Saturday, May 29, 2010

Reds History


Liverpool, Anfield
Capacity: 45362
Founded: 1892
Club Nickname: The Reds
Manager: Rafael Benitez

Division One winners: 1900-01, 1905-06, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1946-47, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90

Division Two winners: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1904-05, 1961-62
FA Cup winners: 1964-65, 1973-74, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1991-92, 2000-01, 2005-06
League Cup winners: 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2002-03

European Cup/Champions League winners: 1976-77, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1983-84, 2004-05

UEFA Cup winners: 1972-73, 1975-76, 2000-01

European Super Cup winners: 1977, 2001, 2005

Super Cup winners: 1985-86

Legend: Kenny Dalglish, voted the best player in the club's history by the fans. Also a successful manager between 1985 and 1991, winning the double, League title and FA Cup, in 1986, title again in 1988 and 1990, and the FA Cup again in 1989.

Terrace hero: Steven Gerrard - Local lad who has risen to become the club's inspirational skipper.

Finest hour: First European Cup success in 1977, beating Borussia Moenchengladbach in Rome final just days after FA Cup final defeat by Manchester United cost them domestic double.

Lowest ebb: Hillsborough Disaster 1989. FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest cost the lives of 96 of their fans.

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