couple of days to reflect with our review of Brentford 3, Liverpool 2.Part One - Conceded from a throw in, a long ball and a penalty.Liverpool are terrib...

2025-11-0347 min

First State Kopites This one's not about football, it's about the people S7 E17[Apologies about the sound quality in parts of the recording, it’s worth it to persevere]Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions. We are going back to our roots today. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and a special guest who first joined us early in season one - Keith Salmon, author and big Liverpool fan.Step back to an early episode:Keith has a new book published in May and available here in the US on Amazon - ‘There’s somethin...

2025-10-1651 min

First State Kopites Time for Florian to flourish? S7 E16Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions. We are going to preview Man United at home in a week’s time. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Sean. Wins against Chelsea and Sunderland - higher xG difference than us.A team that still has gaps; will their recent results make them more adventurous?Expectations of the way the game plays out?Team selection - (Bradley, Szobozlai, Mac Allister, Isak, Ibou)We’ll be back with a review of the...

2025-10-1227 min

First State Kopites Georgi is left footed - who knew? S7 E15Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions. We are going to review Chelsea last Saturday, with the benefit of few days distance. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Sean. Away at Chelsea - xG 1.0 (0.11 first half) to 1.95 (0.64). 4 big chances to their 2.Immediate reaction vs. the chance to watch it again. How different were the narratives versus what actually happened:Start well - Gakpo, Bradley, Kerkez, Isak, Szobo, Salah all look brightGoal 15th - VVD covering Malo Gusto, after Mac...

2025-10-1231 min

First State Kopites We can do better than this S7 E13Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and still the league leaders. We are going to review Galatasaray away earlier today and consider Palace last Saturday . I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Justin. Every reaction to both games starts with the result.Part one - away at GalatasaraySlot - lot to like in the first half, second half the ball wasn’t in play muchBeing refereed by the French Michael Oliver didn’t help with the flow of the...

2025-10-0234 min

First State Kopites Ekitike helps out with team selection S7 E12Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and current league leaders. We have a run of 3 away games in 7 days- first up away at Palace on Saturday and then at Galatasaray on Tuesday. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Sean. Upcoming - Palace away. Unbeaten for 17 games10 draws. Back 3 system played this way feels very hard to break down. Sarr and Mateta are the threatsWhat do we know, think and hopeTeam selection - (Bradley, Szobozlai, Mac Allister, Isa...

2025-09-2727 min

First State Kopites We are so much better than they realize E7 S11Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and current league leaders. We’re going to review Atletico at home last Wednesday and yesterday’s Merseyside derby. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Enrique. Part one - Diego Simeone’s boys - great in concept but just awful in practice:Another last minute winner, after Atleti being the better teamxG 2.72 vs 0.61Really annoying first goal from them - what is offside anyway?A performance with a lot of positi...

2025-09-2338 min

First State Kopites ‘Smothered, smothered until we weren’t’ S7 E10Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and current league leaders. This is a review of Burnley away last Sunday. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz. Focus mainly on Burnley - 3 talking points:Were we lucky? xG of 2.65, OK not all great shotsAnd the Red Card…Was the Burnley approach a surprise that we didn’t quite figure out5-4-1 with a discipline I’ve seldom seen - xG 0.13, 90 passesLots of blocks - ‘smothered...

2025-09-1734 min

First State Kopites Back to proper Football S7 E9Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and current league leaders. We are back from the first international break, 2 more before the end of November (woo hoo). We now start the 2 games each week grind - first up away at Burnley on Sunday and then home to Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Justin. We’ve just learned that according to millionpodcasts.com we are ranked 17th on the list of Liverpool FC podcasts. We’ve got all five star reviews so...

2025-09-1337 min

First State Kopites Nine points from Nine and a new #9Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and league leaders. It's the eighth podcast of the season so far. Reds now have three wins out of three going into the international break. We beat Arsenal by 1-0 despite the prevailing narrative pre-game. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Sean. Part One - God, Arsenal are a tough watch. STERILE!!National narrative, Arsenal missed an opportunity with Liverpool playing poorly. Only 2 Arsenal players had a positive OBV (On Ball Value) - advanced metri...

2025-09-0636 min

First State Kopites Hand him over, hand him over Newcastle S7 E5Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. It’s August 27th. I’m Paul, joined by Daz. Little different today - just focused on reviewing the Newcastle game - 3-2 to the Reds. Lot to go at - hope to bring some perspective to what ends up being a nice, comfortable:() win.Short version Newcastle turned this into a battle - with the rhetoric beforehand and the actions of certain players. I was fearful for our team’s safety.Context - 2 very difficult games against them and their tactics last season. I think it plays into th...

2025-08-2836 min

First State Kopites Federico - he's here to win S7 E4Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions. It's the fourth podcast of season 7. I’m Paul, joined by Sean and Daz. The new season started Friday night - we will reflect on the game against Bournemouth, look ahead to Newcastle and take a sideways glance at what went on elsewhere.Part One: Bournemouth at home:Acknowledging Diogo - beautiful from start to finish; NBC with surprising empathy. Lovely celebrations (inc Luis Diaz). Bournemouth fans had a Diogo bannerAt 36 minutes, Dixon says that Bournemouth have quieted th...

2025-08-211h 06

First State Kopites Tracking Eddie Howe's BBQ invites S7 E3Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions. It's the third podcast of season 7. I’m Paul, joined by Justin and Daz for the first time this season. The new season starts in 3 days - we will reflect on several things, including another week of Newcastle Gutter watch, the Community Shield and also look ahead as Liverpool seek to defend their title.Part One: Interesting/difficult pre season:Acknowledging Diogo - Played 6/7 pre-season games including Community Shield last Sunday.Overall themes - good/exciting going for...

