WHENEVER I HEAR THAT SONG

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Strangely, I cannot remember who the opposition team was as I only had eyes for Chelsea as that was the team Dad supported.

HBSE are understood to retain an interest in investment opportunities with both Liverpool and Manchester United, and they also have a relationship with institutional investors Arctos Sports Partners, a private equity firm that has stakes in multiple US sports teams as well as being a partner of Liverpool owners FSG since 2021. Today things have changed so much that recuper­ation can be amazingly fast for the determined, but it took a lot longer back then. Sir Martin, who sat down for an exclusive chat with the ECHO to coincide with the release of his brand new book 'Whenever I Hear That Song', explained what current chairman Tom Werner told him when he contacted the Reds chief about the long-term plans for the club.He had spent most of his teenage years from the age of 11 to 18 in hospital with tuberculosis of the left leg. When, in turn, he retired after 11 years at the helm, it was a very different and even more successful company. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. That loss, and the sale of their shares in the club for nothing rather than the fat profit they envisaged, has been wrought by Broughton, the blue-chip chairman who kept his counsel for months, then came out fighting so defiantly last week. I managed to stay in the ‘A’ stream throughout but on average came about 30th in a class of 33, Steve was usually about one or two places behind me but each year three were relegated.

In a ground that could hold 75,000 for a First Division match, there must have been all of 2,000 attending. If there was any variety it was on Wednesday or Thursday and my favourite was Toad in the Hole, usually made with sausages but sometimes with lamb noisettes. It’s easy to connect and learn from and written in a style that tells you everything about sir Martin - fast moving, varied, direct and honest. Martin recounts his start at the very bottom of the commercial ladder and his subsequent rise to some of the most prestigious and demanding boardrooms in the country. It’s easy to read and told with a sense of humour - you end the book feeling like you have learned quite a lot about how those industries work - some of which are quite dysfunctional!My leaving school report shows I came 13th out of 40 pupils in the class and the teacher’s remarks were ‘Both he and Stephen appear models of brotherly behaviour and are popular with their classmates although they seem content just to have each other’s company. I recently discovered my old school reports which were full of words like ‘satisfactory’, ‘works steadily’, ‘weaknesses revealed in examinations’, ‘creditable progress’ none of which gave any hint to the future that awaited. Broughton said the fact the judge, Mr Justice Floyd, agreed, ruling that Hicks and Gillett committed "the clearest possible breach" of their agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland, had won Broughton, Purslow and Ayre their case.

When Dave Dick rode ESB past the winning post he became probably the most ignored Grand National winner in history. There was still no heating so sometimes in winter we woke to frost on the inside of the windows, but this was heaven.There were 33,000 watching, which although only half full, seemed massive and a little intimidating to us at first.