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The Anfield Wrap

World Cup Latest & Diomande Rumors | The Breakfast Wrap

16 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What are the latest updates on the World Cup?

0.773 - 14.023 Neil Atkinson

This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network.

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14.138 - 20.406 Craig Hannan

Yeah, I was fucked, yeah. I mean, there was a lot of militaristic, we have to get out of this house this morning, trying to explain.

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20.446 - 22.609 Neil Atkinson

Oh, God. That's us.

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22.629 - 23.95 Craig Hannan

That's us, yes.

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23.97 - 25.172 Neil Atkinson

That's how it works, unfortunately.

25.192 - 32.501 Craig Hannan

Go on. Trying to explain to the baby, Mammy's got to do a live broadcast with Neil Atkinson and Craig Hannon. He doesn't understand that.

32.541 - 41.192 Neil Atkinson

Doesn't understand that at all. But you manage your militaristic sort of profile. Craig Hannon, late. No, 8.30pm. 8.30 on the dot.

Chapter 2: What traffic challenges are discussed in Liverpool?

41.313 - 42.575 Neil Atkinson

This is the Jim Miller discussion.

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42.595 - 47.624 Emilia Bona

Is the 8.30 late? Is it on time? I say on time. I even managed to get myself a little cup of tea.

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48.165 - 67.194 Neil Atkinson

Well, what I would say is, to be fair to Craig Hannan, right now on the traffic website that I go on, it is the darkest red. I'm on AA.com. It's the darkest red I have ever seen. It's along the strands coming down up at Parliament's. It's good I wasn't telling Porgy's name. No, it's the darkest red. It's like they've gone, no, we need even redder at this point.

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67.234 - 78.084 Neil Atkinson

That is how the traffic is there right now in Liverpool city centre. That's an area you've got to watch out for. All of Smithdown Road leading into Upper Parliament Street is also a nightmare.

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Chapter 3: How do the hosts feel about their World Cup viewing experiences?

78.104 - 79.165 Neil Atkinson

Did you live that one as well?

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79.185 - 89.775 Emilia Bona

I did not, no. I did not. I was straight through until the Strand. I was actually smug. I would describe myself as Amelia levels of smug as I got onto the Strand. And then as I got onto the Strand, they realised I'm not that smug.

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89.755 - 108.439 Neil Atkinson

and actually I may be late but I wasn't I was on time you were on time depending on your definition there's some more there's good news on the traffic near Ipswich from Paul Goldburn after the incident last week things have and it's the incident in inverted commas things have cleared up near the cow fields and Jim's Burgers is doing two for one specials this lunchtime excellent to know

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108.419 - 109.22 Neil Atkinson

Two for one.

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109.62 - 124.839 Emilia Bona

Ipswich, having gone to Ipswich last season, it was quite the night out, quite the place. What happened in Ipswich when you were out? It's not things we can say on the breakfast wrap. Maybe the late night version. The breakfast wrap by night. The late night version of the breakfast wrap.

Chapter 4: What insights do the hosts share about Yan Diomande?

124.899 - 127.723 Emilia Bona

Yeah, yeah. A lot of madness, but we enjoyed ourselves.

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127.743 - 130.967 Neil Atkinson

Wonderwall was involved, wasn't it? Can you at least tell the Wonderwall story, if I remember rightly?

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130.947 - 138.316 Emilia Bona

There was a DJ playing a drum and bass version of Wonderwall. And there was... Hanno had a word.

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138.516 - 140.098 Neil Atkinson

He actually went up and had a word.

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140.118 - 159.1 Emilia Bona

Do you know what? If it was a full nightclub and everyone was enjoying it, I wouldn't have. But there were seven people on the dance floor. And I felt like I should say, what are you trying to achieve here by Wonderwall? And he was like, okay, mate, no worries. And then he put on another Indian drum and bass afterwards. I was like, this hasn't gone through. There was much more madness than that.

Chapter 5: What are the implications of Chelsea selling Cucurea?

159.38 - 160.802 Emilia Bona

Yep.

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161.272 - 185.105 Neil Atkinson

Excellent stuff. Paddy Allen's been on to say that the traffic in Roquefort is flowing smoothly, but the weather's threatening to make things difficult. It says here. Oh, hang on. We've got one. Dave Miney says the light by the pierhead is staying red, which could be one of our core issues here. So that would suggest a thing or two as to why this is happening and goes from there.

