WHENEVER I HEAR THAT SONG

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Few can have had as interesting or varied a career as Sir Martin Broughton – a very British businessman.

The year they got 97 points - higher than anyone has ever had to win the Premier League - and still not win it was crazy. Thus, was planted the kernel of this narrative which started out as nothing more than providing a history for the family to learn more about the life I have been privileged to lead. That wasn’t the case in Brazil or Argentina – in South America football is certainly the common language. Totopoly started a lifetime of interest in racing, but I never imagined I would get to be so involved in the world of horseracing. The ruling was described by the fans' group Kop Faithful as "It's like a huge cloud has been lifted off us.Sir Martin Broughton’s colourful life and business career is detailed in his recently published memoir, Whenever I Hear That Song, which charts his rise from a working- class background in west London and early days as a chartered accountant to high-flying positions with British American Tobacco (BAT) and British Airways. Such was the ultimate respect of the Liverpool supporters for him that the Kop sang with gusto "There's only one Martin Broughton.

It’s easy to connect and learn from and written in a style that tells you everything about sir Martin - fast moving, varied, direct and honest.

If there is an investor that wants to come, we'd certainly be willing to look at that and we wouldn't be at all surprised if we didn't get either and we continued to hold it. According to my sister, Viv, his 21st birthday lasted three days and three nights playing the drums, but this depicts a father I simply don’t recognise. He is a Chelsea fan, and as the chairman of British Airways and previously British American Tobacco (BAT), not the most obviously sympathetic figure to the Anfield faithful.

Martin recounts his start at the very bottom of the commercial ladder and his subsequent rise to some of the most prestigious and demanding boardrooms in the country.We were part of the remainder so were put to the side as Frost wanted all those dressed alike in the centre for the cameras. It’s easy to read and told with a sense of humour - you end the book feeling like you have learned quite a lot about how those industries work - some of which are quite dysfunctional!

It means I can appreciate the quality of Liverpool’s game off the ball as much as the amazing attack on the ball. The bathtub was filled by water heated up in a kettle on the stove so took quite a long time to get ready.I think what we should all be looking for is good - better than we’ve had - financial fair play rules which bring a sensible deliverable process,” says Sir Martin. We even wrote out newspaper articles giving our tips and writing up reports on the previous days racing. There was not much money for ‘extra-curricular’ activities, but Dad introduced us to football in the 1954–55 season when we were seven. Until Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea (in 2003), I think you had a decade where nine out of the 10 years it was Manchester United or Arsenal [who won it].