KEVIN MCCALLUM: It’s a new dawn at Anfield and a few other places
The US owners of Liverpool needed time to find out what the difference between an English football club and the Boston Sox is, but their investment has paid off
There was talk of new dawns around the world on Wednesday morning. In Soweto, the president of SA was voting, telling all that it felt like 1994 all over again, when democracy was fresh, hopeful and unsullied. Cyril Ramaphosa needs his citizens to believe in him and, by extension, his party, in the new dawn he has promised. In Liverpool, fans woke up believing after a night when belief was suspended at Anfield. Had that really happened? Had they just overcome a three-goal deficit against Barcelona? Had they just nullified Lionel Messi, the greatest player in the world outside of Cristiano Ronaldo’s ego? Had they taken a look at the 50-1 odds offered on them winning the tie and going through and made a mockery of them? They had. And they believed. James McKenna, a fan and a member of Spirit of Shankly, an independent supporters’ trust, told the Guardian: “It does feel like there is a new dawn and nobody could have known how meaningful You’ll Never Walk Alone would be: we’ve walked th...
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