It doesn't matter whether you are a season ticket holder of 50 years or only just started going to your first games, once the magic of Anfield takes a hold of you, there's no going back.
Every supporter has their own different story. It could be fixation with the swaying Spion Kop of the 1980s for the first time, or witnessing a remarkable Liverpool comeback on a European night that kicked off at dusk. Maybe it is being in a happy place with friends and family, where nothing else matters. Whatever it is, to this day, Anfield remains one of the most iconic football grounds in world football and surely the most feared in the English game.
Few can boast a record of such unforgettable drama and glory in equal measure, played out in atmospheres that make your spine tingle, over so many generations. The Kop choir came to prominence in the 1960s as Bill Shankly helped turn "the biggest toilet in Liverpool" into the only place to be. But as the years have gone by, Anfield, which has always resisted the adaptation of a bowl stadium to maintain its beauty as a four-stand theatre, has come into its own on European nights under the lights. And the list of victims is endless.
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Inter Milan, Saint Etienne, Juventus, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Roma, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan - they've all felt the power of Anfield and paid a heavy price. Even fellow English clubs like Manchester City and Chelsea have come a cropper in the famous old ground on European nights, with the latter perhaps experiencing the most phenomenal hostile atmosphere of them all in the infamous Champions League semi-final of 2005.
Despite his fury at exiting the competition to a contentious goal, Jose Mourinho could not deny the impact that the congregation had made. "I felt the power of Anfield Road. It was magnificent," he said.
Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger called Anfield "the only place you don't want to go" and legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon described his own experience, visiting with Juventus, as "such commotion for the first 15-20 minutes that I had trouble concentrating".
Whatever it is that makes the Merseyside amphitheatre such a magnet for drama, there is no sign of its mystical powers dimming any time soon and Liverpool supporters will get another pop at helping to make history when Jurgen Klopp's side face Villareal in the Champions League semi-final on Wednesday evening.
Under Klopp, the Reds have built one of the most feared sides in Europe, but even an average one could scare the wits out of the cream of Europe in a bouncing Anfield and that's why it remains to this this day, the best stadium in the United Kingdom.
