On October 7, 1998, a young Scouser was born in West Derby, Liverpool.
Almost ten years had passed since the Hillsborough Tragedy, and it had been almost nine years since Liverpool FC had last won the league.
That young lad would grow up to love the game of football, from pickup games in the streets and parks of West Derby, to joining the Liverpool Academy - aged just six.
Fast forward exactly ten years, and Liverpool had re-won every single trophy in football ... but still hadn't won the league.
That young lad was now a teenager, acting as a ballboy at Anfield on April 27, 2014, watching on as club legend Steven Gerrard infamously slipped against Chelsea, costing The Reds a goal, and, eventually, the league title.
A year later a certain Jurgen Klopp took the wheel, and - despite the team's state of disarray - promised to turn the fans "from doubters to believers".
In 2016, Klopp would give our young lad from West Derby his first ever game; a 2-1 cup win over Tottenham Hotspur.
And then, at 8:38pm, on June 24, 2020, that same young lad would curl in sumptuous free-kick, giving Liverpool the lead over Crystal Palace, a game they would go on to completely dominate and win 4-0 inside an empty Anfield, due to the current Covid pandemic.
That young lad, now twenty-one, is called Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Like many other Liverpool supporters, he hadn't seen The Reds lift the league trophy in his entire lifetime.
But, just twenty-four hours after scoring that sensational freekick, he would be part of the team that made history.
Having only lost one game all season, The Reds were on the verge of finally winning it.
They were twenty-three (yes, twenty-three) points clear of closest rivals Manchester City, the current title holders.
The day after Liverpool's 4-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace, City lost to, of all teams, Chelsea, and the title was Liverpool's.
During a period of time in which The Berlin Wall came down, social media was invented, and Liverpool had nine different managers, winning 14 other trophies, there was no league title for The Reds.
The importance of the victory for the city cannot be overstated.
Liverpool has suffered economic depression, neglect from the central government by way of under-funding and job cuts, and tragedy.
Football has always been the people's sport, a release for fans after a tough week in the cotton mills, shipyards, or mines.
But in recent decades, that has been dubious, as more and more money pours into the game, ticket prices increase, and elitism occurs, even amongst rivals fans where once there was solidarity (fans from London-based teams such as Chelsea often make a point of waving five pound notes at fans of Northern teams, and singing about unemployment).
But this felt like a victory for the people.
Ever since Klopp first came to Liverpool, he always made it about the supporters, about the strength if collective togetherness.
Embodying the spirit of legendary manager Bill Shankly, who idolised the supporters, and they him, Klopp has reignited the fire underneath Liverpool Football Club.
He knows how much football means to the city, and understands how vital it is to thrive off the power of the supporters; The Twelfth Man.
All the way back in 2015, at the very start of Klopp's tenure, he was ridiculed online for making the team salute the fans after a 2-2 draw with West Brom.
People claimed that he was cheapening the prestige and stature of the club by celebrating such a measly result.
But they didn't get it.
It wasn't a celebration - it was showing appreciation and gratitude towards fans who had likely been saving up and looking forward to the game all week.
Those who ridiculed Klopp and Liverpool back then are keeping quiet now.
We should always prove people wrong with our actions, not words.
It's so easy to criticise from the sidelines.
Petty jabs have been a common feature both from opposition fans and players:
from Everton's Richarlison claiming that "there are better defenders" than Premier League, UEFA, and PFA Player of the Year Virgil Van Dijk , to Manchester City's Raheem Sterling (an ex-Liverpool player himself) squaring up to Joe Gomez while training as England teammates.
The fact that most people are against you and want to see you fail shows that you're doing something right.
And Liverpool have done something right.
Quite a few things.
They've won the Premier League with seven games still to go (a new record), have won twenty-three consecutive home league games (another record), eighteen consecutive league games (record), and are on track to finish with over 100 league points, which, needless to say, will be a new record.
Perseverance epitomises this club.
After losing the Champions League Final in 2018, Liverpool came back to win it in 2019.
After missing out on the Premier League in 2019 by just one point, Liverpool have come back to win it in 2020.
Despite Coronavirus.
They are, in the words of Jurgen Klopp, "mentality monsters".
You may not be a Liverpool fan.
You may not even be a football fan.
But you can appreciate the magnitude of this victory.
And you can channel some of it into your own life.
Have more belief.
Work harder.
Achieve your wildest dreams.
And remember, You'll Never Walk Alone.
Until the next time...