This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo, giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.

Hello everybody, welcome to Anfield Extra from the Liverpool Echo.

I'm Andy Kelly and I'm joined by my colleague Neil Jones.

And today we're delighted to be joined by Sir Martin Broughton.

Sir Martin was the chairman of Liverpool for a tempestuous period in 2010,

perhaps one of the most dramatic few months in the club's history,

and we've come down to London to have a chat with him about those few months

and try and put a bit more meat on the bone of what exactly went on in those those dramatic

few months in the closing months of the Hicks and Gillette period at

Liverpool.

So Mark, thanks very much for joining us.

Can you just take us back to your first knowledge of Liverpool in the sense of potentially becoming a significant figure at the club?

You made no secret of the fact you've been a long time Chelsea fan but

just if you can tell supporters but why you were asked to come on board and what

your role was likely to be at the football club?

Well it's a strange background really. I had approached a very good friend, the guy called Michael Klein, to help me think about raising

money for a sports investment business that I was starting with my son and three other guys.

And that was like on the Thursday.

And he came up with a few ideas.

And on the Saturday... few ideas. On Saturday he rang me and said things have changed. So what do you mean?

I said, well last night I met with Tom Hicks and George July at Liverpool.

We're asking him also for advice.

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