Liverpool

Liverpool (The Reds)

Club history

Founded in 1892, Liverpool FC are the most successful English football team in history, with a mammoth 40 major trophies in their cabinet, including 18 league titles and five European Cups.

Bill Shankly is arguably The Reds' most famous figure after guiding the side to three league wins, a Division Two title, two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup during his spell in charge between 1959 and 1974. A statue of the Scot was erected at Anfield and the words "You’ll Never Walk Alone" also feature on the Shankly Gate entrance to the stadium in his honour.

Liverpool has also suffered great tragedies. On 29 May 1985, 39 football fans died when a wall collapsed at the Heysel stadium in Belgium before The Reds' European Cup final defeat to Juventus. Then, four years later 96 Liverpool fans died at Hillsborough, Britain's worst sporting disaster. As a result of the tragedy, the terraces were torn down and converted to all-seater stadiums across the UK.

In July 2010, a new era began at Liverpool with the arrival of manager Roy Hodgson, who replaced Rafael Benitez following the Spaniard's departure for Inter Milan.