Adolescence star Owen Cooper’s LFC mention in Golden Globes speech

Adolescence star Owen Cooper gave a nod to Liverpool Football Club after he won at the Golden Globe TV awards.

The 16-year-old rounded off his acceptance speech for best supporting actor with an “You’ll never walk alone” club anthem reference.

The Warrington-born teenager also joked at the Los Angeles award ceremony, that he had had an “embarrassing” start to his acting career as they only boy in his drama class.

In September, he became the youngest male actor to win an Emmy award for his portrayal of a schoolboy accused of murdering a classmate in the Netflix drama

On accepting his award, the teenage actor said: “Standing here at the Golden Globes does not feel real whatsoever.

“What an incredible journey me and my family have been put through.”

He added: “What started off as what I thought I might be OK at, I might be awful at, I took a risk and I went to drama classes, I was the only boy there, it was embarrassing but I got through it.

“But I’m still very much an apprentice, I’m still learning every day, I’m still every day learning from the people sat in front of me who have inspired me.

“I wouldn’t be here without you guys.

“This is mad, what is going on?”

He wrapped up the speech saying: “Bring on 2026. You’ll never walk alone.”

His fellow Adolescence actors also picked up gongs for the TV drama.