Ciaran Hanley

This is not to criticise what was achieved or not achieved before, more to put into context why Klopp has been canonised by Liverpool fans. Liverpool won the league for the 18th time in 1990 under Kenny Dalglish, after that there were spells of 6 years and 7 years when we won absolutely nothing. That is a shock to the system when you've grown up watching your team win year after year - the double in 86, the league in 88, FA Cup in 89, league again in 1990. This doesn't tell the whole story because we also lost the World Club Final in 1984, the European Cup final in 1985, the League Cup Final in 1987, the FA Cup Final in 88 and the league at home to Arsenal in a final day decider, lost in the most dramatic of circumstances. We were also runners up in the league in 85 and 87. Simply put, Liverpool were always winning trophies or losing them. After that 1990 League triumph, it was business as usual in the 90/91 season as Liverpool topped the league approaching the business end but...

I try and get over to see Liverpool from Northern Ireland at least once a year. I'd love to go more, life and finances permitting but I'm delighted I got to see Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool this many times. There were much bigger games over the 9 years but these were mine and they tell a story of what it was like when he was our manager. Klopp achieved more in those 9 years than 8 Liverpool managers had achieved in the previous 25. 1. Man City Premier League March 2016 A few days after losing to them on penalties in the League Cup Final, I was at Anfield with my father in law, Ronnie, for an evening game against City. We beat them 3 nil. Raheem Sterling and his agent made such a big deal of getting out of Liverpool to go to City, this was his first time returning to Anfield. He was taken off at half time, such was the grief he was getting from the home fans. It was an evening game so we stayed overnight. The next day, Ronnie had me away up in Kirkby to see where he first worked...

My first game at Anfield was Liverpool v Chelsea in March 1994 and I remember it vividly. My da has no interest in football but his brother Jimmy, my uncle, was a red, although that wasn't always apparent to me. He never married and lived with my grandparents although I think he eventually bought the house they'd lived in for most of his life. My nana and granda spent their days in the kitchen but the front room was Jimmys. He drove buses for a living and then when he came home he just wanted his dinner and peace and quiet in the front room watching tv. We would visit nana and granda frequently and I'd always have conversations about football with my granda. Sometimes Jimmy would be there and sometimes he wouldn't. I don't remember talking to him about Liverpool or football but at some point I discovered he was a red and I remember being surprised. He bought me an official Liverpool annual after the double winning 1986 season. It wasn't like the normal red LFC a...