This is a Liverpool Echo podcast on Anfield Plus, the home of your daily

podcast bringing you the inside track from Liverpool FC.

Hello and welcome to a very special Anfield Plus podcast featuring two people who are enjoying a

summit they will not forget my name is poor weilock and we're delighted to be

joined by Jamie Webster whose brilliant rendition of L. A. L. A. L. A.

was the soundtrack to Liverpool FC's run to the Champions League final.

Hi Jamie, hello.

And we're also delighted to be joined by Dan Nicholson

who's boss night gave Jamie his platform

and who like Jamie is just back from accompanying Liverpool FC on the

tour of America and trip to Dublin. Hi Daniel okay. Hello and finally co-host in

this podcast with me is my echo colleague Paul Philbin who follows Liverpool FC home and away and who was there the night that L. A L. A L. A was sung or chanted for the first time.

We'll come to that night in a moment but before that let's start with American in Dublin.

How did it all come about and was it as good as it looks and sounded?

I can answer yeah it was as good and as looked it's probably even better but I think

Dan will be best to tell you I would all come about yeah I think it was just

after the success of Shevchenko Park really I think it took a lot of people the successor

Chevchenko Park rarely. I think it took a lot of people by surprise.

I certainly didn't say us by surprise because I think we knew, you know, what it was

going to be like and that beast would have turned into on that day in Kyiv.

But I think post that, the conversation just continued with the club.

And there's a real positive feeling around what happened in Shepchenko Park in certain key people of the club. of

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