`Following Liverpool FC gives me a greater sense of wellbeing than buying things for the house´
(The Guardian Money News)

Research information and systems manager Kevin Pogorzelski spends £3,500 a year following his favourite football teamMy trips to Liverpool probably started when my dad left. I was 14 and obsessed with Liverpool FC. The person who used to take me to see them play had disappeared, but I was determined to keep going. Mum was on a low wage, so I started selling things to classmates, from sandwiches she had made to sweets bought from wholesalers, just to afford the journey from Havant in Hampshire.Immediately after leaving school, I worked in factories and a local shop and soon became a part-time postman, saving everything to buy my car, aged 17, to get to Liverpool. That approach to my finances continues, as does my dedication to Liverpool - I have missed only a handful of home games in 15 years. Continue reading...