2025-08-141h 03

First State Kopites I want to win cups with Szobozlai S5 E14It’s November 1st - welcome dear listener to the latest edition of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Sean. Today we’ll review the Forest and Bournemouth games and look ahead to Luton at the weekend. Part One - Liverpool 3, Nottingham Forest 0 Luis Diaz xG was at worst 2.95, with Forest 0.48. Most of that coming in the last 20 minutes when the game was pretty much won. Daz said 2-0, I said 3-1 - could have been either depending Virgil and those defensive numbers (they are good...

2023-11-031h 12

First State Kopites Only Mo Salah has more…… S5 E13t’s October 28th - welcome dear listener to the latest edition of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. We’ll do a review of the Everton and Toulouse games and briefly look ahead, given Liverpool play Forest in less than 24 hours. Part One - The Merseyside Derby - 243rd version, Liverpool have 99 wins now. We need a red card and a penalty to beat this lot - not great for a team with title ambitions OR solid win given the international break The key decisions - which h...

2023-10-2852 min

First State Kopites Time for the Reds to shine S5 E12It’s October 20th - welcome dear listener to the latest edition of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean to do a brief preview of what’s next for the Reds. We have Everton tomorrow in the early kick off and Toulouse at home next Thursday. What do we expect: 13th time we’ve had this slot since Klopp arrived, nearest to us is 6. Actually does this just tell us that the Reds are really well supported in Asia and Oceania. Everton had nobody traveling or did they? Pi...

2023-10-2150 min

First State Kopites Well done boys, good process! S5 E11It’s October 10th welcome dear listener to the latest edition of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin today. With the second international break upon us, we are going to reflect on the last 3 Liverpool games. Spurs, Union SG and Brighton. Apologies to keep you waiting for the fume about the officiating at the Tottenham Stadium. Part One - let’s look back at the 2-1 defeat at Spurs: Let’s dive right in to the refereeing masterclass: Jones red card (Kovacics) Diaz goal tha...

2023-10-1155 min

First State Kopites More feasts, less famine please S4 E26It’s April 19th and it’s episode 26 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. We are here to talk about our last three games including us playing like peak 2021-22 Liverpool for at least 100 minutes. And in part 3 we will look ahead to the Forest and West Ham games. Thanks for joining us. Want to get started by acknowledging last Saturday was the thirty fourth anniversary of Hillsborough: First State Kopites Special with Richie and Damian. Hillsborough and the uniqueness of Liverpool - 97 football fans travele...

2023-04-201h 10

First State Kopites It’s just a win, but it might be something more S4 E22Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s February 16th, and it’s episode 22 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Sean. We are here to talk about our first league victory of 2023. Fears of a Sean Dyche masterclass quickly dissipated. Thanks for joining us. Part 1 - Everton: Were we very good or are they just bad? Are they bad enough to get relegated? Bacjetic, Gakpo, Gomez, Hendo Salah positioni...

2023-02-171h 03

First State Kopites Small steps and an opponent that's the antithesis of us S4 E20Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s January 25th, and it’s episode 20 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. Well, we don’t like Chelsea and we don’t enjoy not beating them - somehow sent us off to talk geopolitics, philosophy, and finding the right curseword for that team. Thanks for joining us. Chelsea game: Their fans suck. Still singing the Gerrard song, 9 years later The c...

2023-01-271h 01

First State Kopites Was Brighton the nadir? S4 E19Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s January 18th, and it’s episode 19 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. It’s January 18th - Reds suffered a desperately disappointing loss at Brighton last weekend , but last night recorded a nice win in the FA Cup 3rd round replay at Wolves to progress and as a reward, go back to the Amex one more time.. Part 1 - Let’s star...

2023-01-201h 14

First State Kopites The Mighty Reds will be back with us very soon! S4 E17Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s episode 17 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz, Justin and Haitham. It’s December 6th - Reds haven’t played for 3 and a half weeks. So much speculation about ownership, transfer windows, and the return to action in just over a week. And the Human Rights World Cup in the background. Season so far: Finished with a couple of good winds. Núñez and Salah had bi...

2022-12-0859 min

First State Kopites Perspective - 4 wins in 5 or a bad loss to Forest? S4 E15Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s episode 15 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Enrique. It’s October 26th, Reds just beat Ajax in the Champions League group game to qualify for the knockout rounds in 2023. Want to review what happened since we last talked about Liverpool beating Oil state team #1. To be clear no xenophobia, supportive of Iran competing in the World Cup, at least those players seem OK at speak...

2022-10-2954 min

First State Kopites A team in transition - looking for the bright spots S4 E13Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s episode 13 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Sean. It’s October 10, we are supposed to be in crisis. Barney Ronay claims it’s time for a Viking Funeral with Jordan Henderson part of the boat to be sent out to sea. Confidence or tactics or what? Got to start with the Arsenal game - Paul claims it was refreshing to watch it back...

2022-10-111h 00

First State Kopites Let's deal with lazy narratives S4 E12Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s episode 12 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Enrique and Daz. It’s October 2, we just restarted the season and have 10 matches coming in the next 40dTA Part 1 - Brighton game - good, bad indifferent Trent was obviously to blame…. Created some great chances De Zerbi? Paty 2 - coming uo Rangers - let’s go 4-2-3-1? Part 3 - this weekend: Arsenal...

