Liverpool Legend

Liverpool Football Club is the most successful English football team, having won 4 European Cups and 18 league (English Premier League, formerly First Division) titles. Their home ground is the 45,362 capacity Anfield, which is about three miles from the city centre of Liverpool.

The club was founded on March 15, 1892 by John Houlding, the owner of Anfield. Houlding decided to form his own team after Everton FC were evicted from Anfield in an argument over rent. The original name was to be Everton FC but was changed to Liverpool FC after The Football Association refused to recognise the team as Everton.

On July 30, 2004, the Liverpool City Council granted the club planning permission to build a new 60,000 seat stadium, nearby at Stanley Park. For a time, it looked likely that the stadium would be shared with local rivals Everton, but talks on a groundshare failed in January 2005, and Liverpool will now have the stadium to itself despite continued pressure from Everton. It is hoped that if all goes to plan, construction of the new stadium will begin in the summer of 2005 and it will open in 2007. The old stadium will then become a public plaza surrounded by apartments, offices, bars, restaurants and a hotel. The treatment of the old stadium requires some sensitivity as a number of deceased fans have had their ashes officially scattered on the pitch over the years.

The club was especially dominant in the 1970s and 1980s. Great players from this time include Ray Clemence, Mark Lawrenson, Graeme Souness, Ian Callaghan, Phil Neal, Kevin Keegan, Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish (102 Caps) and Ian Rush (346 Goals).

The club was also present at two of the biggest tragedies in European football - at Heysel in 1985 and Hillsborough in 1989.

They completed an unprecedented treble of two domestic cups (the League Cup and the FA Cup) and the UEFA Cup in the 2000/01 season. However winning a treble was not something new to Liverpool. In 1984 they were victorious in the European Cup, the League Cup and the Championship. This was the first treble of major honours to be completed by an English club.

Club honours

League Champions [18]: 1901, 1906, 1922, 1923, 1947, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979,1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990

FA Cup [7]: 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006

League Cup [7]:: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003

FA Community Shield [15]: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986,1988, 1989, 1990,  2001, 2006

UEFA Champions League [5]: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005

UEFA Cup [3]: 1973, 1976, 2001

UEFA Super Cup [3]: 1977, 2001, 2005