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And they were all here to attend, with or without an invite.

Liverpool team bus arrives at Anfield ahead of potential title clincher against Tottenham

Yet perhaps most pivotally of all, there was no global pandemic.

Five years on from the Premier League title celebration Liverpool fans were denied en masse – and 35 years or 12,783 days since their last top-flight title with spectators in the stands – a sea of red rejoiced and basked and drunk and laughed under the blue sky on this merriest of Merseyside occasions.

To understand the euphoric Anfield scenes at the climax of what was, ultimately and inevitably, an utterly dominant victory against a beleaguered Tottenham side, you have to take it back to two dates: 28 April 1990 and 25 June 2020.

The former: Alan Hansen is the captain as Liverpool claim their 18th first division title, their 10th in 15 years, after a 2-1 win against QPR.

Jordan Henderson dons the armband as Liverpool land their 19th top-flight title, their first in 30 years.



A fan celebrates Liverpool's 20th top-flight title (Kieran Jackson/The Independent)Red mist still filled the skies after full-time (Kieran Jackson/The Independent)

“We’ve waited for so long,” says the Main Stand ticket holder, who passes his seat to family and fellow members when unable to attend.



A garage in Liverpool in tribute to former goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek (Kieran Jackson/The Independent)Liverpool turned red after the title win (Getty Images)

“How much was that top online then,” one fan asks his pal, sporting a mid-1990s replica shirt.
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