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Scouser Tommies: Storming To The End

Jim Boardman is joined by Gags Tandon as they grab with both hands the chance to talk once more about last season after getting a sneak preview of the soon-to-be released Liverpool documentary “The End of the Storm”. The feature-length film charts the journey to the end of that 30 year wait for LFC and features exclusive interviews not only with the likes of Klopp, King Kenny, Hendo, Ali, Sadio and Virgil, but also members of the club’s worldwide fanbase, including one of the Wuhan Reds. But did a movie filled with insight into that historic season win Gags and Jim over?

Scouser Tommies: From a Far Foreign Land – Part 2

Jim Boardman is once again joined by Jan Gorski-Mescir as they continue the discussion of Jan’s time as a Liverpool fan, including his move away from the city and his support from further afield. Also, Jan gets an opportunity for the somewhat tricky task of choosing his all-time LFC XI, in his case made extra difficult by having more years as a match-watching Red to choose players from!

Scouser Tommies: From a Far Foreign Land – Part 1

Jim Boardman is joined by Jan Gorski-Mescir for another of the special “back stories” episodes. In the first of two parts, Jan explains what it was that turned him into a Liverpool fan and it is arguably the most unique, definitely the most moving, of all the stories we’ve shared so far. Once he had become a Red, what was it about Anfield that kept him going back, and what was it like to be on the Kop in the era the nation, indeed the world, found out how special it was?

Scouser Tommies: The Language of Football

After more of that timeless VAR controversy Jim Boardman was joined by Carl “Carlos” Woodward of Radio Merseyside Sport to talk about the Reds season so far, including the depth of the squad in light of recent injuries. Also is football in empty stadiums better or worse with the fake crowd noise and does it matter if the odd bit of football language goes out on air?

Scouser Tommies: Scouse not English

Jim Boardman is joined by Jan Gorski-Mescir for a chat that sometimes gets onto football. They talk about what sets Liverpool apart from the rest of England, at least in their view, and they don’t mean Covid restrictions, and how the current Reds boss compares to the man who turned the club around so much in the sixties, Bill Shankly. Also, did the Premier League clubs get right with the PPV plan - or could it have been even worse?

Scouser Tommies: Shouting from behind enemy lines

Jim Boardman invites Anfield Index legend Nina Kauser onto the show this week, to find out how she became a Liverpool fan despite living at the “wrong” end of the East Lancs Road in Manchester, and how she made the journey into becoming presenter of her own regular show, one of the most popular on Anfield Index. Also, Nina has to pick her all-time LFC XI, will there be any surprises?

Scouser Tommies: Accent on the Reds

Jim Boardman and Karl Coppack return to talk about Karl’s earliest memories of becoming a Red and if there was ever a chance he might have been drawn to the “wrong” side of Stanley Park. Also, Karl discusses what it’s like supporting Liverpool far from home, before deciding who has to be left out as he names his all-time LFC XI.

Scouser Tommies: Producing the Memories

On this week’s episode of Scouser Tommies, Jim Boardman is joined by BBC radio producer Carl Woodward, who has been behind the scenes covering matches for the Reds and Blues for local radio in Liverpool for the last two decades. Carl explains how there’s always a need to ensure both clubs get equal coverage, regardless of which one is doing the most trophy lifts. He also talks about how he picks the tunes for those inspirational audio montages, including those ones that end in a trophy being lifted!

Scouser Tommies: Beating the Block

Jim Boardman is joined by the Podfather himself, Gags Tandon, as Scouser Tommies continues its look at what makes Reds become Reds when not living on Anfield’s doorstep. Gags also shares some of the background on what drove him to create AI and make it into an established success, before sharing his all-time LFC XI - and his pain at who he had to leave out!

Scouser Tommies: Simply the Chest

Jim Boardman is joined by Karl Coppack as they discuss if it’s time for Graeme Souness to be reconciled fully with the club he won so much at as a player. Also, is the price of Premier League success paid in shirts and what exactly is it that makes a certain former Reds left-back cause so much annoyance years after he left?