Liverpool, a city with great heart

The attack on Irish man and Liverpool supporter Sean Cox last week was a horrific reminder of football’s bad old days, but it has brought out the best of this welcoming city

The brutal assault of Irishman Sean Cox outside Anfield last Tuesday was a reminder of football’s darkest days. But as he recovers in a Liverpool hospital this weekend he can be assured of the love and support from a city and its people that are without equal.

In the words of his own family, Cox, a father-of-three from Dunboyne in Co Meath, “adores” Liverpool Football Club and had come to Anfield to watch ...