I remember the entire ground gasping and then applauding it like we’d just witnessed a magic trick. Add To Cart. Colin Murray (born 10 March 1977) is a Northern Irish sports and music radio and television presenter. Dan_LFC Posts: 517. Broadcaster and Liverpool FC fan Colin Murray has quit talkSPORT because he will not work with The Sun. As a kid I don’t think I even asked to go to a game. '52' sees guests select playing cards from a deck, on each of them a random question, setting the agenda for the most unpredictable sports podcast around. I’m so proud of the vast majority of the supporters, who show Northern Ireland in such a positive light. Ice hockey, by the way, for those wondering! I try, at least, not to bitch and moan if we have a bad month or two. It’s different being a Northern Ireland fan. Although no seats notionally changed hands, the Labor-held seat of Girrawheen was renamed Landsdale.. A rearrangement of Labor's Legislative Council tickets saw South Metropolitan MLC Pierre Yang contest North Metropolitan, while North Metropolitan MLC Alannah MacTiernan contests South West. He came down to some of the games too. So, I can’t ever remember a time when it was ever in doubt. Compare. He was a brilliant storyteller and it was probably the only time I was ever quiet. Add To Cart. Without doubt, there’s a natural hierarchy in society and people fall into those roles. What we needed wasn’t what we were getting. It was simply not an option. Add To Cart. “We brought in Dave Pichilingi, who runs Liverpool Sound City. I love nights out in Liverpool. “And the company who were assigned by the local organising council to work with us, they’d already come up with and got planning permission for their structure and model and they didn’t like the fact we were saying: ‘That’s going to cater for 8,000 fans, that isn’t big enough.’. 0. Professionally, he is best known as a radio as well as a television presenter. His energy is fantastic, his passion is immense, and, most importantly, he’s a top manager. You know what, I support the team no matter what. There are 300+ professionals named "Colin Murray", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. I’ve always been acutely aware that I’m not born and bred in Liverpool. In fact, he was even named the Music Broadcast of the Year back in the year 2007 in the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The dinner will be hosted by talkSPORT presenter and LFC supporter Colin Murray and will include an authentic version of the meal served at Shankly’s ‘thank you’ retirement dinner 39 years ago. WELCOME to a new occasional feature on TAW, Talking Reds, where we talk to supporters about their love of Liverpool Football Club, current issues and whatever else takes our fancy. “I think he [Van Dijk] retweeted Jamie [Webster] doing his song, which is on close to three million views now. I’m sure you’ve got the contacts to pull it off. “Craig Evans came on board to look after the press and broadcasters and we had Julie Edler who was also involved on the day as well. “It took about 15 minutes to sort out and I had to get on the mic and talk to 60,000 people for the first time in my life! They were going: ‘Wow!’ They hadn’t seen anything like it before and were saying ‘good party, man!’”. “Ninety-nine per cent of the fans were impeccably behaved but we just needed everyone to calm down a little bit, and then we agreed that every half an hour from 3.45pm we would give an announcement out asking people to start making their way to the stadium. Moaning Indonesia: Let me get this right. Thanks for having me! We used to go to a Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet beside Lime Street. But the thing I remember most was a pass that Jan Molby played from, in my teenage memory, the edge of our box to almost the edge of their box. I think it’s been suggested before, but John Oliver next! Best thing I ever did ! “Going forward, which artist isn’t going to be inspired by performing for 60,000 people? We once took two ferries to France but apart from that, we only ever went to visit family in Winchester for holidays every few years. Listen to it here. The Scotland international has also … I would add that I remember some Arsenal fans, and a few Spurs. When he sat on the bench for the League Cup penalty shoot out, or told us to stop singing his name during a match — Leicester at home in September — it kind of annoyed me! That’s why Chelsea are where they are, and we are where we are. I have only one Scouse friend who goes regularly to England games. Ha ha. He ‘gets’ what matters to the club, on and off the field. My mate Marty was at your show and said it was, and I quote, “fucking brilliant”. He’d sit us round and tell us stories of Bill Shankly. I didn’t want people who went to Shevchenko Park to come to Madrid and say: ‘I preferred it last year.’