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Behind the Badge: 'Klopp and LFC can inspire action on social issues'

It’s pretty obvious what will come out of Andrea Cooper’s mouth next. The Liverpool-raised head of the LFC Foundation is, unfortunately, a childhood Evertonian.

But, to be honest, it’s hard to hold it against someone who, over the course of an hour-long sitdown at the club’s Chapel Street headquarters, lifts the lid on a tireless commitment to making the lives of the less fortunate better.

Expanding on her upbringing in the south-end suburb of Mossley Hill, Andrea recalls: “My family is an Everton family and football was always a big part of my life growing up. Going to school in the 80s, when Liverpool and Everton were winning everything, all the conversation was always about football.