A small group of volunteers – and the army of fans behind them – helped defeat giants’ masterplan
Joe Blott was at his mother-in-law’s last Sunday. It was her 83rd birthday and Blott, the chair of the Liverpool supporters’ group Spirit of Shankly, and his wife had popped into the garden to say hello.
His phone started buzzing. Blott switched it to silent, but the caller persisted. Annoyed, he apologised, took the phone from his pocket and saw a message from Kevin Miles, the chief executive of the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA). “Can you ring me urgently?” it read. “We’ve got something major going on in Europe.”