. Radio presenter Colin Murray has quit talkSPORT after the station was taken over by the owners of The S*n. The Liverpool FC fan from Northern Ireland tweeted a statement to announce his resignation this afternoon. It’s different for me, though. Not a surprise, I suppose. Qualifying for the Euros allowed us to show the world what we are like… loud, proud, friendly party-animals! The key for me is integrity, connection with the community and maximising ambition on the pitch, without spending beyond our means or hoarding profits. I can safely say I was a Liverpool fan before I really knew what the European Cup was! Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside.The club was formed in 1892 following a disagreement between the board of Everton and club president John Houlding, who owned the club's ground, Anfield.The disagreement between the two parties over rent resulted in Everton moving to Goodison Park from Anfield, which left Houlding with an empty stadium. Obviously getting recognised by your peers is good, but when people say ‘that was the highlight of the best weekend of my life’, that’s incredible. “It was like a festival: whereas Shevchenko Park just kind of happened and was a bit of a blur, this was different. Loads who don’t. Chelsea 0 Liverpool 1 1986 Ceefax Mug -Colin Murray's Choice. Being honest, quite a few if we are looking to compete at the very top. I keep an eye on the Irish League and used to go as a youngster but I’ve lived in London for 17 years now so it has been a while. Required fields are marked *. In case you miss the first showing at 6pm the awards ceremony show is also repeated at 10pm. A post shared by The Anfield Wrap (@theanfieldwrap) on Nov 11, 2016 at 2:52pm PST. “At one stage I wasn’t going to the game because there was too much to do. Continued anger persists over The Sun's coverage of the 1989 disaster. It worked in some ways but not in others,” Cassidy says. Where are ya?! Across town, a party was going on - and Liverpool’s No.4 was there, in spirit at least. He’d totally have us in the palm of his hand, talking about how Shanks built Liverpool and about glory nights under Bob Paisley. You know by now that the party was in Madrid; that the trophy Van Dijk refers to is the European Cup. We got the local police on board and rather than panicking you’ve got to stay calm. ... — Liverpool FC (@LFC) 1 … We had to get some people down off a gallery so I just had to say: ‘We can’t carry on unless people come down from there.’. It could happen for any of the clubs in and around us. First question […] I see the change in Liverpool for sure. As I said, I’d like to see a few more quid on players this summer. Liverpool, like Belfast, has a real beating heart. All rights reserved. Problem is, you win leagues by beating the teams in the bottom half of the table. However, where I grew up, there was an old Scottish man who loved looking after all us kids. That was a bit of a left-field choice by me because I’m from Liverpool myself and know that a lot of Scousers, we only like things a certain way which is what’s been the tried and tested thing. What a win that was too. I hope I explained that in a semi-cohesive way! I remember every second. “I think we did it as well as we could in the circumstances and some of the comments we’ve had, it does make it seem all worthwhile. © Copyright 2021 The Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Limited. So, I think I’d choose one night in Lyon over one night in Istanbul. In fairness to him, when Chester were reforming as a club run by the fans he really helped out including a not too insignificant donation. Samuel L Jackson, John Lithgow or Eleven from Stranger Things next please. Good feature that I reckon. Compare. Redistribution and seat changes. It’s not about 11 any more, or even 15. His touchline antics are probably similar to how us fans would be if we managed Liverpool. A redistribution was completed in 2019. So, yeah, proper respect for him for sure. Colin Murray is on Facebook. “Chelcee was going to finish with a Beatles singalong then a cover of Dua Lipa’s One Kiss, but as it happened at that time, we got closed down by the police,” he describes. When you manage Liverpool, I back you, 100 per cent. Sounds a bit strange in this day and age but I grew up in an era when people left their doors open, and he was lovely. Throughout his career, he has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Liverpool and Manchester City primarily in a defensive midfield position. I go to as many Northern Ireland games as possible. It’s nice. He has a way to go but he has the type of swagger and attitude that reminds me of a young Hyypia. “Straight after John finished, Colin Murray DJ’d. We beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-1. Match Statistics supplied by Opta Sports Data Limited. I think there’s huge similarities with Belfast and Liverpool. Hi Colin, first off thanks for taking the time to do this. There was a lot of Liverpool though, partly due to the size of the club and then, throughout such huge success in the seventies and eighties, that number inevitably exploded! Presenter Colin Murray referred to left-back Andrew Robertson as his biggest surprise during Klopp's reign. First up is BBC Five Live presenter