Son of club owner flees from irate Liverpool fans

The son of one of Liverpool Football Club’s unpopular owners had to flee a tough Anfield pub after fans turned on him.

Tom Hicks Jnr decided to go for a pint of lager at Anfield’s Sandon pub after Liverpool beat Middlesbrough 3-2 on Saturday.

The 6ft 4in Texan talked for a few minutes with Scousers grilling him about controversy surrounding the historic club.

The scene soon turned ugly however with Hicks Jnr being spat at and showered with a pint before his minders formed a ring round him and escorted him to a waiting people carrier.

Tony Barrett, LFC writer for the city’s Echo newspaper, was in the pub.

He wrote today: “A volley of protest songs – aired with increasing regularity on the Kop in recent months – rang out throughout the pub and the venom being directed at Hicks junior was plain for all to see.

“All of a sudden, his smile was replaced by a grimace of concern.

“And as the volume was cranked up still further by the swollen crowd, Tommy’s facial expression quickly changed.

“It appeared to say: ’Get me out of here’ to his bodyguards.”

Hicks Jnr had been his father’s representative at Anfield on Saturday and would have heard anti-American jeers – directed at the instability the Americans have apparently brought to the club.

Saying he wanted an opportunity to talk to fans, Hicks Jnr told the Echo: “I respect that some patrons have major disagreements with us, but that comes with the territory.

“I did have several constructive conversations in my short visit and look forward to following up with them next time I am in Liverpool.”

Speculation continues that Hicks Snr and co-owner George Gillett may soon sell Liverpool to Dubai International Capital.

In recent months an LFC supporters’ union, the Sons of Shankly, was established to overthrow the American businessmen and moves were made by the fans themselves to buy the club.