2022-10-0546 min

First State Kopites Thiago returns and guess what happens? S4 E11Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s episode 11 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Haitham and Sean. Part 1 - win over Ajax Seems fitting that after one of worst European results, we come back against the team that inflicted the worst - a 5-1 away in December 1966 in Amsterdam. Thiago Alcantara, Diogo Jota, Joel Matip, Kostas Tsimikas Salah - more in the game, Why? Part 2 - look ahead: International break...

2022-09-2256 min

First State Kopites we are not compact, we are not intense S4 E10Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s episode 10 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Sean. Was supposed to be 2 games a week for the foreseeable future. Part One - Newcastle home win “I enjoyed the win but we should have played more football,” said Jurgen - Dan Kennett shared that the ball was in play for 49 minutes (out of 99) “I don’t know [where the added time came from],” Howe said. “I wo...

2022-09-131h 02

First State Kopites The season starts here S4 E9Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s episode 9 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Sean. Well that’s not a bad way to get going: Part One - review the 9-0: We said was going to be difficult or ugly Klopp comments about team meeting Diaz, Elliott, Trent, Robbo - positional changes Bournemouth showed nothing to convince they would not get relegated Part Two - Newcastle and Everton to come...

2022-08-3044 min

First State Kopites Darwin, it would have been OK if you pulled his hair S4 E7Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s episode 7 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Sean. The only thing reasonable to say this week is that this 2022-23 season has not started the way we all hoped. Part One - Crystal Palace - mixed feeling about the performance First half - Odd looking starting 11. Looked good but no end product. What did we all make of it? Second half - The Nu...

2022-08-1851 min

First State Kopites Not enough intensity says Jurgen S4 E6Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites – a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. It’s episode 6 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Sean. The season has started, and for the first time in the Klopp ear, Liverpool did not start with a win Part One - Fulham - apparently not an easy win First half - ooof. This performance came from nowhere didn’t it? Second half - so much better wasn’t it? Elliott, Nunez, Milner, Carvalho Fab, Thiago N...

2022-08-0848 min

First State Kopites Wrapping up Community Shield wins and the Euros S4 E5Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. it’s episode 5 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Haitham, The countdown is on for the season - 5 days to go till we take on Fulham Part 1 - Excited to chat about beating those entitled ‘Cityzens’ comprehensively! Darwin Nunez again Salah, Trent, Thiago Haaland, Phillips, Silva - what state do we think City are in? Footnote about Strasbourg: Kelleher, Ramsay, Tsimikas, Keita, Ch...

2022-08-021h 08

First State Kopites Darwin scored 1, Darwin scored 2 etc S4 E4Thanks for joining us on First State Kopites - it’s episode 4 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Justin and Daz. The countdown is on - 6 days to the Community Shield, 13 days to the season start Part One - Liverpool leather Leipzig Nunez obviously Who else? Salah, Elliott, Carvalho, Bacjetic, Milner Leipzig beat Southampton days before this - they do seem predisposed to let in a lot of goals from time to time - United in the Champions League 2 years ago Klopp’s analysis - not there yet in terms of fit...

2022-07-2541 min

First State Kopites Reflecting on the shortest pre-season ever S4 E3Thanks for joining us on First State Kopites - it’s episode 3 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Enrique and Haitham. The countdown is on - 2 weeks to the Community Shield, 3 weeks to the season start Part One: Reds on tour in Thailand and Singapore 4-0 to Man United. Simon Brundish said he only watched the first 30 minutes, could have been 6-1 to Liverpool. Players in the last 30 minutes had been back with the squad 2 days. Crystal Palace game - missing some players due to ‘vaccination status’ Never a bad th...

2022-07-1858 min

First State Kopites The band is getting back together S4 E2Thanks for joining us on First State Kopites - it’s episode 2 of our 4th season. I’m Paul and I am joined by Justin, Daz and Haitham. In part 1 we talk about expectations about how we will line up for 2022-23 season. It’s less than 4 weeks to the season opener at Fulham. We’ll talk a lot about our expectations for the season in the next few weeks, we wanted to start with an actual listener question. How do you think we will line up? Gomez new contract - changes for the defense...

2022-07-111h 14

First State Kopites Salah is staying and we are back S4 E1Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites. It’s episode 1 of season 4 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). It’s Paul joined by Sean, Daz and Haitham to preview the 2022-23 season. Now that we’ve seen most (all?) of the incomings and outgoings at Anfield, let’s take a look at our expectations for the season, as things look right now: Salah - salary and expectations about goals ...

2022-07-0454 min

First State Kopites These are the days, my friend S3 E40Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites. It’s episode 40 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). It’s Paul joined by Enrique and Haitham to review the 2021-22 season. Sean is busy today and for Daz if you are listening, we are thinking about you - looking forward to having you join us again soon. There’ll be more to say on transfers in a few weeks...

2022-06-1255 min

First State Kopites Disturbing scenes from Paris and joy in the City of Liverpool S3 E39Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites. It’s episode 39 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). It’s Paul joined by Sean and Daz to the Champions League final, certainly not in the way we’d hoped or expected. We may get into some season review stuff, or leave that for the real last episode after some of the dust has settled. Our goal is to help ourselves and our...

2022-06-0246 min

First State Kopites ‘It’s always about the journey’ S3 E38Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites. It’s episode 38 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). It’s Paul joined by Sean and Daz to reflect on a slightly disappointing end to the Premier League season and then onto our preview of the Champions League final. Premier League review: Wolves Coutinho and Gerrard Champions League final The really big one - is this the c...

