Neil Atkinson (born 21 January 1981) is a Liverpool-based writer, broadcaster and film producer.
[1][2] He is the host,[3] Content Manager,[4] and one of the main writers and business developers[5] behind online football and culture magazine The Anfield Wrap[6] which has had more than 28 million podcast downloads worldwide.
Atkinson has presented sell-out shows of The Anfield Wrap in London, New York, Toronto, Melbourne, Ireland and Scandinavia, as well as on stage at the Sound City Festival in Liverpool.
[14] In The Times, Ed Potton wrote that it was a "script full of promise, with provocative things to say about empathy, obedience and individualism".
[19] Formerly a chairman for Spirit of Shankly,[20] he has contributed to New Statesman discussing the social impact of tragedies[21][22] and has appeared on BBC Breakfast, Football Focus, BBC Radio 5 Live, BT Sport and Sky Sports, during which former Manchester United defender Gary Neville described Atkinson as "a better pundit than me".