Inside story of hostile and exhausting Liverpool £300m FSG deal - 'It was like Terminator 2'

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It's quite the mark-up.The week commencing October 11 is likely the only one featuring a Merseyside derby in Liverpool's existence where a clash with Everton had been reduced to an afterthought.A 2-0 defeat during the ill-fated and mercifully short-lived regime of Roy Hodgson was a regrettable outcome at Goodison Park, but the real result had come just a couple of days earlier, when a triumphant Martin Broughton and Christian Purslow stood on the steps of the High Court, celebrating a cup final victory for the "home team" - the phrase they referred to themselves as during their attempts to heave Hicks and Gillett out of a position they should never have been allowed to reside in.Hicks and Gillett did not go without a fight, though. Once you’d defeated one, they came back with another one and they were very persistent, they wouldn’t let it go.

And they just kept trying different tactics.“There were days we were in court and we would be successful, get the result we wanted and we would go to bed, wake up and there would be another one the next morning where we found out they had gone to Texas. Hundreds of jubilant Liverpool supporters celebrated outside the High Court as a new dawn approached for their football club.Fifteen years on from what has come to represent a landmark event in the 133-year history of the club, former chairman Broughton reflected to the ECHO: "I admire FSG's timing and what they have done with it to build the value but I admire they have done everything they have said they would do."They have invested in the ground, they have made the physical infrastructure in the ground change, which some people said wouldn't be possible."They have invested in the team, finding the right managers and despite the fact they have spent a lot of money this summer, if you look at it in an overall context, they have been rational and sensible in their transfer dealings."They haven't gone to just splash the cash for the sake of it.

And they have been there for 15 years now, they haven't come in, made a quick buck and moved on."At some stage, no doubt, they'll sell but they have shown they can be long-term owners and that is the main thing. They are genuine owners, real interest in the club, the fans, understanding it and did everything they have said and are still investing to take it forward.