2022-05-2454 min

First State Kopites We're really never gonna stop S3 E37Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites. It’s episode 37 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). It’s Paul joined by Sean and Daz to reflect on a big couple of weeks in the Premier League and a second trophy of the season as Liverpool land their 8th FA Cup. The season has just a few more steps, but there’s so much on the line. Chronol...

2022-05-1946 min

First State Kopites Just be Divock one more time S3 E35Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites. It’s episode 35 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). It’s Paul joined by Haitham and Daz to reflect on a big week in the Premier League and a tougher upcoming week with Champions League and an early kick off against the surging sportswashers United from Newcastle: Man Utd - wasn’t this glorious? United tactics - they’ve got 4...

2022-04-2658 min

First State Kopites We're so glad that Jurgen is a Red S3 E34Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites. It’s episode 34 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). It’s Paul joined by Enrique, Sean and Daz this week to reflect on our last cup week of the season, and the upcoming Premier League matches. FA Cup - City get outplayed by the boys in Red: Least important of the remaining games, till it wasn’t Best first half...

2022-04-191h 11

First State Kopites Benfica, Man City on repeat S3 E33Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites. It’s episode 33 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). Joined by Daz and Haitham this week to reflect on a big week for our Champions League and Premier League ambitions. Let’s start with City: Let’s get past their dodgy ethics (NIssan, never buying one of those cars) 2-2. Being honest we could have lost this one.

2022-04-1154 min

First State Kopites 'Enjoy the ride' says VVD S3 E32Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites. It’s episode 32 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). Joined by Daz and Sean this week to muse on the first game in April, and look ahead to a big week for our Champions League and Premier League ambitions. Watford - key themes: Reminder - December 2019, 2-0 12.30 kick off. Watford had chances - got relegated. We finished the mon...

2022-04-0552 min

First State Kopites Learning to enjoy our football team again S3 E31Welcome to the latest edition of First State Kopites. It’s episode 31 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). Joined by Daz and Sean this week to muse on the International Break and look ahead at 9 potential games in April. After Liverpool labored at times in the FA Cup quarter final at Nottingham Forest. A Diogo Jota put us through to a semi-final against Manchester City on Easter weekend - w...

2022-03-2956 min

First State Kopites The Mighty Reds are on the march (in March) S3 E29Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 29 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). Hi Sean, Hi Daz, it’s been a lower excitement week after the EFL Cup win - progress in the FA Cup to the last 8 and quite a challenging League game against West Ham: The games: Norwich - 2-1; felt too easy until Rashica scored, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane arri...

2022-03-0855 min

First State Kopites Time to update the Champions Wall S3 E28Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 28 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean and Daz. It’s February 27th, the Mighty Reds have just collected their 9th League Cup against Chelsea at Wembley. 11-10 on penalties. How about you put the flag up for offside? Joel Matip should have been the hero Mentality monsters - turns out we care...

2022-02-2850 min

First State Kopites Let's be thankful for the Mighty Boys in Red E3 S27Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 27 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). It’s Monday February 21st, Daz, Sean, Haitham and me will unpick the week that just happened and look ahead to Leeds and Chelsea in the next 6 days. 8 wins in a row now: 2 wins at the San Siro in a season Hendo, Luis Diaz, Keita as subs How dangerous did we think Internazionale were...

2022-02-221h 03

First State Kopites Apparently, we don't need the blatant penalties to be given S3 E26Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 26 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of those Liverpool supporters. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and on YouTube). It’s February 13th, Reds have just gone to Burnley and avoided a banana skin. Joined by Enrique, Daz and Sean. So how do we categorize this one: Fortunate to survive a scrappy performance OR league winning 2019-20 performance And let’s not forget the wind and the rain….. On Thursday, they battered...

2022-02-141h 07

First State Kopites Great start to February with bigger tests to come S3 E25Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 25 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). It’s February 6th, and the Reds beat Cardiff City 3 goals to 1 earlier today on their way to the 5th round of the FA Cup. AFCON final also happened today - Egypt and Senegal played out a tight game in Cameroon - penalty drama, Sadio is the hero: Hope...

2022-02-0737 min

First State Kopites The Mighty Reds end a really successful January with 2 wins S3 E24Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 24 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). It's Daz, Sean and Paul on January 23rd, the Reds have been to London twice in a week to reach the League Cup final and cut City’s lead in the Premier League to 9 points. Reds have a game in hand and the chance to play at the Etihad to f...

2022-01-2559 min

First State Kopites The Reds get it done without Mo and Sadio S3 E23Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 23 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). Joined by ‘Top Reds’ Daz and Haitham. Sean is unavailable. It’s January 16th, the Reds have just beaten Brentford at Anfield. In the end it’s a comfortable 3-0. o Their second string goalie helps us out o Curtis Jones - quietly, he’s become quite a p...

2022-01-181h 10

First State Kopites Kaide Gordon signals a bright future S3 E22Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 22 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). It’s January 9th and just beat Shrewsbury Town 4-1 with a starting 11 that included Max Woltman (who Justin says is from the Wirral), Elijah Dixon-Bonner, Conor Bradley, Tyler Morton and Kaide Gordon. And we have the FA to thank for that! Kaide Gordon becomes the youngest player to ever s...

2022-01-101h 05

First State Kopites Saying goodbye to 2021 S3 E21Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 21 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). It is December 29th and we (Daz, Haitham, Justin and Paul) are joined by Mari Lewis: She tells us a little about how she became an LFC fan. Share the highs and lows of her trip to Liverpool Some conversation about her commentator notes There’s no real way t...

