The view from Boston

Following NESV's purchase of Liverpool Football Club, we spoke to Tim Treacy of the Boston LFC Supporters' Club to get the lowdown on our new owners.

Tim, what is your reaction to today's news?

It's great news. All of the supporters I spoke to this morning in Boston have just been ecstatic. It's great news for Liverpool.

I guess NESV are heroes in Boston for what they have done at the Red Sox?

They do. The Red Sox were in a much worse situation than Liverpool (when John Henry took over), not in terms of debt but definitely in terms of winning anything. They hadn't won anything for over eighty years, then John Henry came along and two years later they landed their first title in eighty-six years.

He really listened to the fans, he had meetings with them and they told him they didn't want a new stadium so he redeveloped Fenway Park. He made the Red Sox into a worldwide brand and into arguably the second most popular sports team of any in the world.

What sort of a character is John Henry?

He's very reserved - a very quiet man. He's softly spoken and an all-round good guy. Since he came over to Boston and took over the Red Sox, in terms of charity alone he's spent about $40million. He gets involved in the community and he likes to make decisions with everyone involved, so I guess when it comes to making decisions for Liverpool Football Club he'll talk to players, he'll talk to management and he'll talk to fans.

Overall I think we've got a really good owner here and I'm very excited for the prospects of Liverpool Football Club.

Today's news came as a lift to all the fans here, is that the case for the many supporters of our club in America?

I would say yes. It's been a tough year and a half for us; a lot of our supporters were very concerned. It's come full circle for us now and our websites have exploded with well wishes. It's been a great time for us and hopefully it will be a great future for Liverpool.

Author: Phil Reade