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The Anfield Wrap

World Cup Fever & The Weather | The Breakfast Wrap

24 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.537 - 4.472 Kieran Molyneux

This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network.

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4.773 - 23.3 Neil Atkinson

It is the Breakfast Wrap. Neil Atkinson with Ciaran Molyneux, John Gibbons to give you everything you need checking in on the overnight results as it is from the World Cup. There's increasing amounts of transfer gossip and scurrilous rumour and Chelsea have bought a right back that Liverpool were linked with or a right side of midfield or a right wing back.

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23.941 - 26.525 Neil Atkinson

We'll get on to that as well in the fullness of time.

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Chapter 2: What were the overnight World Cup results discussed?

27.106 - 34.577 Neil Atkinson

But it is a pleasure to be here and we talked about one football legend last night who deserted himself and a prick scored some goals against Uzbekistan.

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35.587 - 39.733 John Gibbons

Yeah, yeah, he was... He's such a wally.

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39.953 - 47.544 Neil Atkinson

He is, like, I mean... He's just a wally and there's nothing to be done about it. Milo just said to me off before, he said he just feels so manosphere.

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48.225 - 71.332 John Gibbons

Oh, yeah. He's like... To stick off on him slightly, there was obviously a lot of pressure on Portugal going into the game, a lot of chat, the wags are arguing with each other. How are they? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so basically, Yao Felix, someone did a fake, it's so 2026, all this.

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Chapter 3: What transfer gossip is making headlines in football?

72.175 - 97.302 John Gibbons

I like that you're into it, don't you? It's 2026 meets 2006. It's like when I ask young people in the office questions. that's very 2006 what it is but with the modern twist in that fake social media post is obviously like a big thing at the moment so Cristiano Ronaldo's missus was taken in by a fake Yao Felix's missus post and then had to go back and then realised that she'd been Anfield papered

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97.282 - 122.24 John Gibbons

I had to swiftly delete. But the cat's out the bag now. Yeah. So she's then a true thought to be known. Well, she basically thinks, you know, basically there's this thing, and then the sisters have gone involved, like Harry Maguire style, and so there's a lot of all those people sort of wading in. So there's a lot of pressure. around the team, around Ronaldo in particular.

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122.46 - 133.823 John Gibbons

He's obviously got Messi scoring for fun, which will be driving him insane. And so I get that there was like a big release when he scored that goal, but it is like fucking Almeida's Uzbekistan.

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Chapter 4: How is Cristiano Ronaldo performing in the World Cup?

134.525 - 139.675 John Gibbons

You can't be doing that celebration when you're like 40. The world commentator did it and he's even older.

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140.077 - 141.458 Neil Atkinson

What's that about? Sorry.

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142.319 - 154.811 John Gibbons

The commentator joined in there. Which commentator? They're all awful, aren't they? One of the bad ones. What station? I can't remember what station.

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154.851 - 168.644 Neil Atkinson

It was ITV. Everyone was slagging off Lee Dixon on my feed. I just had nothing to do with it. I've just seen the clips. I don't think you have to watch Portugal versus Uzbekistan, and I chose not to. So the commentator, whoever the commentator was, did his noise.

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168.684 - 174.617 John Gibbons

Yeah. How long you joined there? Wow. Which was a move, I would say.

174.838 - 183.176 Neil Atkinson

It's a low ebb, even by the standards of British commentary. Yeah, I can't remember who it was. Someone might know in the comments. That's why you do these things live. Yeah, in the comments. Does anyone, has anyone said?

183.217 - 185.642 John Gibbons

But he is even older than Cristiano Ronaldo.

185.74 - 191.526 Neil Atkinson

Oh, James Evans says it was Fletch. Yeah. Is Fletch on the ITV for this World Cup?

191.747 - 195.551 John Gibbons

Yeah, it was Fletch. Yeah, that's right. There you go. Oh, God.

Chapter 5: What insights were shared about England's match against Ghana?

