Sweet Silver Song

George Sephton, for 53 years the man behind the microphone at Anfield, was held at gunpoint at three consecutive European Cup finals. He talks of the Heysel disaster, how it unfolded, the aftermath and the long term effects of Heysel and Hillsborough on Liverpool FC. 

We discuss the Hillsborough survivors’ trauma, some of the causes of the Hillsborough disaster, how the Police caused the crush outside the Leppings Lane turnstile and Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield’s incompetence. The cover up, and finally we get the truth but not justice. 

Arrivederci Roma 

Those great European nights, Internazionale, St Etienne, Barcelona 2001. UEFA Cup final v Alaves in Dortmund.  Gary Mac, Michael Thomas and other Reds stars.

Applauding Leeds United and Arsenal winning the League Championship at Anfield. Throwing Tom Watts (Lofty from Eastenders) out of George’s box.

Chelsea 2005, Anfield bouncing, 6 added minutes, Eidur Goodjohnsen, Mourinho caught out lying, 

Barcelona 2019, YNWA, Imagine, George’s music choices. Paul McCartney, Teardrop Explodes, 

What is Sweet Silver Song?

Sweet Silver Song is a podcast that tells you the stories of Liverpool Football Club, one of the world’s greatest teams, six times European champions and followed by over 770 million people worldwide.

My name is Mark Kerr, a lifelong Liverpool supporter, who has been watching my team since 1965. I will be talking to people who know this club, who work there and have played for it. Week by week, we will fill you in on the amazing stories that make our club the worldwide institution it is today.

We will talk about Istanbul, that Barca match and Borussia Dortmund at Anfield. But we will also talk about losing 5-1 to Ajax in the fog, a 9-1 defeat at Birmingham City and being knocked out of the FA Cup by a non league team in 1959!

We will remember the great players, not just Salah, Gerrard and Virgil, but our great Scots like Kenny, Graeme Souness and Billy Liddell, Welsh wizards like Rush, and local lads like Jimmy Melia, Jimmy Case and Jimmy Payne.

There are millions of stories about our great club and we look forward to sharing some of them with you.