Bloody hell!
Frightened the life out of me.
When were you born, in 1923?
Well, I hope so!
Yeah, July 1923.
Liverpool won the league then.
I know, I celebrated!
Liverpool - the Second City of the Empire.
My name's Ken Hirst, I'm 98 years young
and I've been born and bred, brought up in Liverpool all my life.
A proper Scouser.
I support both teams in a way,
although I hope the other side across the park never go above us.
I'm a real Liverpudlian, I like to see the city do well.
My younger brother was a staunch Evertonian,
in fact I used to go to the games with him.
I think Everton were doing well at the time, so I thought, "I'll support the underdog."
The boys of the Liverpool club are out to win the premier trophy.
I went to my first game in the 1935/36 season. 13 years old.
I remember going on Christmas Day - we used to play on Christmas Day in those days -
and there were bench seats, I nearly got splinters.
Oh, the Kop was something special, really special.
It used to steam, of course there was smoking [allowed] in those days,
so with the smoke and the steam it used to fog up!
You could hardly see it at times, but the atmosphere was absolutely enormous.
AIR RAID SIREN WAILS
1939. After the years of rehabilitation, it was war again.
And Liverpool became the gateway to the Western Approaches.
I was called up in 1942, when I was 19.
Just prior to being called up we were bombed out at home.
I was shot through the back door by a landmine that went off in Booker Avenue.
During the war years I served in Europe, right through to Holland.
I would sooner forget that, in one way.
After the war years, I played football myself.
Then I started coming to Liverpool on a regular basis.
Albert Stubbins sticks in my mind.
We've had some good players, but he was it, absolutely.
The centre-forward Liddell presses on, and fires one home!
Liverpool one up in the first 18 minutes.
Billy was my favourite at the time. Oh, I can't speak too highly of him.
For me, he was half the team whenever he was playing.
When Liverpool were relegated I had tears in my eyes, I don't think I slept for a week.
Cry, cry, cry.
But I recovered in the end!
Is this the history of Liverpool?
Here we go.
There's Bill.
The most important person, I think, that pulled Liverpool out of the mire.
There's all the boys, Ian St John...
Sir Roger Hunt. No two ways - 'Sir Roger'.
Oh, Tommy Smith. What a player, what a player.
By Jove, I wonder how many fouls he did in his lifetime. Not many...!
Kenny Dalglish with the cup.
Oh, what a magnificent man.
Liverpool through and through.
And every time I come to Anfield, before I sit down I salute him.
I hope he sees me doing it, I know he's at the back of me!
Graeme Souness.
Oh...still going strong, isn't he?
Tough. Knew what he was doing all the time, could read the game very well indeed.
Still does.
Oh, Robbie!
Again, local lad.
He was only five foot odd, wasn't he? He was nearly as tall as me, and I'm 5'7".
Stevie with the cup.
Is that Carragher?
Yeah.
What do you say? Two local lads, worshipped them both.
They're still carrying on, doing well for the club and for the surroundings.
And looking after people, Liverpudlians, as well.
Is this the Liverpool changing room?
"This is Anfield."
HE CHUCKLES
I'm walking on hallowed ground.
Not having any sons,
two daughters that haven't got the slightest bit of interest in football.
Fortunately, two grandsons that I managed to...not persuade,
because they were born in Liverpool, they like Liverpool and they've only heard of Liverpool!
They're following it too, alright.
It's kept me going, the love of football.
And of course winning.
Salah...worshipped.
And Mane.
I bow to them.
And of course we've got the best centre-half in the middle now, don't we? Virgil.
Marvellous. They make me feel a lot younger every time I watch them.
What footballers.
That's my favourite manager, I think of all time.
He's the best man-manager I think we've ever had.
Definitely.
Paisley, he won, what, 20-odd trophies?
I hope Klopp stays with us and does the same.
I've held some form of season ticket ever since 1955.
I've missed only a handful of games.
So...I like Liverpool!
I'm sure there's nobody in the galaxy that's better than Liverpool.
There might be a few stars there, but no stars better than ours.
Best days of my life.