Paul Doyle pleaded guilty to 31 offences just minutes before the prosecution was due to open the case against him

As Liverpool FC’s title parade reached the end of its long and winding route through the city, with Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konaté perched precariously at the back of the team bus, fireworks erupted into the red-stained sky. Decades had passed since the players and fans had last been able to celebrate together as champions of England, with Arne Slot following in the footsteps which Jurgen Klopp had navigated behind closed doors in 2020.

More than a million supporters, from Merseyside and far beyond, had lined the streets to mark the occasion. Social media was awash with images of platforms at train stations across the north which were jam-packed with passengers intent

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