and Metro football columnist COLIN MURRAY. When I was young, it seemed everyone was either ‘red or red’… Liverpool or Manchester United. One minute we’re in a spit and sawdust basement listening to old soul music, and the next we’re having a cocktail in Berry and Rye, which might just be my favourite ‘treat’ bar in the world. Colin Murray has risen into the headlines today after he was announced as the new host of Channel 4‘s Countdown. I was born in 1977 so he had enough to go on! by Colin Murray Published December 13, 2019 Published Dec 13, 2019 JURGEN KLOPP is not in the mood for reminiscing about Champions League glory. by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 23, 2017 | Footie | 5 comments. £8.00. Quite an interesting chat. Naturally, I wanted to talk Liverpool with him but we’d already been warned about hassling the ‘stars’ (Mark Lawrenson). So glad you went to a Northern Ireland home game. You know when we sing, “they say our days are numbered, we’re not famous any more”? Compare. Between 50,000 and 60,000 Liverpool fans were there. I’d have been slapped for suggesting it! In 2010, he became host of BBC Television's Match of the Day 2 on BBC Two, while still anchoring shows on BBC Radio 5 Live, including 5 Live Sport and Fighting Talk and was still presenting on BBC Radio Ulster.He has previously hosted regular Channel 5 television and BBC Radio 1 shows. Besides, my mum had remarried and he was a Spurs fan! But show them evidence of De Gea being poor and they want him to still be picked because he won the league in 2013? ... At Home with Colin Murray is available via BBC Sounds and Radio 5 Live. Kenny Dalglish LFC Legend Mug - Free UK delivery. ❤️ @SamWilIiams. LFC - Jurgen Klopp 'I Feel Opportunity' T-Shirt - Free UK Delivery. The stage this year was a proper stage, not a bandstand like we had in Kiev! Join Facebook to connect with Colin Murray and others you may know. WELCOME to a new occasional feature on TAW, Talking Reds, where we talk to supporters about their love of Liverpool Football Club, current issues and whatever else takes our fancy. And I saw Nicol and Barnes and Fowler. ... A subreddit for news and discussion of Liverpool FC, a football club playing in the English Premier League. As I saw the crowd losing it to Faithless and Bohemian Rhapsody - I think that video’s been watched 1.2 million times now on Colin’s Twitter feed - that’s when you know it’s going well.”, Just had THE BEST HOUR OF MY LIFE DJing in the Liverpool fan park. The humour is similar in Liverpool, too. Back him more and we’ll be right there. I met him once, very briefly, at his desk in one of the bbc radio stations off Great Portland Street in about 2008. The idea of having money to go to a Division One football match wasn’t even on the table. Download In fact, Cassidy had to take the mic himself when the party was temporarily halted during Chelcee Grimes’ slot. Previous South Yorkshire Chief Constable under investigation for actions during Hillsborough inquests . “It makes you happy even before the game to see all those fans in the square - 50,000 people I think. They are not alone as cities that suffered with the demise of the shipyards, and the struggle to make ends meet in the many years that followed. “We were trying to communicate with the audio-visual guys who’d had the call from the police that look, everyone might be boisterous, but everyone is on board with what we’re doing and we need to keep this going. I was like, ready to go, ready to see my family, see all the fans and to come out for the warm-up, it was a special feeling. Everything had to go up a couple of levels and it did. I like Matip. Also on the show, Lizzi talks to Alison McGovern, Shadow Minister for Culture and Sport and MP for Wirral South, and Kim Johnson, MP for Liverpool Riverside, about women and sport as part of International Women’s Day. It was a negotiation. Less said about Prague the better! “Chelcee came back on and did One Kiss which went amazingly well, and then we moved on to the BOSS Session part two. “You’ve just got to keep a calm head in that situation. 0. Klopp is a really good manager but he’s not David Copperfield. We have other really good players, but we need more ‘Klopp’ signings though, players that suit his vision. But listen, these are minor things and I say this with a smile on my face. Coutinho we have to keep. Ha ha. On a sixpence. “The police were still there but it was funny, a lot of the police were more interested in taking a photo! “Normally I get a little sleep before a match, but it was difficult. £8.00. I’m guessing he did that because he supported the concept of fans having a go themselves and saving another local football club. And then as they say, the rest is history. So, the Euros was about more than football, and I am Northern Irish first. Mane is to the manor born. That was a bit of a left-field choice by me because I’m from Liverpool myself and know that a lot of Scousers, we only like things a certain way which is what’s been the tried and tested thing. These days we keep a constant eye on what’s going on. Weekender: Liverpool In Free Fall Ahead Of Fulham. We raised our game on many levels - but there’s still room for us to go further.”