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I was flicking through an old football book at the weekend when I landed on a page that surprised me. It was a Daily Mirror cutting from the July of 1979, crediting Liverpool with leading the way on putting a sponsor’s name across the front of their shirt. I had no idea that we got […] The post Hitachi, £50,000 & the First Sponsor on a Football Shirt appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
Every Liverpool fan has wondered at some point or another how you go about getting close enough to the players to say hello, let alone get a shirt signed. I’ve tried most of the obvious routes over the years, from my Kop season ticket days through to now, with mixed results. Here’s where I’ve had […] The post How I Meet Liverpool Players and Get Autographs appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
Would I have been writing this piece if Liverpool had done the right thing and beaten Manchester City yesterday? Possibly not, but it’s certainly the case that the manner of the defeat made it clear just how little credibility the Premier League actually has now. Last week, I wrote a piece about the appointment of […] The post The Premier League Has No Credibility appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
Liverpool fans have witnessed some managerial masterminds and a number of highly talented players turn out for the club. In terms of world-class players, Reds fans have been spoilt more than most. However, when their legs start to go, or they find themselves on the fringes, a move across the pond to Major League Soccer […] The post The Liverpool Players Who Shone in America appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
The dust has just about started to settle after the revelation last week that an independent panel has found Manchester City guilty of 114 of the 115 charges that the Premier League brought against the United Arab Emirates-owned club. That wasn’t likely to last for long, of course, given the fact that the Cityzens haven’t […] The post Chris Kavanagh to Referee Liverpool v Man City Match appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
Everyone who goes to Anfield has a view on where to sit, which will often come from wherever they sat when they went to the ground for the first time. Mine comes from three full seasons and most of a fourth being on the Kop, as well as numerous games in the other three stands […] The post My Favourite Places to Sit at Anfield appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been in the club shop at Anfield. It’s fair to say that it’s a very different place depending on whether there’s a game on or not. I have Multiple Sclerosis, so how long I spend on my feet matters to me more than it would to most […] The post Visiting the Liverpool FC Club Shop at Anfield appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
It is fair to say that Manchester City being found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges that the Premier League laid at their door in the February of 2023 has been the main talking point of the last week. Liverpool fans are perhaps even more keen than most others to talk about it, given […] The post The Reds Short of Striking Options for Visit of Man City appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
The news has broken that Manchester City have been found guilty on the majority of the 115 charges that they faced for breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules, which the top-flight organisation charged them over back in the February of 2023. In the days that followed, Pep Guardiola offered a fierce defence of his […] The post What Does Man City Guilty Ruling Mean For Liverpool? appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
Nowadays, we have all grown somewhat used to the best players on the planet wanting to play for Liverpool. Sure, we never managed to get Lionel Messi through the door, but the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Florian Wirtz and Bradley Barcola have all turned down more lucrative contracts with Manchester City, Bayern Munich and […] The post How Kylian Mbappé Came Close to Joining Liverpool FC appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
It usually takes a while to earn a song at Anfield. Most new signings have to do something first, with more than a few of them coming and going without the Kop ever managing to work out a song for them at all. Bradley Barcola didn’t have to wait, with the travelling Kop having a […] The post Bradley, Bradley Barcola, Runs down the wing for me – The Barcola Song appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
It usually takes a while to earn a song at Anfield. Most new signings have to do something first, with more than a few of them coming and going without the Kop ever managing to work out a song for them at all. Bradley Barcola didn’t have to wait, with the travelling Kop having a […] The post Bradley, Bradley Barcola, Runs down the wing for me – The Barcola Song appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
Atlético Madrid have long felt like a thorn in the side of Liverpool, mainly because of the style of play that Diego Simeone likes to get them playing. The truth is a little different, given the fact that we became the first team in Champions League history to beat them four times in a row […] The post Andoni Iraola Wins First Champions League Game appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
From the start of the 2027-2028 campaign, Liverpool will have a new company’s name emblazoned on the front of the club’s shirts. Turkish Airlines have signed a deal worth £300 million, which the club thinks is the most lucrative such deal of its kind. The airline will pay the club £60 million per season, which […] The post Liverpool Agree Turkish Airlines Front Of Shirt Deal That Will Replace Standard Chartered From June 2027 appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
Liverpool have won six European Cups, and the squad starting this Champions League campaign contains almost nobody who was there for the most recent one. Mohamed Salah left at the end of 2025-26 after nine years and 48 goals in the competition. Arne Slot was sacked at the end of the 2025-26 season, replaced by […] The post Can Liverpool’s Inexperienced Squad be a Success in Europe? appeared first on Friends Of Liverpool.
