Liverpool v Brentford won't be the same as familiar Anfield face will be missing

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According to his family, he had come through the procedure successfully before catching a virus and deteriorating rapidly.His death has left a huge void for families and friends, who described him as "everyone's rock".Tilly said: "He was a character. Everything had to be posted online for him, and then he'd spend all night checking how many likes he had."He was such a big family person.

When he lost more mobility, he mainly stopped doing the away trips apart from the big games and Wembley."His last home game was Liverpool against Chelsea on May 9. At first we weren't sure if he should go, but we just knew he needed to."Sam had held a season ticket since the 1960s and had only recently renewed it before his death.Tilly added: "He sat in the best seat ever, right behind the goal in the Kop.

Every time he spotted himself on TV, he'd pause it."Tilly said family members without tickets for Sunday's match still plan to travel to the ground to feel part of the occasion, while her uncles will attend inside the stadium.The family hope Liverpool supporters will now help give Sam the "send-off he deserves"."We just know how much it would mean to my grandad," Tilly said. "Liverpool was his whole world, and people remembering him for the person he was and everything he'd been through and become, it would mean so much."We're pushing so hard and using every contact we can just to ask people to make this happen."