A Kosovan by birth, Xherdan Shaqiri moved to Switzerland with his family before his first birthday. Growing up in the Basel system, he made rapid progress and signed professional terms at just seventeen. Three years in the first team brought league titles and a growing reputation, earning him a move to Bayern Munich....
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Profiles of every player named in a Liverpool matchday squad since 1892/93 — from legends to one-game substitutes.
Full results, line-ups, appearances and goals from every official match — covering every season from 1892 to today.
Complete head-to-head records, results and key stats against any opponent.
"My Dad taught me how to spit surreptitiously by flicking the back of my tongue to cause an almost invisible spray. "There's only me, you and Peter Thompson who know how to do this," he said. Peter Thompson knew how to do things nobody else could do, so it had the ring of truth to it. What a winger! Even Dixie Dean drooled when watching him, the Everton hero claiming that he would have surpassed his record of 60 league goals in a season if he'd have played between Thompson and Ian Callaghan."
The 2026 World Cup is well under way across North America, and Liverpool have a strong contingent representing their nations.
Welcome to Anfield, a historic district in the northwest of England, located in Merseyside, Liverpool.
If you've ever stood on the corner of Walton Breck Road as the team bus pulls in, you'll know that there’s something about Anfield that defies simple logic. People talk about the "aura" or the "12th man" as if it’s some mystical force field that physically pushes the ball into the net at the Kop end. For years, rival fans laughed it off as mere sentimentality, but if you look at the cold, hard numbers, there is a very real statistical anomaly at play.
Liverpool's summer schedule for 2026/27 is taking shape, and it carries the kind of fixtures that quicken the pulse of any supporter who pores over the club's results and history. Four pre-season friendlies are now lined up between 25 July and 9 August — Sunderland, Wrexham, a meeting with Leeds United at Soldier Field in Chicago, and a closing night against AS Monaco at Anfield. For a fanbase that knows its FA Cup nights, its European epics and its roll-call of captains and managers by heart, the off-season quiet is lifting, and the anticipation that has defined so many Anfield summers is stirring once more.
