IT WAS a match Ronnie Harrison and Clive Hartley would not have wanted to miss.
So Reds fan Karl Howard took his uncle Ronnie and friend Clive's ashes with him to Istanbul to witness their team win the Champions League in spectacular style.
Tucked away in his pocket, in two red envelopes, were his friends' ashes.
As Liverpool clinched victory in a nailbiting penalty shoot-out, an ecstatic Karl threw a handful of Ronnie and Clive's ashes into the air, showering celebrating fans.
Today, on the anniversary of the victory, Karl told the ECHO: "Never again will anyone see football like that, but for us the memory of our two mates being with us and sharing everything is just alittle bit special."
Karl, 30, of Kirkby, added: "No way were Ronnie and Clive missing the game. As Jamie Carragher started to run at the fans, up in the air went the ashes of our two mates and into the Istanbul night.
"Then they came down over all over ecstatic Reds fans. A stranger felt something on his hair and said: 'what's that?'. When we told him he was a bit uneasy with it at first, but his mates were choked and thought the gesture was brilliant."
