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</table> Liverpool Football Club is the most successful English football team, having won 4 European Cups and 18 league (English Premier League, formerly First Division) titles. Their home ground is the 45,362 capacity Anfield, which is about three miles from the city centre of Liverpool. The club was founded on March 15, 1892 by John Houlding, the owner of Anfield. Houlding decided to form his own team after Everton FC were evicted from Anfield in an argument over rent. On July 30, 2004, the Liverpool City Council granted the club planning permission to build a new 60,000 seat stadium, also to be called Anfield, nearby at Stanley Park; if all goes to plan, the new stadium will open in 2006, while the old stadium will become a public plaza surrounded by apartments, offices, bars, restaurants and a hotel. The plan is currently under review by the office of the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, which has a month to raise any objections to the plan. The club was especially dominant in the 1970s and 1980s. Great players from this time include Ray Clemence, Mark Lawrenson, Graeme Souness, Ian Callaghan, Phil Neal, Kevin Keegan, Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish (102 Caps) and Ian Rush (346 Goals). The club was also present at two of the biggest tragedies in European football - at Heysel in 1985 and Hillsborough in 1989. They completed an unprecedented treble of two domestic cups (the League Cup and the FA Cup) and the UEFA Cup in the 2000/01 season. However winning a treble was not something new to Liverpool. In 1984 they were victorious in the European Cup, the League Cup and the Championship. This was the first treble of major honours to be completed by an English club.
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Honours

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Interesting facts

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Current Squad

As of August 2004:
1. Jerzy Dudek
2. Stephane Henchoz
3. Steve Finnan
4. Sami Hyypiä
5. Milan Baros
6. John Arne Riise
7. Harry Kewell
8. Steven Gerrard
9. Djibril Cisse
10. Luis Garcia
11. Vladimir Smicer
12. Antonio Nunez
14. Xabi Alonso
15. Salif Diao
16. Dietmar Hamann
17. Josemi
21. Djimi Traore
22. Chris Kirkland
23. Jamie Carragher
24. Florent Sinama-Pongolle
25. Igor Biscan
26. Richie Partridge
28. Stephen Warnock
29. Patrice Luzi
32. John Welsh
33. Neil Mellor
34. Darren Potter
36. Jon Otsemobor
37. Zak Whitbread
40. Paul Harrison

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Players loaned out

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Staff

ManagerRafael Benitez
Assistant managervacant
First team coachvacant
Reserve team managerHughie McAuley
Goalkeeping coachvacant
Striking coachvacant
Academy directorSteve Heighway


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Stars

1890s: Harry Bradshaw - Raby Howell - Joe McQue - Malcolm McVean - Alex Raisbeck

1900s: Ted Doig - Arthur Goddard - Sam Hardy - Jack Parkinson - Sam Raybould

1910s: Tom Bromilow - Harry Chambers - Dick Forshaw - Bill Lacey - Ephraim Longworth - Donald McKinlay - Elisha Scott

1920s: Gordon Hodgson - Fred Hopkin - James Jackson

1930s: Jack Balmer - Ernest Blenkinsop - Matt Busby - Tom Cooper - Willie Fagan - Alf Hanson - Berry Nieuwenhuys - Phil Taylor

1940s: Cyril Done - Laurie Hughes - Bill Jones - Ray Lambert - Billy Liddell - Bob Paisley - Jimmy Payne - Cyril Sidlow - Eddie Spicer - Albert Stubbins

1950s: Alan A'Court - Alan Arnell - Gerry Byrne - Bobby Campbell - Dave Hickson - Roger Hunt - Tommy Leishman - Jimmy Melia - Ronnie Moran - Bert Slater - Geoff Twentyman - Dick White - Johnny Wheeler - Tommy Younger

1960s: Alf Arrowsmith - Phil Boersma - Ian Callaghan - Ray Clemence - Alun Evans - Phil Ferns - Jim Furnell - Bobby Graham - Brian Hall - Tony Hateley - Emlyn Hughes - Chris Lawler - Tommy Lawrence - Kevin Lewis - Alec Lindsay - Doug Livermore - Larry Lloyd - Gordon Milne - John McLaughlin - Ian Ross - Tommy Smith - Willie Stevenson - Ian St. John - Geoff Strong - Peter Thompson - Peter Wall - Gordon Wallace - Ron Yeats

1970s: Jimmy Case - Avi Cohen - Peter Cormack - Kenny Dalglish - Roy Evans - David Fairclough - Alan Hansen - Steve Heighway - Colin Irwin - David Johnson - Joey Jones - Kevin Keegan - Brian Kettle - Alan Kennedy - Ray Kennedy - Sammy Lee - Terry McDermott - Phil Neal - Steve Ogrizovic - Trevor Storton - Graeme Souness - Phil Thompson - John Toshack - Alan Waddle

