Robbie Fowler has recalled the night he celebrated a Real Madrid title triumph.
The Liverpool great was in Madrid to visit good friend Steve McManaman in 2003 when Los Blancos defeated Athletic Bilbao to beat Real Sociedad and clinch the trophy.
Fowler then proceeded to make his way onto the open top bus at the behest of former Reds colleague McManaman to be a part of the title-winning celebrations.
"It was absolutely mental to be honest," said Fowler ahead of the Liverpool FC Foundation's charity match between the Reds and Real at Anfield this Saturday.
"Steve is a massive mate of mine but with my playing commitments I hadn't been able to visit him but I was on holiday in Portugal at that time so we made plans to go over there.
"Madrid needed to win their last game in order to win the league and they ended up winning but the night was much more memorable than the game.
"I was in the lounge afterwards when Steve walks in with two Real Madrid T-shirts and says: 'Put them on, you're coming on the bus'.
"So Real Madrid are doing their tour of the city on their bus with hundreds of thousands fans lining the streets and there's myself and my cousin - two little scallywags from Toxteth - with them going up to the fountain in the middle of Madrid.
"I think the Real lads knew who I was but my cousin got a few dodgy looks."
He added: "When they got to the fountain, the players got off and I was asked to go and do that with them but I stopped short of that as I think that would have been too much.
"When the bus stopped I was cowered down as I was bit embarrassed but there were about 20 English lads who spotted me and started singing my name.
"Real Madrid have just won the league, their players are around the fountain, celebrating the title, and you can hear these lads chanting 'Fowler'.
"It was a great night. Surreal actually."
Source: tribalfootball.com