On Thursday, two new pieces of artwork were unveiled to commemorate three true legends of Liverpool Football Club: Phil Neal, Ian Callaghan, and John Barnes. The murals, created by the brilliant Murwalls, feature the players’ faces enlarged next to smaller action shots in the famous red shirt. The murals took an impressive three days to paint and can be found at the end of one house on Randolph Street and just a hundred yards away on Balfour Street, both near Anfield Stadium.
Phil Neal, the club’s most decorated player who won four European Cups and played 417 consecutive games for Liverpool, was moved to tears at the unveiling. “It means the world to me,” he said. “To be recognised alongside a man [Callaghan] who settled me in here because I sat next to him in the dressing room. To see action me and Cally, and then photos, me and Cally, wow. It’s probably the only one I could have picked in the dressing room who really influence me wholly. It’s staggering honestly.” John Barnes, who lit up Anfield and played in one of the Reds’ most entertaining sides after arriving in 1987, was similarly impressed by his artwork, signing his name alongside the mural.
This Is Anfield will have interviews with John, Phil and Ian next week. If you’re a Liverpool fan, be sure to check out these incredible murals before the game against Forest on Saturday!