Shaun Whalley relishing Anfield outing despite absence of lucky charm Jude Shaun Whalley will be without his lucky charm this weekend for what the boyhood Liverpool supporter reckons will be his final visit to Anfield as a player.
Whalley, who grew up idolising Michael Owen and was in attendance for Liverpool’s 2005 Champions League final win in Istanbul, says he usually scores whenever 10-year-old son Jude watches him in action.
“My little boy Jude and football, they’re the most important thing in my life,” Whalley told the PA news agency.
The Accrington winger’s goal celebrations are a nod to his child, who Whalley credits for helping him turn his life around following problems with alcohol and gambling earlier in his career.
But Jude, who has nonverbal autism, will be cheering on his father from home when Stanley travel to take on the Premier League leaders in the FA Cup third round in a lunchtime kick-off on Saturday.
