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Liverpool FC is an English professional football team founded in 1892. Liverpool FC is based at Anfield in Liverpool and has the most successful history in English football. Nicknamed ‘The Reds,’ the club jointly holds the record for most League Championships with Manchester United at 18, on top of this it has won five European Cups, a record for an English team. Liverpool is considered to be one of ‘The Big Four’ clubs in the Premier League. The club is perhaps most famous for the period between 1970 and 1990 where it won 11 league championships.

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Death of the Big Four

12.11.09

Comment: With Liverpool starting off the season so poorly, it's now time to start referring to the Big Three: Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United... more

Sorry Alex, but Liverpool's 1984 champs are better than yours

27.05.09

Football: Whatever fate awaits Manchester United in Rome tonight there is no doubt in my mind that Liverpool's fabled 'Treble' success of 1984 will remain the greater achievement... more

Why it’s all falling apart for Ferguson

09.04.09

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Scolari backs Benitez over attack on Fergie

30.01.09

Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has told the critics to get off Rafael Benitez's back ahead of their meeting with Liverpool at Anfield... more

Top of the flops

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There have been some stunning footballing letdowns this season. Players signed for the GDP of a small African nation have been woefully unimpressive, while some of last year's stars seem to have forgotten how to play the game. Here we look at some of the biggest flops of the season...... more

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Liverpool played in one of the most dramatic European Cup finals of all time in 2005 where they beat AC Milan on penalties despite trailing 3-0 at half time.
There is a statue of Liverpool’s most famous manager Bill Shankly outside the ground.
Liverpool’s ground Anfield is home to the Kop End, one of the most famous stands in the world.
Liverpool fans have been involved in two major disasters, at Heysel in 1985 and Hillsborough in 1989.

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