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185.325 - 196.729 Neil Atkinson

Gareth Matthews says the Sydney Sharks are biting and the local kebab shop is weirdly shut, but the Australians seem upbeat in some reason. He also says to say to Amelia that he used to work in Cwmbran.

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196.709 - 198.393 Craig Hannan

Oh, nice. Excellent pronunciation, by the way.

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198.413 - 205.488 Neil Atkinson

Thank you very much indeed. I can say the name of your son. And go from there.

Chapter 6: How do the hosts view the potential of Liverpool's new manager?

205.588 - 224.799 Neil Atkinson

Traffic in Perth in Australia is about to get all banked up all afternoon and evening, but it's cheap fuel Tuesday. I didn't know they did that. That's so Australian, isn't it? Honestly, they're raffling the meat on the Monday. The fuel gets reduced in price on the Tuesday. That's what they're about over there. That's what they're sorting out.

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225.42 - 237.195 Neil Atkinson

Loads and loads of that to come all the way through the show. What else have we got? We've got actually a little bit of Jamie Carragher speaking to Jim Johnson for the podcast Football for Breakfast. That's to come as well. We also have John Gibbons and Joel Rockwood speaking.

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237.175 - 256.638 Neil Atkinson

talking about football cities which is really interesting we're going to have a chat about Rafa Benitez and it's Jurgen Klopp's birthday birthday messages for Jurgen Klopp if you want to put them in the chat we'll share them and we'll talk about that as well with him sadly not imagine how to put that together me and Sean Rogers it's late over in America he's in bed I asked.

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257.299 - 258.542 Neil Atkinson

Me and Sean Rogers on The Shape.

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Chapter 7: What are the expectations for Liverpool fans this season?

259.083 - 269.305 Neil Atkinson

And we're going to chat about what we're all looking forward to. But it is worth saying there's been loads and loads of World Cup crag since we last breakfast wrapped last Thursday. And yesterday all they did was draw. Everything was a fucking draw.

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269.766 - 293.033 Emilia Bona

They did. I've had a strange sort of relationship with this World Cup in that I'm a man who likes his bed early at night and so I keep having to wake up and then like chase the highlights big fan of ITV putting the highlights on YouTube without the score thank you very much they are winning this World Cup but yeah so I actually haven't been able to watch a lot of the football live.

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293.053 - 302.945 Emilia Bona

I watched the Netherlands live the other night, whereby it was the most boring Liverpool-like first half, actually. It felt like I was watching Liverpool. I've seen a few people say that, but it's very much true. I fucked it off.

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303.266 - 306.97 Neil Atkinson

You did, yeah? Yeah, yeah. Halfway through? I watched the first half, yeah, and went, I can't watch this.

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Chapter 8: What reflections do the hosts have on the history of Liverpool FC?

307.09 - 321.99 Neil Atkinson

Come on. Until last night, the first bit of good World Cup football I've actually watched, because I watched the wrong half of Brazil-Morocco. Yeah. I watched the wrong half of Netherlands versus Japan. I really enjoyed Belgium-Egypt last night. It was a really good game. I haven't seen it.

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322.37 - 332.885 Emilia Bona

I haven't seen it. It was banging to Iran. I wanted them to win. I think everyone just has this sort of feeling towards them. They want them to do well. They get the draw. But yeah, did you watch much of it yesterday?

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333.185 - 338.873 Neil Atkinson

I watched all the Belgium-Egypt. I decided that was going to be my indulgence. And I watched the second half of Spain versus Cape Verde.

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339.574 - 340.595 Craig Hannan

Oh, I watched that.

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340.615 - 342.057 Neil Atkinson

Jesus. Did you watch that?

342.037 - 346.766 Craig Hannan

No, I listened to some of it. I did an hour on the Stairmaster in the gym.

348.069 - 349.01 Emilia Bona

Wow, on brand.

349.05 - 357.827 Craig Hannan

Mainly because I believed it couldn't be done. So I got to 45 minutes and was like, when this stops, they're going to drop confetti cannons from the ceiling.

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I'll be like, no, I've never done it before.

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