TV documentary to look at Liverpool FC

Liverpool have granted behind-the-scenes access for a six-episode TV documentary series.

US channel Fox Soccer says the series entitled Our Liverpool: Never Walk Alone will air later this year in the US and be made available to other networks around the world.

“I come from a background where the more supporters get to know the inside workings of the club the more they are interested in the club itself,” said Liverpool chairman Tom Werner, who is also chairman of the Boston Red Sox.

“I am not fearful of showing some behind the scenes look at what’s going on because it will only increase awareness of the players.”

Liverpool remain hugely popular despite not having won the English league title since 1990.

This season they lie eighth with four games left.

However Liverpool have won the League Cup and will play Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley on May 5.

“I hope this proves to be such a success for Liverpool that other teams will open their doors and a project like this will not be seen as being so unique that it becomes part and parcel of every team,” Fox Sports chairman David Hill said on Thursday.

The parent company of the Red Sox bought Liverpool two years ago.

“I think we are interested in raising revenues so that we can be as competitive as possible with Manchester United and Arsenal and Chelsea,” Werner said.

“I see this as a mechanism to increase the club’s popularity.”

Fox says it’s the first time cameras have been allowed in Liverpool’s changing room at Anfield, its home since 1892.

Scott Boggins, formerly of HBO’s 24/7, is executive producer.

Hill still hopes Fox one day could televise a similar series about Manchester United and its manager Alex Ferguson.

“I would love to see Sir Alex do that,” he said.

“If people could see the real side of Sir Alex, they’d see what an incredibly bright person he really is.”

And the odds of that happening?

“At this stage, 100-1 against,” Hill said.

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