All Liverpool supporters feel a special connection to the club they adore, but the mascot for this evening's clash with Arsenal enjoys a relationship with the Reds that runs a little deeper.

That is because 11-year-old Jack Richards, who will lead the team out alongside the captain against the Gunners, just so happens to be a distant relative of William Barclay - Liverpool’s first-ever manager.

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