18 Apr 2019 19:36:01
Hi Ed's and fellow reds. Just wanted to throw this question out there.

To you as a fan of LFC, what's makes the club special to you and when did you decide to start supporting this club?

Were you born a red or were you converted? Cause for me the run to the UCL final in Istanbul did it for me. I remember we were only 2 LFC fans in my class then and when we won the Final. The class was unbearable for everyone the next day.

{Ed001's Note - I was never really given a choice, if I had supported anyone else I would have been out on the streets.}

1.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 20:09:49
I flirted with both Everton and Liverpool as a child as my cousin played for Everton youth and would give me his old kits that never fit. I ended up supporting Liverpool but my next door neighbour couldn’t have children and took me to about three seasons of Everton games. I also support tranmere as they’re my local team, being from Merseyside you get one choice, red or blue. Although I’m a red i do still enjoy watching the blues.

2.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 20:11:19
I didn't have a choice either, I was automatically a red from birth! thank god.

3.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 20:32:50
1985, five years old I was pushed to the ground by a kid twice my size and said "you support Liverpool now, right" and from that day on I did. Bullied into it but quickly grew to love.

4.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 20:38:23
I've always been a red. During our times under Souness I did follow Blackburn Rovers for a while, but it was completely that I liked Kenny Dalglish so much. When he left Blackburn and Ray Harford was appointed, I no longer had any interest in them and was 100% Liverpool.

I'm sure I'm not the only one that was relishing Kenny's success with Rovers?

5.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 20:42:47
First team I ever saw live (and I wasn’t going to support Watford! ) Also, my mate in class at school died at Hillsborough so I had to keep his support going for life through thick and thin.

6.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 20:44:54
In regard to my above post ^

I did go to Ewood Park during that period to watch Blackburn Vs Liverpool. When asked at the desk where I wanted to sit, I still chose Liverpool.

It was the match when John Barnes scored his overhead kick from a Stig Inge Bjornbye cross. I was right behind it and it became a clip that was in the MOTD theme tune opening and I could pick myself out in the crowd when watching on TV.

7.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 20:51:17
born in NZ, both parents are from samoa but split when was a little one. my dad is a fan and he would talk about the club over the phone so that was the initial. we talking about the mid 90s when i was 10. We didn't really have tv coverage so just followed results on the news. I vividly remember ManUs treble year, watching the sports news of when when they came to anfield. seeing the defiance from our fans holding up trophy shaped signs of all our triumphs from back in the days and then we clawed back to earn a draw. I didn't even really know the rivalry until then. But I was hooked from then. and that was just a 1 minute article on the 6pm news!

As the internet developed that increased access and I learned about history, Hillsborough and what stood out were the values. in particular I enjoyed reading about our knowledgable crowd and the passionate support. how they applauded skill from opponents, applaud ex-players and respecting injured opponents. not sure if these happen as much these days.

first game watching live was the Owen final, getting up at whatever time it was in the dark to watch the magic. I was 17 at the time. from then and becoming an adult I could pay for my own TV subscription and nowadays internet subscriptions to watch live. what hasn't changed is having to get up somewhere between 12am - 7am to catch the games! Its a different kind of passion but I love it!

definitely had to choose to support the club which I feel proud about especially give we weren't winning sh*t when I got hooked haha but I tend to be an underdog kinda guy!

YNWA.

8.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 21:06:56
Dad was a red so I was from birth 👍.

9.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 21:23:34
All my dads side of the family are blue and my mums are red (my dad is also a catholic which didn't go down well with my mums nan apparently! ) . Luckily, my brother and I are both reds, though my dad is adamant we were dropped on our heads. I do miss the days of Everton and Liverpool sharing a family friend game with just bragging rights up for grabs, so much hatred nowadays.

10.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 22:12:28
When I first started following football (around 5, early 80s) I supported players not clubs. I loved Kevin Keegan, so I supported Saints and the Newcastle. Then he retired.

So I switched to Trevor Brooking, and West Ham. And the he retired 2 weeks later!

I wished up quick, and thought “I’ll pick 2 players, in case one retires! ” I picked Brucie and Rushdie, was around 83/ 84. The rest is history!

I was born and lived my early years in East London, so most of my family and my cousins are Hammers fans. I am the red sheep of my family, and proud of it!

By the way, in common with other observations above, my kids dad is a red (me! At least I hope 😂) so they don’t have a choice 😉.

11.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 22:19:23
I'm in the states and when I was groing up it was very hard to get any football. Two things happened though, my father told me that ancestors came to America from Liverpool and then I had some friends from England who shared magazines with me and I read about Keegan and instantly became a red. When we moved, I would go to the bookstore every week to look at the London Times to keep up with the table and scores.

