1 hour 60 minutes | Thursday, 25 June 2020
In our 29th Across The Park Extra our resident reds Phil Roberts and Gary Murray are joined by Former England and Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert! Rickie gives a fascinating insight into his career: being released by his dream club Liverpool at a young age and then going through the leagues and coming full circle to the pinnacle of the game, playing for Liverpool once again and representing his country. On Liverpool Rickie speaks about: replacing Suarez, how close Liverpool were to signing Sanchez, his relationship with Gerrard and Gerrard’s retirement, Mario Balotelli’s training antics, the Raheem sterling BBC interview, the class of some of the players he’s played with and for the first time Rickie opens up, in depth, on why it ultimately didn’t work out for him at Liverpool and the absolute heartbreak he went through at the time. A fascinating story of a player who worked his way through the leagues, scoring goals in 4 divisions, the champions league and internationally. Rickie is a great local lad and this episode is a superb listen for all!