HOW has the football media and the demands on journalists changed from the days of Bill Shankly through to the era of Jürgen Klopp?
Gareth Roberts speaks to John Keith, who has reported on Merseyside football in print and broadcast since the Shankly days, and Tony Barrett, who has recently switched to Joe.Co.Uk after reporting on the Reds for The Liverpool Echo and The Times, about the intricacies of the job, how the relationships work and football journalism past, present and future.
Boss insight into their career’s, enjoyed that. #
Loving the 07/08 “What we call history”.
Up the reds!
Brilliant special Rob, Brightened up my Monday morning. Any chance of getting John Keith on as a regular , could listen to him all day. His stories & impressions had me in tears.
Really enjoyed that great listen. Different eras but clearly mutual respect.
Excellent Pod, can we have more of John Keith and Tony Barrett, would love a proper TAW series on the managers from Journalists like John and Tony, in general there is just not enough stuff about Paisley and there should be.
Brilliant stuff – John Keith is patently a goldmine of fascinating LFC stories. He needs to be tapped into by TAW!
Wonderful impressions of Shankly and Paisley from John Keith and great insights into modern football journalism from Tony Barrett. Please have the two of them back.
Great pod that lads!! I’d love to hear more John Keith stories about Shanks …
Quality work. John’s a raconteur extraordinaire – boss. The juxtaposition of the experiences of both journalists (highlighting the changes in the game) and Gareth’s additional insider insights, meant that this was one of your best podcasts. I’ve listened to it twice.
Really good show, thanks.