 | We ask Troy Hawke “why Jan Molby?” as new mural unveiled for “Scousest Dane” |
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Jan Molby has become the latest Liverpool legend to be immortalised in paint, thanks to a little help from MurWalls, who brought Troy Hawke and the former Red together for the first time. When comedian Troy Hawke made a throwaway comment about a footballer he remembered from his youth, little did he know he’d one day meet his Danish ‘idol’. Located on Sybil Road, next to the mural and just a stone’s throw from Anfield, the area’s newest mural depicts Liverpool legend Jan Molby on a Panini sticker style design with the caption ‘What would Jan Molby do?’ MurWalls are the team behind several of the murals around Anfield and they set up the meeting between the unlikely pair. When Hawke and Molby, who made 292 Liverpool appearances between 1985 and 1995, finally met at the art piece’s unveiling, they embraced in a hug. Standing in the snow, seeing his enlarged face on the wall for the first time, Molby told This Is Anfield: “I like it.
Around Anfield and the city centre, many of the city’s walls are adorned with footballing heroes as well as musical greats.
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