31/03/2026
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“𝐀 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐨 𝐕𝐮𝐤𝐨𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜́”
He first arrived in Liverpool in 2013, and today the city on the River Mersey is practically his home – during the summer he works in Montenegro, and in the winter he spends half the year supporting his beloved club.
And it all started thanks to a hobby – Branko is a DJ, but he also enjoys graphic design. When his concept designs for fan merchandise (banners, T-shirts, etc.) were noticed by a group of guys from London, they created a page for him that quickly gained 100,000 followers. After that, he began connecting with Liverpool supporters.
🗣“When I decided to travel to Liverpool for the first time in 2013, I posted a status on that page saying it would be interesting to grab a beer or coffee with friends I had only known online until then. With several groups who were the first to respond, I’m still in touch to this day – in fact, I literally live with or stay at their homes,” Branko began his unusual story for Skautsport.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥…
🗣 The first groups that wanted to meet me came from Sheffield, Ireland, Poland, and Liverpool, because, according to them, they used my graphics which I had never charged for. Among the first contacts from Poland, who were already living and working in Liverpool at the time, a few people stood out who immediately arranged tickets, accommodation, and such for me,” Branko recalls.
𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬.
🗣 “I would especially mention one girl. Her name is Monia – she literally copied the key to her house for me and warned me that if I was thinking about hostels or hotels, I shouldn’t bother contacting her. Later, my good English friend from Telford met her through me. When they decided to get married, they invited me to be their best man, and since then, we’ve been more than just good friends – we’re practically family.”
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥.
🗣 When they were about to move house, they relocated just 100 meters from a Scouser and one of my best friends, Vini, whom I first met when Vuk Jovanović from Kotor and I arrived in Liverpool. Now it feels like I’m living in Tološi (a neighborhood in Podgorica) where friends are all around me. This is definitely a chain of events that has been crucial in allowing me to stay here – as much as the visa/political system allows. I got a 10-year visa, so I’m set for six months. In the summer, while it’s season, I work on the coast, and when winter comes, I spend it in Liverpool. A bit reversed, but worth it,” Vukoslavović explained clearly.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭? 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞?
🗣 The first time was with the aforementioned Vuk Jovanović in September 2013, when we received tickets from the Football Association of Montenegro for the match against England at Wembley. With those tickets, we easily got our first visas. After the game in London, we immediately ‘rode off’ to Liverpool, and right at the entrance, we met Vini, a man in his 60s who lives in Liverpool.
🗣 It never even crossed our minds back then that it would grow into what it is today. At the very beginning, any city can seem friendly, but the next time I went, I went completely alone – without a ticket, without expectations. I thought, I’ll just go and see what happens. If I don’t find a ticket, I’ll just watch in the pub.
𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑.
🗣 Yes, New Year’s. I’ve always been fascinated by the moments, even as a teenager, when you know that all the big five leagues pause from Boxing Day until New Year’s, and the English play. That was always a ‘thrill’ for me, and a dream too – that one day, while snow is falling on January 1st, you’d sit in the stadium and follow your club. That’s also the main reason why even today, here in 2026, I love going to Merseyside from mid-December onward. After all, Boxing Day and New Year’s are an unreal moment in football.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫?
🗣 Well, if we count the first team, I’ve been to roughly 82 or 83 matches so far. I’ve sat in every stand at Anfield, old and new, and on the Kop at least 30 times. I’ve traveled to away games in Wolverhampton, West Ham (the old Boleyn Ground) before it was demolished, where Green Street Hooligans was filmed… Wembley, the FA Cup semi-final, Brighton… I’ve watched Liverpool in the Premier League, Champions League, Europa League, Carling Cup, FA Cup… in every possible competition there is. I also own a season ticket for the Liverpool women’s team and have attended youth academy matches. I’ve watched young talents when nobody knew them… Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Niko Williams…
𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐬…
🗣 I have many friends at Burnley, and I would especially mention James McDonagh, who is more like a brother than a friend. With them, I’ve attended probably 20 to 30 Burnley matches. Also, when Liverpool plays far away and I get bored, I go to watch various leagues – from the Championship to the fourth tiers, even non-league football, which are amateur clubs made up of fans. On top of that, I have many Everton fan friends, for whom I’ve designed logos and graphics, and they’ve given me tickets to matches. I’ve been to probably four or five games at both Goodison Park and the new Hillsborough stadium. I’ve also gone to a few Preston matches to watch our Milutin Osmajić, and that club has a close friendship with Liverpool because Bill Shankly was both a player and a manager at Preston.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐊𝐨𝐩? 𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐕?