1980s: Gary Ablett - John Aldridge - John Barnes - Peter Beardsley - Jim Beglin - Dave Burrows - Howard Gayle - Gary Gillespie - Bruce Grobbelaar - David Hodgson - Mike Hooper - Ray Houghton - Glenn Hysen - Craig Johnston - Mark Lawrenson - Kevin MacDonald - Mike Marsh - Steve McMahon - Jan Molby - Steve Nicol - Michael Robinson - Ian Rush - Nigel Spackman - Steve Staunton - Barry Venison - Paul Walsh - John Wark - Ronnie Whelan

1990s: Phil Babb - Stig Inge Bjornebye - Titi Camara - Nigel Clough - Stan Collymore - Julian Dicks - Robbie Fowler - Brad Friedel - Don Hutchison - David James - Rob Jones - Bjorn Tore Kvarme - Oyvind Leonhardsen - Dominic Matteo - Jason McAteer - Steve McManaman - Jamie Redknapp - Karlheinz Riedle - Ronnie Rosenthal - Neil Ruddock - Dean Saunders - John Scales - Paul Stewart - Michael Thomas - David Thompson - Mark Walters - Sander Westerveld - Mark Wright

2000s: Nicolas Anelka - Gary McAllister - Christian Ziege - Nick Barmby - Stephen Wright - Jari Litmanen - Patrik Berger - Michael Owen - Steven Gerrard - Milan Baros - Chris Kirkland - Sami Hyypia - Dietmar Hamann - Danny Murphy

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Managers


W. E. Barclay 1892 - 1896
Tom Watson 1896 - 1915
David Ashworth 1920 - 1923
Matt McQueen 1923 - 1928
George Patterson 1928 - 1936
George Kay 1936 - 1951
Don Welsh 1951 - 1956
Phil Taylor 1956 - 1959
Bill Shankly 1959 - 1974
Bob Paisley 1974 - 1983
Joe Fagan 1983 - 1985
Kenny Dalglish 1985 - 1991
Graeme Souness 1991 - 1994
Roy Evans 1994 - 1998
Gerard Houllier 1998 - 2004
Rafael Benitez 2004 - date


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Statistics

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League appearances

RankPlayerYearsAppsApps per Season
1Ian Callaghan(1959-1978)64033,68
2Billy Liddell(1945-1961)49530,94
3Emlyn Hughes(1966-1979)47436,46
4Ray Clemence(1968-1981)47036,15
5Ian Rush(1980-1996)46829,25
6Tommy Smith(1962-1978)46729,19
7Phil Neal(1974-1986)45537,92
8Bruce Grobbelaar(1981-1994)44033,85
9Alan Hansen(1977-1990)43633,54
10Elisha Scott(1912-1934) 43019,55
11Chris Lawler(1962-1976)40629
12Roger Hunt (1959-1970)40436,73
13Donald McKinlay (1909-1929)39319,65
14Arthur Goddard (1901-1914)38829,85
15Ronnie Whelan (1980-1994)36325,93
16Gordon Hodgson(1925-1936)35932,64
17Ron Yeats(1961-1971)35835,8
18Alan A'Court(1952-1965)35527,31
18Kenny Dalglish(1977-1990)35527,31
19Ronnie Moran(1952-1965)34326,38
20Ephraim Longworth(1910-1928)34219


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All competitions appearances

RankPlayerYearsAppsApps per Season
1Ian Callaghan(1959-1978)84844,63
2 Emlyn Hughes(1966-1979)65750,54
3Ray Clemence(1968-1981)65650,46
4Ian Rush(1980-1996)64440,25
5Phil Neal(1974-1986)63552,92
6Tommy Smith(1962-1978)63339,56
7Alan Hansen(1977-1990)60346,38
8Bruce Grobbelaar(1981-1994) 57944,54
9Chris Lawler(1962-1976)54639
10 Billy Liddell(1945-1961)53733,56
11Kenny Dalglish(1977-1990)49638,15
12Roger Hunt (1959-1970)48944,45
13Ronnie Whelan (1980-1994)47834,14
14Elisha Scott (1912-1934)46721,22
14Steve Heighway (1970-1981)46742,45
16Phil Thompson(1971-1983)46638,83
17Ron Yeats(1961-1971) 45145,1
18Steve Nicol(1982-1995)44634,30
19Donald McKinlay(1909-1929) 43321,65
20Ian St John(1961-1971)42442,4


