There should be no doubting Tom Hicks and George Gillett's commitment to Liverpool - in an American way.
Birmingham City managing director Karren Brady revealed in her diary in The Sun: "I've heard about wearing your heart on your sleeve but wearing your club crest on your boots, that's ridiculous. A Liverpool pal tells me the club's American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have taken to wearing hand-stitched cowboy boots with exactly that."