1460.563 - 1475.332 John Gibbons

There's no sunshine. The sunshine definitely helped to bring out the best of it. And yeah, 28 years of her ending definitely helps drive that as well. And you touched on it before, but the different generations, you know, I've seen people out there with the kids who, you know, taking them out of school.

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1475.352 - 1494.199 John Gibbons

There's obviously, you know, older people who, like you said, at some point maybe got bored of World Cups and then suddenly realised they were quite lucky. And it is that kind of, you know, full spread, isn't it? And I'm sure geographically, you know, across the country as well, you've met people from, you know, Gretna up to Aberdeen. And people coming from all over.

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1494.319 - 1510.836 John Gibbons

One of our friends came all the way from Australia. He was like, I just couldn't miss this. And he was like, four flights to get there. He's like, you know, this is the first time in my lifetime I'm going to come do it. I met a guy on the flight out who had been to France 98 and he was going to live in a camper van for the next two weeks, kind of traveling around.

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1510.856 - 1533.107 John Gibbons

He also looked like the most Scottish guy ever. So he had a kilt, massive beard on, and he managed to bring two steak pies with him on the flight. From Barcelona to Boston, because that's the way that we went. Yeah, I think it's just that perfect storm. It's just like everything at the same time. It was the most amazing experience. Boston, the people of Boston were just so welcoming.

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1533.427 - 1545.346 John Gibbons

They were so engaged with it. And yeah, I also think it was a great city for it because it's just that little bit tighter, that little bit more compact. So you could just move about a lot easier. I think Miami is going to have a very different vibe to it.

1545.366 - 1568.802 John Gibbons

But apparently we're doing a tartan pipe band procession down Ocean Drive tomorrow afternoon, which again, yeah, just feels like a mental thing to be saying, to be honest with you. But, you know, it'll no doubt be a lot of fun. And I think the Brazilians will definitely add to that vibe sort of thing. You know, the tartan army and the samba together will be an interesting combination.

1568.883 - 1590.07 John Gibbons

I'm just picturing the Will Smith Miami video where he's going down the front in the big car, but instead it's a load of, you know, kilted Scotsman with bagpipes. With bagpipes and some sunburn by this point, no doubt as well for that to kind of come through. So yeah, that's what's going to happen. That's the vibe that we're going to be giving off. To finish on the footy. Yeah. Do we have to?

1590.391 - 1597.68 John Gibbons

Yeah. You mentioned it's been a little bit dour, although you said it a lot more Scottish than that.

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Yeah.

Chapter 6: What is the latest weather report affecting the World Cup?

3686.088 - 3694.381 Neil Atkinson

It's not quite the same as Liverpool's, but also it's been made clear to Barclay, he will be second fiddle to Cavage Killier. on the left-hand side, and he'll get opportunities somewhere else.

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3695.062 - 3711.243 Neil Atkinson

I think that there's footballers, you know, footballers want to feel, especially if you're that type of player, you know, part of being Bradley Barker, or for that matter, Yandy Amandi, is there's a party that wants to give it a big I am. You know, as I say, Yandy Amandi's thing in the Players' Tribune is very much, I want to be better than Cristiano Ronaldo, thank you very much, that's the aim.

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3711.303 - 3727.857 Neil Atkinson

Yeah. And I think that Barclay, he was made up to score for France and he gave it the full hit and he did the shirt thing, look at me, I've scored a belt here, get on me, please, remember me, I've come off the bench, but what about me? But it's also the point that he wants to play in the quarter-finals, the semi-finals.

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3727.837 - 3745.409 Neil Atkinson

He doesn't want to play the French League and then be on the bench for Kovacic earlier to be playing. He wants to be, and it is part of that. I also think Salah leaving is, it makes it more of a sort of a, there's more incentive for these footballers who really ultimately believe in themselves. They believe that they can take themselves to the next level, as Neil said.

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3745.67 - 3748.495 Neil Atkinson

They'll be looking at it and thinking, well, I'll be your Salah. I'll be the next Salah.

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