Liverpool Football Club, also known as Liverpool FC, is one of the biggest football clubs in the world and was founded by John Houlding in 1892.
Before we start to bring you the latest round up of news here a short introduction to the club.
Since their humble beginnings Liverpool FC have grown to have a huge fan base and a stadium at Anfield in Liverpool that holds a seating capacity of 45,362 people.
The formation of Liverpool FC is an interesting story as it involves their biggest rivals Everton who are also based in Liverpool. Story has it that John Houlding had a dispute with Everton.
The dispute was that John Houlding, who was the Everton Director, also held the ownership of Anfield Park where Everton Football club had played for 8 years. Everton enquired into purchasing the land from John Houlding but felt he was trying to make a personal gain out of the deal and so backed out. John Houlding then asked them to vacate the land and built his own club, Liverpool Football Club.
Since its birth as a football club Liverpool has won all of the major football trophies both domestic and European including the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup (currently called the Carling Cup), the Champions League, UEFA Cup.
The nickname of Liverpool FC is “The Reds” which is probably because of the all red football strip the team wears.
Visiting Liverpool Football Club’s Anfield Stadium
Anfield offers stadium tours where you can go behind the scenes to see the changing rooms and back stage details that the Liverpool FC players see every time they play at the ground. You can also see the pitch and visit the infamous Kop to experience the atmosphere of this great stadium.
After the tour you can visit the Liverpool FC museum where you can discover the history of the club that has made it what it is today.
Stadium tours run 7 days a week from 10am to 3pm except on match days.
The museum is open 10am till 5pm 7 days a week.
On site there is a Liverpool FC shop where you can purchase a variety of different Liverpool FC items from replicas shirts to pens and photos.
The stadium also offers conference and wedding packages where people can enjoy the atmosphere of the wonderful function rooms whilst also basking in the glory of their favourite football team.
How to get to Liverpool Football Club’s Anfield Stadium
By car: follow the A59 (Scotland Road) out of the city and turn right on to the A580 (Everton Valley Road). Next take the first right on to the A5089 (Walton Breck Road) for just over a mile where you will see the Anfield Stadium on your left.
If you turn left onto Wylva Road and follow this over the crossroads into Utling Avenue you will see a large car park on the left hand side. This car park can be located by turning left onto Priory Road and the entrance to the car park is on the left. The Stadium is a two minute walk from the car park.
By public transport: the Stadium is easily located through the frequent buses that travel from the centre. All bus routes are easily found within walking distance of all Liverpool railway stations.
Address:
Liverpool FC
Anfield Road
Liverpool
Merseyside
L4 OTH
Tel: 0151 263 2361
