Twelve years have now passed since this writer spent one of his most unproductive days at work ever, constantly pressing F5 on a keyboard.
The reason for this act of apparent lunacy was a fairly serious one, at least as far as I was concerned. Holed up in a London High Court room were representatives of Tom Hicks and George Gillett, desperately trying to hold onto ownership of Liverpool Football Club. In the opposite corner were Ian Broughton, Christian Purslow and Ian Ayre, a trio who were trying to push through the sale of the club to New England Sports Ventures (NESV).
My mission was a simple one, follow a live blog online and pray to God that the Reds' current 'custodians' were stripped of their asset and passed to a new owner who could rebuild the club and push it towards future success.