. These days, support for Liverpool in Northern Ireland is still strong, but there’s certainly a wider spread of allegiance than what I remember growing up. I think he may have been responsible for dozens of four year old Liverpool fans in my area. Colin Murray was back in the hot seat again on the Channel 4 show’s first edition of the week on Monday afternoon, with contestants Matthew and Darren fighting it … Colin Murray looks back at 90 years of sport on the BBC by unearthing classic commentaries and interviews from the BBC archives. “Between the two events, it was probably the most challenging weekend of my working life. It’s a city that keeps its sons and daughters grounded, just like Belfast. That’s probably the wrong word but you get what I mean. So I was 17, I think. Plaza Felipe II is a square located on the north-east tip of the centre of Spain’s capital. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Liverpool FC via Getty Images. Gutted that went! And we have sold more, money wise, than we’ve bought over the past two seasons. The whole first-team squad was in attendance and it was a fantastic night hosted by Liverpool fan and broadcaster Colin Murray and Natalie Sawyer from Sky Sports News. First up is BBC Five Live presenter and Metro football columnist COLIN MURRAY. It wouldn’t have worked with the space we had in Madrid, but that’s maybe something for the future,” he states. The fans who are moaning at us for having Ole as manager complain it’s only for nostalgia. A mate of mine sent me that comment the morning after the game and seeing that is, I think, a big thing. He also spent time at Milton Keynes Dons as a player/coach before joining Leicester City as a first team coach. But it was also the most fulfilling and exhilarating, and I want to say thank you to all the fans who were there with us for the day.”. Its a tough city, but full of humour and poetry and bullshit and warmth and intelligence and innovation… just like Belfast. Everyone has seen those videos before the game and you’re so excited,” Van Dijk said. Once the authorities had given the green light for resumption, the atmosphere in Plaza Felipe II went into overdrive. Colin Murray's 52 on Apple Podcasts 13 episodes Famous sporting names take on an 'interview' like no other, as Colin Murray asks his guests to leave the questions to chance. At Home With Colin Murray Jürgen Klopp sits down with Colin to discuss everything from crossing the Berlin Wall in the 80s, to his hopes for the future at Liverpool. I have a rule. John Barnes Full Colour Mug - Free UK Delivery. “It’s about being creative. Next year, if the opportunity arises, it’s about what can we do to make it better? There’s a song called Northern Industrial Town by Billy Bragg. Steve McManaman scored a couple, but that day I saw Ian Rush score. Prior to the brief, unscheduled intermission, Cassidy had realised that he was witnessing something special. The ground improvements I like. While preliminary planning for what would unfold at Plaza Felipe II had begun earlier, the process started in earnest after Liverpool’s logic-defying semi-final win against Barcelona. Football broadcaster, journalist and Liverpool fan Colin Murray thanked Rodgers for his efforts at the helm of the Merseyside club: colin murray @ ColinMurray Cheers Brendan Rodgers. Thanks Colin, I’ve not listened to Talksh*te since you left. And besides, I don’t think I could relive the afternoon taxi ride into the Istanbul hills to get crates of beer with alcohol in them! “Once we’d firmly said what we needed, we went for a meeting with them the following day and I think then it started to become a little bit easier. Ha ha. He’d teach us to play chess and ludo and all sorts. “But then as soon as the event had finished I had to run back to the hotel because I was also organising the club’s end-of-season celebration party, which happened after the final, and there was still loads of work to do on that. Equipped with the experience of masterminding Shevchenko Park 12 months earlier, Cassidy set about the task of creating something bigger and better. And, already, Cassidy is thinking about how he would go about surpassing Kiev and Madrid in Turkey. There’s some amazing footage of when the Van Dijk song is being played and that was when, from my perspective, everything had calmed down and we were coming to the end of what we were delivering, so I think that was probably the time when I felt that one main moment of satisfaction. I learned a lot on that day! I think Chelsea, Spurs and City are top four, then it’s us, Arsenal or United. Funnily enough, the one Belfast team I still keep a real eye on are the Belfast Giants. There, it transpired, wowing Van Dijk: the footballer who would, a few hours later, hold that trophy aloft having put in a Man of the Match performance in the Reds’ 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur. “John Power