We Love You Liverpool: Meet Official LFC Supporters Club… Maldives

Tell us about the OLSC..

Maldives is a football crazy small island nation surrounded by countries that are known for their love of other sports such as cricket. The love for football, combined with cable TV, started around the early 2000s saw a sudden spike of love for European football and especially the Premier League.

As social media became more popular in 2010s, a Facebook community of local Liverpool supporters started to interact. This was later changed to a Viber group. The activeness of this community led a group of young people to initiate a more organised manner in supporting the club through the formation of an OLSC, which was registered officially in 2018.

It must give you a sense of community and connection to Liverpool and the club itself?

We are a small island nation of roughly 1,200 islands. Two hundred of these islands are inhabited, around 75 per cent of the 500k population live in the main capital area. The rest resides in the other islands, with most having a population of 500 people or less.

It is safe to say all these islands will have at least a few Liverpool supporters. The presence of an OLSC connects all these fans mainly through social media and also through their travels. Every time a fan meets another a special bond is created which lasts a lifetime. It connects the fans to each other and also the club itself.

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