In an extract from her new book, Annie Chave interviews David Lloyd about his extraordinary life
In 1989, there was a memorable TV advert, made by the Milk Marketing Board and featuring a Scouse lad drinking copious amounts of milk from the fridge. He quotes the claim of the great Liverpool striker, Ian Rush, that he would only have been good enough to play for Accrington Stanley if he hadn’t drunk his milk. His friend disparagingly asks, ‘Accrington Stanley, who are they?’ and the lad, with milk-stained mouth, replies, ‘Exactly!’ The advert, like...
