Stevie: Why Anfield is my favourite

Last weekend, the captain made his final appearance on home turf ahead of a summer move to LA Galaxy, which comes at the end of a remarkable 17-year stint with Liverpool.

Gerrard's professional career with both the Reds and England has taken him across the world, ensuring he has had the chance to play at some of the most impressive theatres in football.

But it is Anfield where so many of his most treasured memories were made and, as a result, it holds a special place in his heart.

"This is my favourite stadium," he said in 'Gerrard: My Liverpool', the upcoming LFCTV documentary which airs tonight for the first time at 7.30pm BST.

"You know there’s bigger stadiums out there and there’s some wonderful atmospheres. There are some giant clubs out there where I’ve played and I’ve enjoyed the experience but, all my memories and great feelings that I’ve had in my career, the majority of them have been here. 

"I’ve had some bad ones as well, that’ll live with me. But some of my best nights and my best performances have been here so it’ll always have a special place in my heart.

"I remember Chelsea in the semi-final of the Champions League. 

"The reason I remember that is because usually when we go out for a warm-up it’s probably a quarter full, and it’s filling up as the warm-up’s going ahead.

"But for Chelsea, as soon as we went out 45 minutes before kick-of,f the stadium was bouncing and I’ve never witnessed an atmosphere or a noise like it.

"The feelings I was getting inside my body were incredible."

Gerrard is set to leave Liverpool having picked up seven major honours over the course of 709 appearances in the famous red.

The 34-year-old has also held the captaincy for 12 seasons, and found the back of the net on 185 occasions for the club he supported as a boy.

And he admits he has sometimes felt like 'the luckiest man in the world'.

"I’d never ever show it, but there’s certainly moments when I’ve got in my house behind closed doors and punched the air on a few things that I’ve achieved," he continued.

"As I say, I’ve achieved every dream at Liverpool I could possibly want except the Premier League and I’ve come close on a couple of occasions. 

"That’s one regret that I will go away with, but as I say the other things that I’ve achieved and the milestones and becoming captain and stuff, they sort of help me to to live with the fact that I haven’t got a Premier League winner's medal. 

"When I got home and I knew that I was going to be the captain of Liverpool for the foreseeable future I felt like the luckiest man in the world. 

"Growing up it was certainly something that I always strived for and wanted, and when I want something in football more often than not I get it. 

"I’ve got 99 per cent of the things that I wanted from Liverpool. It’s not a bad career to look back on."

Gerrard won't just be leaving his club behind when he makes the trip to the United States, but also the city where he has lived since birth.

As the song goes, the skipper is a 'Scouser born and bred', having grown up on a Huyton estate.

When asked what makes Liverpool and its people special to him, he replied: "Just because they’re very similar to myself, that’s where all my family are from. 

"It’s where I’m very comfortable. I love being around Scousers and Liverpool people. I think we have got a we’ve got a special city, we’ve got some unbelievable tourist attractions, places to go, you can come into Liverpool and have a lovely day in the day or in the evening. 

"For me, I’m always going to be biased to my city. This city’s made me as a player, the people have given me unbelievable support and got behind me and helped me to become the player I am so it will always have a special place."