12.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 22:28:49
A red from birth because of my da then he converted to port Vale but thank god I stayed loyal. Lol.

13.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 22:37:54
When growing up I was a huge fan of Fowler, he then left and I had a choice follow the player or the club. Never looked back since!

14.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 22:51:06
I knew nothing about this Liverpool. My favourite township team in South Africa was Liverpool. Then when I saw on TV that there was another Liverpool, which was more famous I started to have an interest. Now I am stuck.

15.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 23:34:04
I don't know about football when I started to support Liverpool. At the age of 13, my cousins were playing FIFA. They helped to learn how to play a game. We are playing a tournament. They have taken Arsenal and Manchester United. They have given me Liverpool. From that day I have started supporting Liverpool. Thank god they have given a right one.

16.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 23:36:36
When I was 5 my Dad brought home 2 scarves, 1 was a Manc and other one was liverpool. Luckily I got to pick first and have followed ever since and have 2 kids and they are also true reds. Being a red since 1975 have seen some great times and also some really dire ones but looks like the good times have returned again.

17.) 18 Apr 2019
18 Apr 2019 23:39:52
I supported them from birth, I had no choice.

Harry, what about you? 😂.

18.) 19 Apr 2019
19 Apr 2019 00:12:30
Holy moly, spell check is a pain!

Good thing I ‘wized’ up and declared a fatwa on the enemies of the Reds! 😂😂😂.

19.) 19 Apr 2019
19 Apr 2019 00:32:25
Growing up, I actually had little interest in football. Most of my friends supported ManU or Arsenal. But then, at about 12 (1993) I got Premier Manager 2 for my Amiga. I played Halifax Town from the Conference all the way to Premier League. And then, I got an offer from another club. You guessed it. Sheffield W. It didn’t feel right, so I restarted from my last save. I got another offer. From Liverpool. I knew nothing, but they had this fellow called McManaman, and that was the coolest name I ever heard. And some chap namned Fowler. Yeah. Never looked back.

20.) 19 Apr 2019
19 Apr 2019 01:55:14
Joered63 What a great post and some very interesting replies in how we have all come to bond with this club of ours.
Fantastic post and replies.

21.) 19 Apr 2019
19 Apr 2019 04:53:34
Born and bred in Liverpool, first Dovecot and then from the age of 11 Old Swan, so was always in the city during my formative years and you have a choice, red or blue. I remember my uncle taking me to a couple of Everton games when I was real young but my only memory of that is being bored! In fairness to Everton I think it was just because I was too young.

Anyway, didn't really develop an interest in football but remember watching Everton win the FA Cup, some of my family being made up, but feeling very nonchalant about it. Think my cousins love of Liverpool played a factor an we ended up talking to each other a lot and it grew from there. When I was 15 i had older family members taking me to European games - Can remember Gary Mac's pen vs Barcelona so clearly. I suppose the pinnacle of being a Liverpool supporter, at least for me, was driving to Istanbul with 3 friends to watch the most incredible European final ever. It was the first time I went abroad and my god what a whirlwind.

That fateful trip also kicked off the urge to travel in me and I spent a number of years traveling hear and there. I now live in Taiwan with my wife and 4 month old daughter, it's a funny old world. Thankfully they show almost all the Liverpool games on TV so, despite the time difference, I rarely miss one.

{Ed001's Note - you had a choice? I don't think me mam would ever have forgiven me if I had supported Everton!}

22.) 19 Apr 2019
19 Apr 2019 06:29:16
I enjoyed watching football at about 5/ 6. I liked Wednesday. I asked my old man who i should support and he said liverpool. He is Scotish, Celtic supporter, and we had souness, hansen, and king kenny.

I watched them play, and they were winning league titles, were brilliant.

I became a good player. Would be asked to play for the older team, who were top of the A league. I played with the younger team too and have a trophy for top goal scorer.

I may not come from liverpool but i love LFC, i have cups, keyrings, scarfs, shirts, jackets. I even have a model anfield which i haven't built yet.

Liverpool football club is one of my loves, perhaps my first love. I love them as much as any man.

23.) 19 Apr 2019
19 Apr 2019 08:03:04
Scouse by birth, red by the grace of god.

24.) 19 Apr 2019
19 Apr 2019 12:44:09
Born in Spain I never really followed English football and supported Real Madrid, but also England national team, and Owen (my parents are English) then at about 8 years old I started playing a championship manager game with some friends and chose Liverpool, think one of the first Liverpool games I watched was Istanbul final, and never looked back :)

25.) 19 Apr 2019
19 Apr 2019 12:32:15
The 2007 final did it for me. even though we lost. I'm a fan of the underdog and that team got me. I made a little enquiry as my mate that watched the game with me was Liverpool through and through. before I realized, I knew almost all the players by their first name and watched most of the games. Never looked back since.