"You'll Never Walk Alone"

Liverpool F.C. was founded after an internal dispute within Everton F.C. The dispute was between the Everton F.C. committee and brewer John Houlding, the landholder of the Anfield ground and president of Everton F.C.

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The original name of Liverpool F.C. was Everton F.C. and Athletic Grounds, Ltd., or Everton Athletic for short. The Athletic in the name was to fulfil Houlding's plan to make Anfield into a football and athletics ground, which never materialised.

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However, on 4 February 1892, the Football Council decided that it would not approve the creation of another club named Everton, on the basis that the name bears resemblance to an existing member. Liverpool F.C. was formally established on 15 March 1892.

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Liverpool F.C. have won more European trophies than any other English team with five European Cups, three UEFA Cups and three UEFA Super Cups. They have also won eighteen League titles, seven FA Cups and a record eight League Cups, although they are yet to win a Premier League title since its inception in 1992.

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The most successful period in Liverpool's history was the 1970s and '80s when Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley led the club to eleven league titles and seven European trophies.

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The club's supporters have been involved in two major tragedies. The first was the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985, during which charging Liverpool fans caused a crush that resulted in a wall collapsing and the death of 39 Juventus supporters, after which English clubs were banned from European competition for five years. In the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, 96 Liverpool supporters lost their lives in a crush against perimeter fencing.

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Liverpool have long-standing rivalries with neighbours Everton and with Manchester United.

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The team changed from red shirts and white shorts to an all-red home strip in 1964.

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The club's anthem is "You'll Never Walk Alone".

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In May 2015 they were ranked by Forbes as the eighth most valuable football club in the world, at $982 million.

 

A few facts that you might not know about Liverpool FC

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• Robbie Fowler holds Liverpool’s and Barclays Premier League record of

  scoring the fastest hattrick in just 4 minutes and 33 seconds.

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• Liverpool won their first European Cup in the year 1977, beating

  Borrusia Moenchengladbach 3-1.

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• Former Liverpool player Xabi Alonso holds the English record of scoring

  a goal from the longest distance, 64 yards in open play.

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• Liverpool lost the World Club Championship in 2005 to Sao Paulo, after

  having three goals disallowed for offside.

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• Kenny Dalglish was the first player-manager in modern English football

  in 1985.

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• The greatest striker Liverpool has ever seen, Ian Rush, appeared 668

  times for Liverpool and scored 346 goals in all competitions, making him

  the highest goalscorer in their history.

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• Liverpool went on to complete their biggest away victory, winning 7-0

  against Birmingham.

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• Michael Owen was Liverpool’s youngest player to appear for England,

  when he was just 18 years and 59 days old.

 

1892 - 1893 Team Photo

Photo: LFC History/Wikimedia • Believed to be in the Public Domain (Age - copyright expired)

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