Liverpool fans set jersey record

PUCHONG: After a long 10-year wait, Liverpool FC did their fans proud last Wednesday morning by reaching the last four of Europe's premier cup competition, the Champions League, by knocking out mega-rich Manchester City over two legs.
To mark the historic occasion, the Liverpool official supporters club of Kuala Lumpur, or more popularly referred to as the KL Kopites, also created their own piece of history by getting into the Malaysia Book of Records.
These devoted supporters etched themselves into the Malaysia Book of Records for the Most Number of Liverpool football jerseys to be displayed in Malaysia.
The total number of authentic jerseys collected was 1,278, which was more than enough to be in the book of records.
Kopites president, Sashi Nair, said although it looked easy, the planning and logistics to get the jerseys was a challenge.
"We took about two months to put this all together, we gathered jerseys in Malaysia, some parts of Asia and even from Liverpool itself to make this record," he said at the event recently.
Sashi said the idea for such an initiative came about during discussions among club members last year who realised that such an event had not been done by other supporters' clubs.
"Overseas perhaps there are those who have already done such an event. But this is something new for Malaysia and we have taken the initiative to become the first supporters club to organise such an event.
"We want to show the club in the UK that we Asian fans mean business and we want to set a benchmark," he said.
Sashi said the oldest Reds jersey was from 1965 and from a member.
Initially, they only targeted 1,000 jerseys for the record, but the overwhelming response from Liverpool fans saw the figure being exceeded.
Malaysian football legend Datuk Santokh Singh was there to witness the record.
An official from the Malaysian Book of Records was also present to present the Kopites with a certificate.