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League scorers

RankPlayerYearsGoalsGoals per Season
1Roger Hunt(1959-1970)24522.27
2Gordon Hodgson (1925-1936)23221.09
3Ian Rush(1980-1996)22814.25
4Billy Liddell(1945-1961)21613.5
5Harry Chambers(1919-1928)13515
6Jack Parkinson(1899-1914)1238.2
7Robbie Fowler(1993-2001)12015
8Sam Raybould(1899-1907)119 14.88
9Kenny Dalglish(1977-1990)1189.08
10Dick Forshaw (1919-1927)11714.63
11Jack Balmer(1935-1952)995.82
12Ian St John(1961-1971) 959.5
13John Barnes(1987-1997) 848.4
14Jimmy Melia(1955-1964) 768.44
15Albert Stubbins(1946-1953) 7510.71
15Arthur Goddard(1901-1914)755.77
17John Toshack(1970-1978)74 9.25
17Berry Nieuwenhuys(1933-1947)745.29
19Arthur Cox(1897-1909)72 6
20Kevin Keegan(1971-1977)6811.33


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Overall scorers


RankPlayerYearsGoalsGoals per season
1Ian Rush(1980-1996)34621.63
2Roger Hunt (1959-1970)28525.90
3Gordon Hodgson (1925-1936)24021.81
4Billy Liddell(1945-1961)22914.31
5Robbie Fowler(1993-2001)17121.38
6Kenny Dalglish(1977-1990)16812.92
7Harry Chambers (1919-1928)15116.78
8Jack Parkinson(1899-1907)12816
9Sam Raybould (1977-1990)1279.77
10Dick Forshaw (1919-1927)12415.5
11Ian St John(1961-1971)11811.8
12Jack Balmer (1935-1952)1116.53
13John Barnes(1987-1997) 10610.6
14Kevin Keegan(1971-1977)10016.67
15John Toshack(1970-1978)9511.88
16Albert Stubbins (1946-1953)8311.86
17=Arthur Cox(1897-1909)806.67
17=Arthur Goddard (1901-1914)806.15
19Berry Nieuwenhuys (1933-1947)795.64
20=Jimmy Melia (1955-1964)788.67
20=David Johnson(1976-1982)7813


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League scorers by seasons


YearPlayerGoals
1894James Stott14
1895Jimmy Ross 12
1896George Allan25
1897George Allan17
1898Frank Becton11
1899Hugh Morgan / Tommy Robertson10
1900John Walker10
1901Sam Raybould16
1902Sam Raybould16
1903Sam Raybould 31
1904Jack Cox10
1905Robert Robinson23
1906Joe Hewitt23
1907Sam Raybould15
1908Joe Hewitt21
1909Ronald Orr20
1910Ronald Orr20
1911Jack Parkinson19
1912Jack Parkinson12
1913Arthur Metcalfe15
1914Tom Miller16
1915Frederick Pagnam24
  
1920Harry Chambers15
1921Harry Chambers22
1922Harry Chambers19
1923Jimmy Walsh22
1924Jimmy Walsh16
1925Dick Forshaw19
1926Dick Forshaw27
1927Harry Chambers17
1928Gordon Hodgson23
1929Gordon Hodgson30
1930Jimmy Smith23
1931Gordon Hodgson36
1932Gordon Hodgson26
1933Gordon Hodgson24
1934Gordon Hodgson23
1935Gordon Hodgson27
1936Fred Howe17
1937Fred Howe17
1938Alfred Hanson14
1939Willie Fagan / Phil Taylor / Berry Nieuwenhuys14
  
1947Jack Balmer / Albert Stubbins24
1948Albert Stubbins24
1949Jack Balmer14
1950Billy Liddell18
1951Billy Liddell15
1952Billy Liddell19
1953Billy Liddell13
1954Louis Bimpson / Jack Smith (football player)13
1955Billy Liddell30
1956Billy Liddell28
1957Billy Liddell21
1958Billy Liddell24
1959Jimmy Melia21
1960Dave Hickson / Roger Hunt21
1961Kevin Lewis19
1962Roger Hunt41
1963Roger Hunt24
1964Roger Hunt31
1965Roger Hunt25
1966Roger Hunt30
1967Roger Hunt14
1968Roger Hunt25
1969Roger Hunt13
1970Bobby Graham13
1971Alun Evans10
1972John Toshack13
1973John Toshack / Kevin Keegan13
1974Kevin Keegan12
1975John Toshack12
1976John Toshack16
1977Kevin Keegan16
1978Kenny Dalglish20
1979Kenny Dalglish21
1980David Johnson21
1981Terry McDermott13
1982Ian Rush17
1983Ian Rush24
1984Ian Rush32
1985John Wark18
1986Ian Rush22
1987Ian Rush30
1988John Aldridge26
1989John Aldridge21
1990John Barnes22
1991Ian Rush / John Barnes16
1992Dean Saunders10
1993Ian Rush14
1994Ian Rush14
1995Robbie Fowler25
1996Robbie Fowler28
1997Robbie Fowler18
1998Michael Owen18
1999Michael Owen18
2000Michael Owen12
2001Michael Owen16
2002Michael Owen19
2003Michael Owen16


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