2021-12-2957 min

First State Kopites Happy Holidays Delaware Reds S3 E20Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 20 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). Happy Holidays to all our listeners and viewers. Daz, Haitham and Justin join Paul to assess the last week and then look ahead 2 draws in a week, obviously very different emotions in place for these 2.. o Spurs - fresh from a Covid outbreak… VAR, Tierney, Kane, bran...

2021-12-2455 min

First State Kopites Stuart Atwell - performance art phenomenon S3 E19Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 19 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). 2 wins in a week, when Covid probably had more headlines than Liverpool, but we quietly did enough to maintain our league title challenge. Villa - the Stevie G circus, Stuart Atwell!, felt like we controlled the game (Villa - no shots on target) Newcastle - it...

2021-12-1954 min

First State Kopites Divock Origi - let's build the statue already S3 E18Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 18 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). Delighted to be joined by Daz from Baltimore with Sean, Enrique and me here in Delaware. It’s December 8th, the Reds have had another good week: 4-1 over Everton. Klopp seemed really delighted with this win: It’s been a hard place to go - 1...

2021-12-0852 min

First State Kopites Leaving November with the Reds in good shape S3 E17Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 17 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). Delighted to be joined by Daz from Baltimore with Sean and me here in Delaware. It’s November 29th, the Reds have had a good week - another 4-0 home win, and a relatively comfortable 2-0 over Porto. Porto - 5 wins out of 5 in the Cham...

2021-12-0159 min

First State Kopites Giving thanks for a great Liverpool performance S3 E16Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 16 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). Delighted to be joined by Justin from New York, Daz from Baltimore with me here in Delaware. It’s November 21st, the Reds have issued their traditional beatening of Arsenal - 4-0 at Anfield yesterday. Going to send most of our time dissecting that: Are Arse...

2021-11-221h 08

First State Kopites Champions League sorted, let's get back on track in the Premier League S3 E15Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 15 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). Delighted to be joined by Justin from New York, Haitham from Chicago and Sean and me here in Delaware. Atletico Madrid - Instant Karma’s gonna get you Tactics from Atletico seemed questionable - referees and Mane What is this - qualified for knockout without drama? We...

2021-11-151h 06

First State Kopites The Halloween edition with Redmen Germany S3 E14Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 14 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). It’s October 31st - Halloween and Liverpool just played Brighton, and for the 3rd time in 5 home games, we drew. First time we lost a 2 goal lead. Today we are delighted to be joined by Andre from Redmen Germany. Redmen Germany - Andre.. The story of y...

2021-11-0245 min

First State Kopites The Reds rewrite some history S3 E13Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 13 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). RIP Lee Curtis It’s October 27th, Liverpool made it to the last 8 of the EFL Cup today beating Preston 2-0. Not really gonna dwell on this one - Thanks Divi and Taki! We are going to dwell on the battering of Man Utd: What...

2021-10-2847 min

First State Kopites We are back to winning at the Wanda S3 E12Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 12 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). We are delighted to be joined by friends from Chicago to Baltimore. This week we will review the Watford game: Missing players are going to be a big issue, we confidently claimed. Front 3 How poor were Watford? Was this a bit too easy? The Atletico Ma...

2021-10-211h 10

First State Kopites Newcastle United special edition with Jimmy Conrad S3 E11Special edition of the First State Kopites podcast - October 15th, 2021. This is recorded in response to the news that Newcastle United have been acquired by a consortium that is 80% owned by the Saudi Arabian investment fund (PIF). We are joined by Jimmy Conrad, former US Men’s National Team player, but for this conversation, the most famous Newcastle United supporter in North America. We talk about: How he become a toon fan? ‘Enough of the Manchester United stuff’ - something we could get on board with. Jimmy’s feelings about the consortium takeover

2021-10-161h 06

First State Kopites Mo Salah, Mo Salah running down the wing S3 E10Recorded October 4, 2021. Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 10 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them (and you can find us on YouTube). This week we are joined by some familiar voices - Daz, Haitham, Sean, Enrique and Paul. We talk about Sir Roger Hunt - We share favorite stories we’ve heard Champions League against Porto So much for ‘it will be harder than last time…...

2021-10-051h 05

First State Kopites Toronto edition after the Reds tricky away at Brentford S3 E9Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 9 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them. This week we are joined by Jake Lota - who leads the Toronto supporters club. And by Haitham and Daz one more time. We talk about Jake’s story: The story of the Toronto supporters club How he became a Liverpool fan and his favorite LFC memory? Week gone by: Norwich...

2021-09-271h 01

First State Kopites Delaware Reds are enjoying Liverpool's bright start S3 E8Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 8 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them. This week we are joined by Sean Costello - who recently joined the Delaware supporters group. We talk Sean’s LFC story and then review the week just gone. Sean: How did you become a Liverpool fan? Favorite LFC memories experience of the Delaware supporters club? Week gone by: James Milner - cameo vs...

2021-09-201h 05

First State Kopites Amtrak North East corridor Mighty Reds episode S3 E7Week Seven - September 13, 2021 Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 7 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Liverpool supporters in Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them. This week on Season 3 Episode 7, we are joined by Nick Coughlin - former leading light in the OLSC DC. We haven’t had the chance to talk to many guests yet in this series - really looked forward to it. We talk Nick’s LFC story and the Suppor...

2021-09-1455 min

First State Kopites First month of the Season is done already! S3 E6Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 6 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them. Where did you watch the game? Daz, Sean and Paul share their very different matchday watching experience. Recorded August 30th after Chelsea came to Anfield and prevented us from making it 3 wins in 3: ‘When you employ Burnley tactics with better players, this can happen’ - time wasting and more Tactics from Liverpool - what worked, what didn’t...

