Travelling to the USA as part of our pre-season preparation is commonplace now, but back in the late 1980s it was a practically new experience.
Just a few months after we clinched the league title in the most dramatic fashion at Anfield, beating Liverpool 2-0 in the last minute of the 1988/89 season thanks to Michael Thomas’s legendary goal, we flew off to Miami to take part in the Zenith Data Systems Challenge Trophy.
Not the most prestigious honour in our trophy cabinet, granted, but back then it was billed as an unofficial world title match – against Argentinian champions Independiente.