🗣 Yes, definitely. I don’t think there are words to describe it. You really have to experience it, because honestly, I can’t explain it.
𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬… 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮?
🗣 Yes, of course. I would single out as the most down-to-earth and natural: Jürgen Klopp, Jamie Carragher, Jerzy Dudek, Jan Molby, Kevin Keegan, Robbie Fowler, Vladimir Šmicer, and Igor Bišćan. I’ve spoken with them. To put it roughly – the second tier, people who are really nice but a bit more reserved, include Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Virgil van Dijk, and Željko Buvac…
𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐨 𝐢𝐬.
🗣 With Dudek, we touched on my nationality, and I mentioned that he might know Predrag Mijatović. He literally grabbed his head, praised Mijatović, and told me to give him his regards. A similar situation happened with Šmicer – when he found out where I’m from, he asked me about Ante Drobnjak and also told me to send his regards because he had worked with him at some football schools. I also sat and talked with Jon Arne Riise, a completely normal guy. I could say that the guy you could easily meet in the middle of the day, have a beer with, and talk about football all day, is definitely Jamie Carragher.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞…
🗣 In the 19th century, Liverpool was the second richest city on the planet – you wouldn’t believe it, the richest was London. So the architecture is incredible, and the fact that when I first came, Liverpool had already been named European Capital of Culture twice says a lot. Today, Liverpool holds the title of the city where scenes for movies, TV shows, and music videos are most often filmed. All the museums are free, not to mention the street scene – both the musical one and the one closer to me, like graffiti, murals, installations, and so on. The whole city is like a museum; the streets are a museum. As for the people, that’s a story on its own. Everyone wants to help, host, and talk to you. I literally couldn’t convey it in words, but I feel more at home here than in Podgorica.
𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥?
🗣 I’ve partly answered this already, but here’s a bit more. Many people don’t realize that within the city itself, Scousers (Merseyside residents) are about 70% Everton supporters. That’s definitely surprising. And why isn’t it obvious from the outside? Because hundreds of thousands of people have come to study, live, and work in Liverpool, since the club has been much more successful in Europe. It really gets crazy on weekends. It’s also important to note that the rivalry isn’t that hostile. There’s even a slogan: two colors = one people, and so on.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 “𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭” 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐕 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬.
🗣 Merseyside is opposition territory, where in the Brexit referendum organized by the government, 94% of Scousers voted for England to remain in the European Union, because Liverpool, having been European Capital of Culture twice, received substantial support from EU funds. Unfortunately, the government in London carried out Brexit by majority, since there are far more people in London, Manchester, and Birmingham, which are predominantly pro-government. Liverpool thus lost access to European funds, and this helps explain why 50,000 people chant when the English national anthem is played and why that huge banner on the Kop reads: “We are Scousers – we are not English.”
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐨.
🗣 The first banner I made was for one of the two main fan groups supporting the families of the Hillsborough tragedy. I gave the banner as a gift to people within the organization, and it ended up on the Kop, with some media covering it. After that, another fan group asked me to create a logo for them. That logo literally spread throughout the entire city and the Merseyside area – it was part of a campaign to ban both the selling and buying of the tabloid ❌The Scum.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥.
🗣 That was the one I made for Steven Gerrard when he marked the end of his career at Liverpool. I literally spent a month going to Melwood (the training center) trying to give him the gift. Of course, in the end, I succeeded. It’s worth noting that I had no expectations at the time. Then, at his final farewell match, his wife Alex appeared in the VIP box with my banner. My phone rang nonstop for a month – everyone was calling for interviews from TV and radio stations,” Vukoslavović concluded.
✍ “Source: Skautsport”
