The most remarkable twenty four hours in Liverpool Football Club’s history

Echo reporter Gary Stewart recalls one of the most nail-biting days in Liverpool FC's historyTHE past 24 hours have seen Reds fans subjected to more stomach churning twists and turns than even that famous few hours in Istanbul.After last week's night of the long knives - when Liverpool's American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett tried to dump LFC's rebellious board before they could sell the club out from under them - the battle arrived at the High Court in London.On Wednesday afternoon Mr Justice Floyd delivered the verdict that dozens of Liverpool fans waiting outside, and many thousands more worldwide, had hoped for.In a damning verdict against the Americans he dismissed their complaint that they had been excluded from the club's sale to New England Sports Venture (NESV), telling the court: 'I fail to see what complaint the owners have.' All seemed ready for Boston Red Sox owner John Henry and his backers to snap up Liverpool for £300m and many fans will have gone to bed with a head full of dreams, rather than nightmares, for the first time in three years.However late on Wednesday news broke that Hicks and Gillett had taken their battle to a Texas Court and been granted a temporary restraining order against the sale.They added to that bizarre twist an incredible broadside against their board as well as the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) who are owed £237m of the club's debt.In a statement they claimed they were the victims of an 'epic swindle' and that Liverpool was being sold at 'hundreds of millions of dollars' below market value.

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