Woods’ love of Liverpool is partly right down to his dad, Dale, who was a steward at Anfield, whereas brother Connor, 26, was as soon as a part of Liverpool’s academy and now performs for Warrington City in Nationwide League North.
Saturday won’t be the primary time Woods, who was introduced up in Skelmersdale, west Lancashire, has stepped foot on Liverpool’s pitch.
He remembers the time he was chased off the Anfield taking part in floor after watching his brother play an academy sport.
“I used to be solely 5, I jumped over the wall and ran on,” he laughs. “I used to be simply working round in circles. My mum and pa have been screaming at me to get off.”
Across the similar time he had his image taken with the Champions League trophy quickly after Rafael Benitez’s Liverpool overcame AC Milan in a dramatic 2005 ultimate.
Woods additionally recollects assembly Ian Rush, Liverpool’s file scorer with 346 targets, when he was rising up.
“I used to be with my mum in Liverpool and received an image with him,” he says.
Rush’s identify featured in an iconic Nineteen Eighties tv milk advert that includes two younger Liverpool followers.
One tells the opposite that Rush had advised him that if he did not drink milk, he would solely be adequate to play for Accrington Stanley, who have been within the Northern Premier League when the advert first aired.
The opposite fan asks, “Accrington Stanley, who’re they?”, to which the primary replies, “Precisely.”
“Sure, I’ve seen it,” says Woods in regards to the advert. “It is humorous as a result of every time I point out to somebody I play for Accrington Stanley, they all the time deliver that advert up.”
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