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LFC STORY
If it wasn't for one man, Liverpool
Football Club would never have been born. When Everton left Anfield in a
dispute over rent in 1892, club chairman John Houlding stayed behind along
with a handful of supporters and just three first-team players. But he was
determined to see football continue at the ground. He formed a new club
from scratch, chose the name Liverpool
and created a legend.
Even John Houlding couldn't have predicted
how successful it would become. More than 100 years on, no English club
can match the LiverpoolFC roll of honour; League Champions 18 times, FA
Cup winners six times, League Cup winners seven times, European Cup
winners four times and UEFA Cup winners three times.
When it is completed, the History channel
will chart the rise and rise of Liverpool FC to the very summit of the
England game, from the struggles of the early years right up to Gerard
Houllier's historic treble in 2001. This channel will recall glorious
domestic victories and European triumphs and reflect on the tragedies of
Heysel and Hillsborough.
We've focused on 10 key dates in Liverpool
Football Club's history to begin with but over time, we'll have over 100
chapters in this section alone as we present the ultimate history of
England's greatest ever football club. This is a story of incredible
passion and pride - a story that not only inspires Liverpool fans but
football supporters the world over.
| 1892
Liverpool Football Club formed |
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The history of Liverpool
Football Club begins with our greatest rivals and neighbours,
Everton, for it was from a dispute with Everton that Liverpool
Football Club was born. Click here
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| 1901 - Our
first title win |
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In mid-February of the
1900-01 season, Liverpool had lost eight games and conceded 31
goals and the championship looked a pipe-dream. Twelve games later
and after nine wins and three draws, the title was ours. Here's
how we did it
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| 1950 - First
Wembley appearance |
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Arsenal provided the
opposition when Liverpool made their first appearance at Wembley.
It should have been a momentous occasion in the club's history but
a 2-0 defeat prolonged the Reds wait for FA Cup glory. Click
here for More |
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| 1959 -
Shankly appointed manager |
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December 1st 1959 is a
date that will forever be etched in the annals of Anfield history.
For it was on this day that Liverpool Football Club announced
Huddersfield Town boss Bill Shankly would be their new manager in
succession to Phil Taylor.
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| 1965 -
Winning the FA Cup for first time |
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There was a feeling of
quiet optimism around Anfield that this could, at last, be
Liverpools year in the competition we so desperately craved
success in. After all, we were the reigning league champions and,
under Bill Shankly, anything seemed possible.
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| 1977 -
European Champions |
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If winning the FA Cup
for the first time in 1965 is regarded as the greatest day in the
history of Liverpool Football Club, then there is no doubt that
winning the European Cup for the first time in 1977 was the
greatest night. Click here for More
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| 1985 -
Heysel Disaster |
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No one will ever forget
the tragic events at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels on May 29
1985. Liverpool were playing Juventus in the European Cup Final
and what should have been one of the greatest nights in the club's
history turned into the lowest. Click
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| 1986 - Doing
the Double |
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Liverpool Football Club
kicked off the 1985/86 under a giant cloud. The events of Heysel
just four months previous had heaped shame on Anfield but that
grey cloud was to have a glorious silver lining. Click
here for More |
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| 1989
Hillsborough |
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On April 15th 1989, over 25,000
Liverpool supporters travelled down to Hillsborough to watch the
FA Cup semi-final match with Nottingham Forest. 96 of them never
returned. Click here for More
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| 2001 -
Clinching the cup treble |
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Just four days after dramatically
snatching the FA Cup from Arsenal's grasp in Cardiff, and with the
Worthington Cup already safely tucked away in the Anfield trophy
cabinet, Liverpool's class of 2001 completed an unprecedented cup
treble. Click here for More
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| 2005 -
Champions League Winners 2005 |
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On what will go
down as THE most incredible night in this club's illustrious
history Liverpool reclaimed their crown as Kings of Europe after
miraculously overcoming a 3-0 half-time deficit to defeat AC Milan
at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul.. More
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