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As always, the Premier League is turning out to be quite the nail-biter. However, we are lucky to have Liverpool stand strong and tall at the top of the leader’s board.
Signed by Bill Shankly’s Liverpool as the most expensive teenager in British football history for £100,000 two weeks before his nineteenth birthday. At 26 he was at Walsall in the third division. LFChistory.net interviewed the enigmatic Alun Evans in 2019.
Forget the countdown to Christmas, it’s the re-opening of the transfer window that football fans are starting to get excited about.
One thing is for sure – there’s never a dull moment as a Liverpool fan. With their penalty triumph over Chelsea in August’s Super Cup, Liverpool confirmed themselves as the most decorated club in England, their 43 trophies just pipping Manchester United’s 42. But it hasn’t always been plain sailing for the Reds.
There’s nothing in football like the Kop. It throbs like some huge factory. Those fans come not only to be entertained, but to entertain.’ – From a press report in 1963.
After achieving the extreme highs of Champions League supremacy last season, Liverpool were quickly brought back down to the earth with a sickening low in their Group E clash with Napoli. The Italian giants ran out comfortable 2-0 winners over the reigning and defending European champions in Naples, as Jurgen Klopp's side had to deal with yet another away setback in the competition.
It still feels strange to watch a Liverpool side which doesn't include Steven Gerrard. It's even stranger to see him on the touchline at Ibrox. But the former Liverpool skipper was always destined for a managerial role.
During Jürgen Klopp’s tenure at Anfield, the jovial German has had a tendency to up the ante and go one better each season. This was highlighted when Liverpool rallied from their Champions League defeat to Real Madrid in 2018 and went on to win the competition in style the following year
Liverpool have now contested the UEFA European Super Cup six times in their history. The Reds have won four of those and are unbeaten since the format changed from two legs to a single game in a neutral venue.
Liverpool will be looking for a return on their investments in the coming years.
Three decades. 30 years without a league title for Liverpool, but could that be about to change under the guidance of Jurgen Klopp?
Klopp's message to Liverpool fans was simple enough in his first interview as boss: "We have to change from doubter to believer... now."
Why not highlight the amazing progress Liverpool has shown under Klopp by reminding us all of some of the painfully average players Reds fans have had to put up with in the past?
By Melissa Reddy for EPSN on 30 May 2019.
By Martin Samuel - Sport for the Daily Mail. Published: 22:30 BST, 2 June 2019
Andy Hunter at the Estadio Metropolitano on 2 Jun 2019.
When Liverpool have sold key players in recent years, it has had a tendency to backfire on them but not so in this particular case.
Liverpool’s rich history is synonymous with the Champions League.
Liverpool is now focused on the Champions League and Premier League. But the club will be scouting for potential stars to sign across Europe now that the summer transfer window is just a few months away.
Over 100 Premier League goals scored, 39 of them for Liverpool and 40 for Leicester City. Six major honours won with the Reds, two previously with the Foxes. Former forward Emile Heskey has played his part in the modern history of both football clubs, and it all began with a fondness for speed.
As Elisha Scott entered the home dressing- room at Anfield before one of his 20 derby days between 1915 and 1934, the story goes that he was greeted by a brown paper bag with his name written on it. Inside was a bottle of aspirin with a note attached that read: "I think you might be needing these — yours, Dixie."
LFChistory.net was fortunate enough to spend a fair bit of time recently with Jamie and his dad, Philly, who is a legend in his own right!
LFChistory.net is very happy to have linked up with Steve Hothersall's Kick-off show on Radio City Talk.
Just over 72 years ago, war was over and football was back. September of the 1946/47 season would bring Chelsea to Anfield for what would be remembered as a milestone moment, with an amazing scoreline, in LFC history.
deCoubertin Books are excited to announce the publication of the autobiography of legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, Bruce Grobbelaar, Life in a Jungle.
Kieran Smith leads a noble effort to give the legends of Liverpool Football Club a proper resting place.
A year has passed since our biography on Ronnie Moran was published by Sport Media that offers you now to buy LFChistory.net's third book for only £13.99.
This book is the latest offering from Mark Platt who from variety of sources and his own interviews offers insight into the minds of those who have graced Liverpool Football Club's history.
Anthony Stanley’s account of how Liverpool fell from their perch in the 90s is truly excellent.
LFChistory had a frank discussion with the simply brilliant Sami Hyypia, a fantastic player and a genuine fella.
Historic Newspapers is a back-issue newspaper company that holds the world’s largest archive of original newspapers.
The question is what Ian Herbert, who is the Independent's chief sportswriter and former deputy editor of the Liverpool Daily Post, can add to Bob Paisley's legacy.
A review of Terry McDermott's autobiography.
Only three weeks ago the book we wrote about Ronnie Moran "Mr Liverpool" was published. This morning Ronnie passed away.
LFChistory.net is pleased to be able to share with you these images that are from Carole Jean Richards, Berry Nieuwenhuys' daughter.
LFChistory.net presents its third book, that follows The Complete Record and Liverpool Encyclopedia.
The original recordings of the show from 1977 had been destroyed and it was only in the faint hope that someone who had recorded this on VHS back in 1977 would one day upload this. That has finally come true!!
LFChistory.net highly recommends Ragnhild's latest book that focuses on the captains of Liverpool FC.
Here are two ideal shows to book tickets to.. Great idea for Christmas gifts. Hosted by John Keith, who as a reporter, was part of Bill Shankly's inner circle when he reigned at Liverpool.
As soon as I got word that Mark Donaldson at ESPN was writing his colleague’s memoir named appropriately "5 league titles and a packet of crisps," I was very excited to see the finished product,
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