2021-08-3148 min

First State Kopites The Reds are back at a full Anfield S3 E5Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 5 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and friends of Delaware. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform, we are available on ALL of them. It's August 22nd, the Reds won comfortably over Burnley against the backdrop of a full Anfield. Another top Reds performance this Saturday with the early kickoff. A great way to start the weekend. Another goal for Jota More great performances from Kostas, Alisson Mane gets going with a beautiful team goal - helping us forget that his 20-21 season...

2021-08-2354 min

First State Kopites Football is back - one down, 37 to go S3 E4Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 4 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and their friends. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform. Joined by Daz and Haitham to look back and then ahead at Saturday's kick off. Sean is taking a break this week. The show gets on the road - some things we discuss: Reds get warmed up at Carrow Road - a comfortable win Tsimikas starts, the ‘greedy one season wonder’ has a goal and 2 assists, and then there's VVD (and Joel) Keita and Chamberlain in the same t...

2021-08-1741 min

First State Kopites It's not last season anymore S3 E3Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 3 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and their friends. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform. Today Paul and Sean welcome Daz and for the first time, Mark from the Delaware Supporters Club. Pre-season draws to a close - we explore what we learned and what expectations it’s raised: Harvey Elliott, Naby lad!, and VVD Klopp’s demeanor and transfer comment Possible first 11 against Norwich 2 different teams that produced good performances in the final games Chance to reflect on hopes and e...

2021-08-1045 min

First State Kopites The new season is fast approaching - how should we be feeling? S3 E2Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s episode 2 of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and their friends. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform. Pre-season week 2: Hertha Berlin defeat the Reds 4-3, despite the loss, many things to get excited about, and VVD is back, along with ’Joey’ More on losing the transfer window - how concerned are you about our free spending rivals? Our starting 11 is quite amazing..... Are we FSG apologists? We close the episode with some things that caught our eye this week R...

2021-08-0252 min

First State Kopites Third season of First State Kopites kicks off! S3 E1Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast. It’s the first episode of season 3 - a podcast for Liverpool supporters in Delaware and their friends. Thanks for listening on your preferred platform Review the summer - we reflect on The Euros, English fans, and the robust Copa America, Player sales - Grujic, Taiwo, and now Wilson Pre-season and our latest thoughts: Konate has played 75 minutes so far and looked good, same as Naby Keita Ox played in the false 9 role - neds a bit of work we think Elliott and Ts...

2021-07-2756 min

First State Kopites Season 2020-21 ends on a positive note - who would have guessed? S2 E38It’s the latest edition of the First State Kopites podcast - a podcast for Liverpool fans in Delaware and friends of Liverpool fans in Delaware. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or YouTube. Shout out to Kate from Venmore St who joined us a good crowd at Rooney’s today - May 23rd, 2021. This is a special edition to mark the end of the 2020-21 season. Liverpool finished 3rd despite the worst defense of a title ever (thanks Roy Keane). We’ve invited back some of our favorite guests through our second season of First State Kopite...

2021-05-2445 min

First State Kopites All Hail Alisson Becker - joined by Lou from Philly for the Delaware Valley episode S2 E37It’s the latest edition of the First State Kopites podcast - a podcast for Liverpool fans in Delaware and friends of Liverpool fans in Delaware. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or YouTube. Recording May 16th, 2021, this week we have a Delaware Valley flavor to the podcast - joined by Lou from Philadelphia. Going to spend some time talking about the Philadelphia supporters club and then branch out into this week’s games and take a view of what we think is going to happen this season. First up, noticeable crowd at Catherine Rooney’s today...

2021-05-1751 min

First State Kopites The Reds are winning at Anfield again! What next for the mighty Liverpool?It’s the latest edition of the First State Kopites podcast - a podcast for Liverpool fans in Delaware and friends of Liverpool fans in Delaware. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or YouTube. Recording May 9th, 2021, Paul is joined by virtual pod regulars Haitham from Chicago and Daz from Baltimore. Recorded Mother’s Day, when Sean was being a model father by celebrating Mother’s Day with his wife and kids. This week: Play as badly as we have in a while and suddenly we win one that we probably shouldn’t (hasn’t happened often this se...

2021-05-1042 min

First State Kopites No match, no problem. We talk RB Leipzig, Liverpool U-18s, goal scoring loanees and the protesters - S2 E35It’s the latest edition of the First State Kopites podcast - a podcast for Liverpool fans in Delaware and friends of Liverpool fans in Delaware. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or YouTube. Recorded May 4th, 2021 - 47 years since the Reds beat Newcastle United to win their 2nd FA Cup. Tim has rejoined Sean and Paul as we turn our attention to some developments in Germany - We chat about the non-happening United game and the fan protest about the Glazers: Many column inches, most of them seemingly quite favorable towards the protests - some...

2021-05-0555 min

First State Kopites First anniversary of the first Delaware Reds podcast - such great memories. S2 Ep31Welcome to the First State Kopites podcast - a podcast for Liverpool fans in Delaware and friends of Liverpool fans in Delaware. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or YouTube. Please like us on Apple Podcasts if you like the show - it helps promote the show. This episode was recorded April 1, 2021, and it is the first annual celebration of the podcast. Welcome back to the original cast - Charlie, Tim and Sean We are reviewing some big themes from the year: If ever we needed regular reminders of how magnificent this teamed this coach is...

