'The ’90s is when football changed – overnight, we went from people who play football to superstars. I didn’t like being called the Spice Boys, though': Ex-Liverpool star reflects on major cultural shift in the sport

Mark Wright (right) and John Barnes with fellow Liverpool team mates on the pitch at Wembley before the start of the 1996 FA Cup final against Manchester United 11th May 1996. (Photo by Eddie Barford/Mirrorpix/Getty Images).

Football changed dramatically in the 1990s, with the advent of the Premier League, the European Cup switching to the Champions League and the increasing commercialisation of the sport all contributing to a more globalised product.

But while Manchester United dominated in England, Liverpool - the most successful side in the country until that point - were leading the way off the pitch, though not quite how fans would have wanted.