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Brendan Rodgers set his sights on making history of his own after opening the Liverpool FC story at Anfield.

The Reds boss was given a guided tour of the club’s new interactive museum by curator Stephen Done.

Rodgers has always embraced the Reds’ glorious past and he relished taking a close look at the glittering collection of memorabilia stretching back to Liverpool’s formation in 1892.

“One of the first things I did when I came to Liverpool was to come here with my family and take a walk around the museum,” Rodgers said.

“When I got the invitation to come to the new museum I was intrigued to find out what it was like.

“It was brilliant to have a look around, reminisce, and see what some players have given to the museum – from Alan Hansen’s European Cup winners medals to Jamie Carragher ’s last shirt he wore against QPR.

"The rich history of this club was a big reason why I came here. The Liverpool story is immense. The legend will always live here because it’s a remarkable history with the great players and managers.

“I will always respect that. We are a modern club trying to progress but a big part of this club is its history – that will never be allowed to be forgotten.

“The museum just magnifies the size of the job I have here, but it also provides inspiration and a big motivation to be successful.

“I only hope and pray that one day I can add something so that when I’m long gone from Liverpool there’s something to mark my time here.”

VIDEO: New interactive LFC museum opens at Anfield

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One of Rodgers’ first acts as Liverpool boss was to reintroduce the old ‘This is Anfield’ sign from the 1970s in the tunnel and bring back red nets. There is another nod to the club’s past in the pipeline.

“The sign and the nets were things which were important for supporters and it was important for me that they saw that I understood the great history,” he added.

“I keep getting reminded that I’ve only got one thing still to put in place which is the triangles on the corner flags. That will maybe come one day.

“Part of being Liverpool manager is to embrace what supporters love. I am a supporter myself. The only difference is that I get the chance to be on the touchline on matchdays.”

The opening of the Liverpool FC Story marked the realisation of a dream for curator Stephen Done.

Rather than going in chronological order, it’s broken down into areas dedicated to Reds goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers.

It means that the shirt Jamie Carragher wore on his farewell appearance against QPR back in May sits alongside legendary Reds captain Alex Raisbeck’s Scotland jersey from an international against England in 1907.

Billy Liddell’s steel toe capped boots are beside those worn by Kevin Keegan, Philippe Coutinho and Jerome Sinclair, the youngest player in the club’s history.

Done said: “It’s involved a lot of hard work from a huge team of us but it’s been worth it.

“I’ve been dreaming of seeing the museum refurbished and made more fit for purpose for many years. It’s wonderful to stand here now and say this is a museum to be proud of.

“It looks very modern and fresh but has history from 1892 through to the modern day.

“The concept is what I like – trying to break the club down into its constituent parts. The reason for doing it by playing positions is to put the old and the new side by side. For example, the great Elisha Scott is next to Pepe Reina. Younger supporters can really identity then.

“There’s the part on the heart of this club which is the supporters.

"That leads on to the twin tragedies of Heysel and Hillsborough, and then there’s the crowning glory - the great European successes with our five European Cups on display – and then you have the managers.”

The array of artefacts includes Kenny Dalglish’s prized Liverpool shirt with No 3 on the back and John Barnes’ ECHO Sports Personality of the Year award from 1990.

“It’s the first Liverpool shirt Kenny ever wore,” Done said.

“It was only for a practise match and they just dished out the shirts and you got whatever you were given.

“At the end Ronnie Moran asked for them back but Kenny said no chance. No-one ever saw Kenny wear it but to him it means everything.

“John Barnes’ ECHO trophy is an interesting one as somewhere along the line it got put in a cupboard at Melwood and forgotten about.

“When Sports Personality of the Year came around in 1991 they couldn’t find the trophy and a new one was made.

“Then in 1997/98 someone found it at Melwood and the ECHO said we could keep it. It’s a bit of a treasured object.

“My personal favourite here is Sir Roger Hunt’s World Cup winners medial from 1966. It’s a very rare thing and a beautiful object.

“Then there’s the Champions League trophy from 2005. On May 27 that year I was handed it in my office to put on display. I have a bond with that as just about half the world does who watched that amazing game.

“Everyone knows it’s the real thing as it’s got a dent in it from where one of the players celebrating in Istanbul dropped it on a piano.”

Visitors to the Liverpool FC Story are guided around by Kop legend Phil Thompson, who is the voice of the interactive headsets.

“When I was asked to do the narration I was privileged,” he said.

“I stood on the Kop as a kid and at 15 years of age I joined Liverpool under Bill Shankly.

“I look at the photo of me holding the European Cup – to lift the biggest and best trophy in world football as captain of my hometown team was such a special moment.

“This is the story of the life of our football club and I’m proud to have been a part of it.

“There are some fascinating facts like Phil Neal playing 417 games in a row before getting injured against Man United, missing three games and then coming back to play another 127 successive matches. Characters like that make this club.

“I love the way Brendan Rodgers has embraced that history. It’s what I tried to tell the players they needed to do when I was assistant manager to Gerard Houllier.

“There’s the chance to make yourself a legend by going and winning trophies.”

* For more information on the Liverpool FC Story visit www.liverpoolfc.com

Super addition to trophy haul

The Women’s Super League trophy recently won by Liverpool Ladies is among the collection of silverware on display in the new Liverpool FC Story.

Victorious clubmates Becky Easton and Sophia Riccio were at the launch of the new museum.

“It’s great to see the trophy here in the same building as the club’s five European Cups,” Easton said.

“It was amazing to win it and we’re still on a high. We don’t want to be one season wonders, we want to build on it and be a consistently good side.

“We want to follow what Arsenal Ladies have done over the past nine years. There are plans to improve our squad and we’re looking for bigger and better things.”

Riccio added: “There is a one-club mentality here and we really feel like we’re part of it at Liverpool.

“Everyone have made us feel really welcome and they want to see us do well. Hopefully we can put more trophies in this museum.”