Liverpool
The giants of Anfield
The Liverpool FC, Liverpool Football Club or how he actually and officially known on the island, owes its existence to a single man Because as Everton finished off 1892 in the dispute over the lease from Anfield as land owner John Houlding was there necessarily see more football. So he picked up a handful of fans and three Everton players a whole new club from the baptism, gave him the name Liverpool and unwittingly created a legend.
But not even the ambitious Houlding could have imagined how successful his company would be in the coming centuries. Today, there were no other English club can compete with Liverpool’s successes: 18 English championships, seven successes in the FA Cup and the League Cup, five victories in the European Champions Cup and the UEFA Champions League and three title wins in the UEFA Cup.
The Birth of an institution
on 15 March 1892, Liverpool was founded. The first official name of the association, however, was Everton and Athletic Grounds Ltd.. short or Everton Athletic, but against this name put the FA vetoed, and it was from Everton Athletic after a few months of Liverpool.
Liverpool was a founding member of the Football League are, but the brash plan failed at first because the club had until then played no competitive match in 1892 also the same. So Liverpool made the first slog through the Lancashire League, which was won at the first attempt. It was followed by promotion to the Football League and in the 1900/01 season including the first English league title.
The making of a legend
The first December 1959 is a key date in the history of Liverpool FC. For on this day, the club appointed Bill Shankly, who until then had been chief of Huddersfield Town, as the new coach. TheReds , as they already were then called, were relegated in 1954 and longed for a return to the English top flight football.
At this time, no one could have guessed that Shankly would create far more than just the comeback.He rolled around the whole club, and so ultimately ushered in an era of success one, as she had never seen Liverpool. No fewer than 24 players were Shankly in his first year running the ball. The squad got a new look. 1961/62 Liverpool climbed back on to the First Division. Two years later, as a celebration of the Mersey the first title in 17 years and 1965 for the first time to win the FA Cup. In 1973 came the first European title when the Reds in the final of the UEFA Cup Borussia Moenchengladbach defeated.
A year later, Shankly handed the baton to his assistant Bob Paisley on. In the nine years under his leadership Liverpool was six times English champions three times League Cup winners, one UEFA Cup winner and three times European Cup winners’ Cup – 1977 against Borussia Moenchengladbach, 1978 against Bruges and 1981 against Real Madrid.
As previously Shankly Paisley also eventually handed to his assistant Joe Fagan, who was the 1983/84 already 63 years old. In his first year as coach succeeded Liverpool as the first English club of the Triple Cup, League Cup and European Champion Clubs’ Cup (against AS Roma). 1985 were theReds again in the National Champions Final. The Heysel Stadium was named the opponents Juventus.Liverpool lost the final with 0:1. But the encounter gained notoriety because of violence in the course of which were killed 39 Italian fans. As a consequence, English clubs were excluded from European competitions five years, Liverpool even six.
Fagan resigned after the drama by the Heysel Stadium. He was succeeded by Kenny Dalglish , the Liverpool manager first player. His time as a coach is connected with three other English league titles and two FA Cups, including a double in 1985/86. Dalglish was Liverpool’s last champion manager (1989/90).
The presence
since the introduction of the Premier League 1992 Liverpool FC in England and Europe a fixed size.Rarely the best places to be missed in the league and seven major titles available to book since, including the treble of FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup in 2001.
The last major trophy landed the club in May 2005, when they won the UEFA Champions League on penalties against AC Milan. Who could forget a game in which the Reds were back with 0:3 at the break, then forced the extension and after 120 minutes finally had another exciting and nerve force for success in a penalty shootout.
The stadium
Liverpool at Anfield Stadium is undoubtedly one of the places of worship of the modern game. It has acquired this status primarily through its “12th man” who cares mainly to European Cup nights for a creepy atmosphere. Liverpool can rely on a large and loyal fan base. Home games are always sold out.
The standing area on the south end of the stadium since 1906, ie after a mountain peak in the South African province of Natal officially “Spion Kop”. At that died in the Second Boer War more than 300 soldiers from the Lancashire Regiment, many of whom were from Liverpool. At peak times, found on “the Kop” 28,000 spectators. Thus Liverpool had the then largest standing area in the world. Due to reorganization in 1994, “the Kop” However, today officially launched a seat grandstand with a considerably reduced capacity of 12,390. It is home to the most loyal among the loyal Liverpool fans and so well known that the followers generally like to call “Kopites”.
Of “the Kop” echoed in the 60s for the first time the club anthem “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from the Broadway musical “Carousel” by Rodgers and Hammerstein in the version of the Liverpool band ‘Gerry and The Pacemakers “. Today, the song is an integral Bestanteil in the repertoire of chants, not just at Anfield, but also with many other clubs around the world.
Liverpool Club History And Achievements
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