2021-04-0252 min

First State Kopites First State Kopites welcomes Justin Wells of LFC New York to talk Man Utd and moreIt's January 17th, 2020, Liverpool drew 0-0 with Man Utd earlier today. We talk about Justin's support for the Reds and the first supporters club in North America. He's on the LFC NY board and he's a contributor to Anfield Index. We talk about the supporters club and what they've been doing during the pandemic. Shout out for Food Bank donations as we celebrate Martin Luther King and the day of service. We talk about today's performance, and where there was room for improvement. Another of those games where we have most of the ball and somehow get cal...

2021-01-1849 min

First State Kopites First State Kopites welcome back Craig Hannan of the Anfield WrapRecorded December 7th, 2020, the day after Liverpool beat Wolverhampton Wanderers by 4 goals to nil to stay level on points with Spurs at the top of the Premier League. Today Sean and Paul are joined by Craig Hannan. A wide ranging discussion of what's going on at the Anfield Wrap, and as head of marketing at TAW, Craig is well positioned to talk about Liverpool's brand and the influence that Jurgen Klopp has had on the brand. Of course we talk about this team and the performance against Wolves. Trent's sublime pass, Gini looking like he was playing...

2020-12-081h 00

First State Kopites First State Kopites podcast - tough week with injuries, rotation and VAR all playing their partRecorded November 29th, after Liverpool's 1-1 draw at Brighton. Earlier in the week, we had a very rare home defeat against Atalanta. Upcoming we have Ajax and Wolves (the latter coming after an almost luxurious 5 days between games). Sean and Paul are joined this week by Daz and Haitham to discuss the performances and what we can read into them. Of course we talk about some of the other headline grabbing stuff - how Jurgen Klopp's comments seem to have been misread, and the limited consideration given to the sports science behind the injuries affecting all of t...

2020-11-301h 15

First State Kopites First State Kopites podcast - joined by Alisha and Nader of the Anfield ShopRecorded November 23rd, 2020 after Liverpool has beaten Leicester City by 3-0 in a classic performance to break the club record for games undefeated at Anfield - now stands at 64. We are delighted to have Alisha and Nader join us to talk about the exciting news that The Anfield Shop has become the first North American commercial partner for LFC. Well done #TheAnfieldShop. We talk about the great take aways from the victory over Leicester. Going into the game the narrative was about the deleted Liverpool team - without as a minimum a striker, a midfielder an...

2020-11-2448 min

First State Kopites First State Kopites - joined by friends of the podcast to try to get past all that bad newsRecorded November 15th, 2020 - we originally had no plans to record because it was the international break and what could possibly happen... Paul is joined by Haitham, Ben and Daz to pick through the impact of Covid-19, the internationals and the seemingly never ending news about injuries. We begin with some great reflections on Ray Clemence who passed today - one of the players that took us to the heights of European greatness. RIP. Lots of perspectives on internationals - ranging from irrelevance to how much some of this games might matter to some of t...

2020-11-1752 min

First State Kopites First State Kopites - special guest edition with Imani Williams - podcaster and OLSC Austin memberRecorded November 15th, 2020 Sean and Paul are joined this week by Imani Williams - occasional contributor to The Anfield Wrap and many other LFC podcasts. OLSC Austin is her supporters club - we loved the idea of a singing section at the pub. Imani has been a Liverpool fan since high school, and she shares her experience of a great European night in Madrid (no, not that one). he Flat Iron gets a name check, as does Hat Scarf or a Badge #HSOAB We touch on the current crisis that the Mighty Reds face in the...

2020-11-1742 min

First State Kopites First State Kopites review - City game shows the Champions in good shape, and there's more to come..This week - November 8th, 2020, we have special guest Haitham from Chicago, Daz from Baltimore and our own Enrique Jackson. Great opportunity to talk at length about the City game. The importance of Allison, the effectiveness of Joel Matip, and the roles of Gini, Bobby and Diogo Jota in this performance and beyond. Some conversation about the formation, was it 4-4-2 or 4-2-4 or some combination in between? We detour into some more bizarre VAR based refereeing decisions. Then we get to the excitement of seeing Thiago and Fabinho return after the international br...

2020-11-091h 03

First State Kopites First State Kopites trans-continental edition - Baltimore, Des Moines, San FranciscoRecorded after Liverpool beat West Ham at Anfield to equal the 63 game unbeaten record of the 1979-81 vintage - Klopp's teams have lost 4 games in 5 years at Anfield - It is officially a Fortress! This week Sean and Paul are joined by Lingerr from San Francisco, Ben from Des Moines and Daz from Baltimore. We talk about where you can see the game in our respective cities - Keyzar Pub San Fran - Key Brewing Baltimore - Royal Mile - Des Moines. Ben also shared a great cause that they are supporting - Genesis Youth - you c...

2020-11-021h 06

First State Kopites First State Kopites - review show on the back of the Sheff Utd game with guests, Daz and Ben#FirstStateKopites has a new format with guests Daz, from OLSC Baltimore and Ben for OLSC Des Moines. Although we should say, these are our own opinions - not those of Liverpool FC.. This week, we cover the last 8 days and look ahead another 7 days - some highlights... Ben offers the optimistic perspective on VVD being out for months - we can buy in to that. Daz offers the upside of Alisson Becker being in goal - essentially, he's not a Labrador puppy Ancelotti's comment that 'to lose a player like Digne for three games is not f...

2020-10-2659 min

First State Kopites 'LetsTalkAboutSix' - First State Kopites joined by Chris Perkins, author of 'Let's Talk About Six'.While we are members of the Official Liverpool Supporters Club of Delaware, this is an independent view of our great club and how fans experience this great team. Today, Chris Perkins - author of 'Let's Talk About Six' joins us to talk about the book and many other facets of supporting this great club. The book is one of our recommendations. We talk about his first experiences of seeing the Reds - Kenny, John Barnes, they are part of the Mighty Reds narrative. Fast forward to Barcelona at home in 2019, we don't get tired of hearing this s...

