'My DNA is in the ground' - fan stories
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We know the relationship between a football fan and their club is a special one so we asked you to share why you fell in love with Liverpool.
Here is a selection of your submissions:
Carl: Liverpool FC is in the blood - my DNA is in the ground.
Bill Shankly often spoke of there being one casket buried under the Kop - many ashes were scattered but only one casket buried. The ashes of my grandad, about a foot down in the goal in the Kop. Shankly would say the man under the Kop would head goals in and head them out, he referred to him as the invisible menace.
It's something I've been hugely proud of, to know my DNA is in that ground. My roots are part of one of the things that makes Liverpool special and unique.
My grandmother wrote to the club and Shankly replied personally. He was buried on a cold and frosty morning - his name was Henry Jones.
Rita: My Dad grew up on Wilburn Street. When he looked left out of his front door, Goodison Park was right there. Him and my whole family (bar one cousin on my Mum's side) were Evertonians.
As a child in the 70s, I didn't really get football apart from the goals, but the thing that made me support Liverpool was their song. I first heard You'll Never Walk Alone at the 1971 FA Cup final (we lost to Arsenal) and that was that.
By the 1974 FA Cup final (we beat Newcastle), my teddy bear was wearing a red and white scarf that my Mum had "helped" me knit and I had team posters on my bedroom wall. I've followed them ever since.
Rosario: I've been a Liverpool fan since I was 14 years old (now I'm 36).
In 2003, I was really looking for the shirt - in Argentina - but I couldn't find it anywhere! Each negative answer would give me the impetus to talk about the club and make it known. On every birthday, my grandfather would give me some VHS tapes to record Liverpool matches.
Then, in 2014, I realised my dream of travelling to England for the first time. I painted a Liverbird flag and took it to Anfield. Then I went back in 2016 and 2024.
This is a picture of my boyfriend proposing to me in May 2024 while we were doing the Anfield Stadium Tour. That day was very special also because I finally got to see my Anfield Stone outside the stadium for the first time. The ring is engraved with YNWA on the inside. It was an unforgettable trip - as I later got to attend Jürgen Klopp's last match, but I did it alone because my boyfriend went to London to see his beloved Arsenal. We met 15 years ago due to our passion for English football.
So join the conversation and send your best photos about why you love Liverpool.
Your first visit to the stadium? A special kit? An amazing away trip?