doing You’ll Never Walk Alone, when that camera pans out onto the crowd, that’s a proper ‘pinch yourself’ moment,” he remembers. I remember seeing it for the first time and, as a baseball fan, the whole red brick and green exposed metal is pure Fenway Park! Colin Murray, Liverpool fan and the host of the following programme, Colin Murray's Coronavirus Call-In, joined the post-match analysis beIN Sports MENA 11 HD Role I was at their very first game many moons ago and I still try to make a couple every season. Virgil van Dijk usually sleeps in the hours leading up to a game. Hopefully it’s us. So, what does Tom Cassidy, the club’s head of tourism and the man who led the organisational team behind events in the fan park, make of that? ... Colin Murray presented alongside Jobi McAnuff Swansea City v Brentford - Paul Walker ... Colin will be joined by Reading captain Michael Morrison and the Not The Top 20 podcast's George Elek on Saturday - the latter was due to be on the show last weekend, but his podcast co-host Ali Maxwell appeared in his place. So, more depth, and the next Luis Suarez please! There, in the searing sunshine, to celebrate their football club ahead of the 2019 Champions League final. We definitely need more depth to the squad. “We knew it was going to be on a much, much bigger scale [than Kiev] and that brought opportunities, but also made it more challenging too. The three weeks prior to the final were, Cassidy recalls, ‘really intense’, and a trip to Madrid to check out the venue brought the difficulties mentioned into sharper focus. “Kieran [Molyneux] and Jamie [Webster], they smashed it. Azerbaijan were not conceding many goals, we weren’t scoring many, and we battered them! Liverpool FC via Getty Images. Colin Murray’s a good person to start with though. To this day I don’t know why they allowed a young gobshite like me into their group but it was amazing. Ace. I’m on the floor after that. Murray, a Liverpool FC supporter, ended his message with #JFT96, a reference to the 96 Hillsborough victims. Lizzi also speaks to Missy Bo Kearns as part on an event at the Steven Gerrard Academy in Liverpool to hear about her experiences playing for Liverpool FC Women. “But certainly between the core team, whether it was morning, noon or night, there was constant communication and planning. Nice one. The club is very much as one.”, Jamie Webster x 50,000 https://t.co/AROvkWG5cT. — colin murray (@ColinMurray) July 13, 2016 Murray is a Liverpool fan, while Collymore played for the Reds – scoring 28 goals in 64 Premier League games – between 1995 and 1997. There was a huge Irish connection to Arsenal over the decades and, of course, you had Pat Jennings playing for both, and the legendary Danny Blanchflower graced White Hart Lane. Let me repeat that… I saw Ian Rush score. Last year, we did a decent job once we got the OK to do it, but none of us had put an event on for up to 60,000 people so Dave came in with a couple of weeks to go and he was invaluable. “We weren’t popular, but we had to be really insistent that we were expecting huge numbers and what they were doing, with a part-tented structure, was nowhere near big enough. I’ve got a lot of time for the few that rise above it. COUNTDOWN host Nick Hewer was absent from the Channel 4 show on Monday due to coronavirus restrictions with Colin Murray stepping in to present instead. So, yeah, I love the city and not just the club. All rights reserved. Your email address will not be published. But, one thing that struck me was he wasn’t dismissive as some can be. The view from Newcastle... by Sam Fender drummer Drew Michael, Liverpool’s logic-defying semi-final win against Barcelona. What a player he was. I’ve managed to make Germany and Czech Republic away this campaign. “Straight after John finished, Colin Murray DJ’d. I hope I’m wrong. Just @ColinMurray playing @TheRagamuffins @SFoodbanks Bobby Firmino song in Madrid! LFC fan Colin Murray quits talkSPORT over S*n link, Collymore exit now makes sense. “They couldn’t get their heads around that and it was only through not getting great feedback initially that I had to, I’m going to say diplomatically, be really forceful. It’s certainly unfair to compare it to various teams of the past. My other half Lora came as she speaks very good Spanish, she helped out loads in Kiev as well, and along with a few more volunteers we were armed and ready this year. 4 years ago. Compare. As I said, we have a nucleus of special players, but we have suffered this season when we’ve had inevitable injuries and the issue with the Africa Cup of Nations. Seemed grounded. — colin murray (@ColinMurray) 1 June 2019. Really happy memories. I think we nailed it this year in terms of the entertainment but we’re not patting ourselves on the back. I hope we go on a run of wins. No problem! It’s crazy, the power of that. @LFC #YNWA https://t.co/LmXHZGILpJ. Your email address will not be published. That was scary! Few Liverpool supporters will need reminding that the 2020 Champions League final is set to take place in Istanbul, of course.