2020-10-1749 min

First State Kopites First State Kopites Special with Richie and Damian. We talk early memories, Hillsborough and the uniqueness of LiverpoolWe welcome Richie from https://www.kopiteklobber.com and Damian Kavanagh, #TheAnfieldWrap contributor. Lots of content in this one. Richie and Damian, survivors of Hillsborough, talk to us about the last 32 years, the trauma of the event and the trauma of the truth being suppressed for 23 years. Damian talks about the achievement of truth in his lifetime being a huge victory. We talk about the uniqueness of the City of Liverpool and the lack of identification with England that has a long history, but has been exacerbated by Hillsborough. We recommend Phil Scraton's 'The Truth' and Kevin S...

2020-10-1249 min

First State Kopites First State Kopites Podcast - Review: what happened at Villa, and what next?Recorded October 7th, 2020, Tim, Charlie and Paul are joined by Roddy from Las Vegas and Haitham from Chicago Supporters Club to dissect the Reds disappointing loss at Villa. If you are in need of some positive vibes after that difficult experience, I think you can find them here. We look ahead to the Derby against Everton. I think we all believe that there will be a reaction, not to mention the presence of Hendo, Thiago and Sadio Mane. We touch on the refereeing performance of Martin Atkinson, and reference the excellent piece by Paul Tomkins in the...

2020-10-0939 min

First State Kopites First State Kopites hosts Roddy from Las Vegas with Haitham as special guestSo in this really fun episode, we talk to another Supporters Club leader. This time it's Roddy McOwan of the Las Vegas branch. He shares his journey from Edinburgh, Scotland to Las Vegas via Liverpool. We detour into fast food, and reference the time when the Kop was sponsored by McDonalds. He shares the things that made him fall in love with our great club (Kevin Keegan and cross bars are part of the story). We go on to talk about the creation and growth of the Supporters Club - from a couple of folks watching the game together t...

2020-10-0941 min

First State Kopites First State Kopites get back to discussing the season so far. The highs and the even highers. #InternationalPodcastDay#FirstStateKopites bring you this weeks podcast on #InternationalPodcastDay. We share our excitement about the Jota signing, the wonderful wins at Chelsea and Lincoln and at home to Arsenal. Hard to disagree with #TheAnfieldWrap that this is one of the best performances in the Klopp era - and that is remarkable given how many great performances this team have given. The lazy punditry that called any aspect of this sloppy at best misunderstands how the Reds play with a high press and a high line and a value of 'our identity is intensity'. So many great performances hard to...

2020-10-0148 min

First State Kopites First State Kopites special - Peter Hooton talks Liverpool FC past and present, the Farm, The End and multiple other cultural phenomenaRecorded September 27th, 2020. We are delighted to have Peter Hooton on the podcast. The chat ranges from Bill Shankly to Sadio Mane and from Joe Strummer of the Clash to Eric Cantona. We name check Wade Smith, Geoff Twentyman (an important figure in Liverpool's successful history) and Big Audio Dynamite. Of course we mention his band, the Farm. Peter is the author of 'The Boot Room Boys' - based around a series of rare photos of the boot room and the wider Liverpool FC story. This includes the Paisley/Emlyn Hughes photo that was used for the...

2020-09-271h 14

First State Kopites First State Kopites podcast - Thiago edition. Daz from Baltimore joins us to chat and look aheadCheck out the new logo, and subscribe to #FirstStateReds podcast if you haven't already. Charlie, Sean, Tim and Paul welcome our good friend Daz from OLSC Baltimore. On this week's edition we talk Thiago Alcantra, who finally signs for the Mighty Reds for a mere 5GBP a year. It appears that we actually have a player who could be an upgrade on this magnificent team. In the course of the conversation, he appeared to get better and better, demonstrating how good Liverpool are right now at improving players. Tim is the dissenting voice, as a follower of RB Le...

2020-09-2540 min

First State Kopites SEASON 1 - First State Kopites podcast with Haitham from OLSC Chicago. We discuss Liverpool's stand against racism.This is from June 6th 2020. This is our first meeting with Haitham Gasim from OLSC Chicago, who now seems like an old friend after all we've experienced together. Real insights from Haitham, helping us to understand more about #BlackLivesMatter. This was such a great episode with the serious subject matter and the fun we were able to have talking football. Here's the way it was introduced at the time: 'So many things happening... Premier League will restart in 11 days and the Mighty Reds will be back in 15 days. Today we reflect on important things like race, diversity and in...

2020-06-0757 min

First State Kopites SEASON 1 - Simon Hughes, of the Athletic, joins the First State Kopites podcastRecorded May 29th, 2020 - In this edition we chat with Simon Hughes of the Athletic, author of a number of Football books including 'Allez, Allez, Allez' and 'Ring Of Fire'. And most recently he's written ' There She Goes' about the city of Liverpool between 1979 and 1993. Fascinating insights from one of our favorite writers. He talks about his earliest memories, the part he played in the arrival of Jurgen Klopp, for which we will forever be grateful. NOTE - this podcast predates the use of the First State Kopites name

2020-05-2955 min

First State Kopites SEASON 1 - third edition of the First State Kopites podcastMembers of OLSC Delaware - Tim, Charlie, Sean, Paul and Sam - meeting to talk Liverpool FC past and present, and how are we coping with the current emergency. #YNWA #firststatekopites

2020-04-0739 min