My First Liverpool Game Was The Last Time We Lost In The League At Anfield - as remembered by 10 year old Tom Smyth
Going to watch Liverpool from across the Irish Sea takes some organising. There are two ticket sales for the season, one in the summer for the first half of games and one in November for the rest. My mate Damian (Smiddy), was planning on surprising his son Tom with a trip to Anfield for his 7th birthday in April and I was able to get us all tickets for Crystal Palace at the end of that month. We decided we would fly over on the morning of the game and fly back after which makes for very a long day but saves on the added cost of staying in a hotel. It's something I'd done a lot when I was going over to games on my own and Smiddy felt that Tom would be able to handle it. The next part is waiting for TV to dictate when the game will actually be played and then book flights. This wasn't finalised until the end of February. The game was scheduled for Sunday 23rd April 2017, a date that still resonates today. As it was a 4.30pm kick off, we didn't have to fly at stupid o'