Liverpool Football Club – It’s Time to Relive the 80s!

The English Premier League has become somewhat of a spectacle in recent times. Thanks to intense media coverage and vast quantities of money paid to the league for broadcasting rights it has surpassed every other league in Europe. The biggest names in the world are lured over to the Premiership with the promise of money, glory and success. If you look at the Champions League competition over the last couple of seasons it has been dominated by the English teams. This shows the strength of the English sides and the …

Liverpool Football Club: Dire Straits To Say The Least

To say the last 6 months have been turbulent for Liverpool FC would be a great understatement, current owners Gillette and Hicks have driven the company into unbearable debts and are doing all they can to sell it off and selfishly salvage some profit. Previous manager Rafa Benitez came under huge criticism as he led the club into one of their poorest seasons in history. It seems like it all went downhill since they won the European Champions League in 2005. New manager Roy Hodgeson had the odds stacked against …

History of Fulham Football Club

Formed in 1879 by members of the church on Star road, West Kensington makes Fulham the oldest club in London. It was here that schoolboys kicked a ball around to each other on ramshackle playing fields that established the English club we all know today. Their first conquest in a Cup tournament was winning the – West London Amateur Cup in 1887 and 12 months later changed their name from the long drawn out, Fulham St Andrews Church Sunday School Football Club to the shorter name of Fulham FC. In …

Liverpool Football Club – A Positive Outlook

LFC LFC – You’ll Never Walk Alone Welcome to the first edition of The LFC Times which is a new, independent view of the events at Liverpool FC. I have written a number of blogs on a wide range of subjects related to LFC, as well as being a regular contributor to posts in the LFC website fans forum, simply because Liverpool Football Club is my passion and just like millions of other fans worldwide, I have very firm views on everything to do with this world sporting icon that …

In The Beginning – The History Of Liverpool Football Club

The English football league was formed in 1888, and on September 8th, Anfield laid turf to the first football league game in its history. The home team wasn’t dressed in red, as would be the case now-a-days. They wore the blue and white strip of Everton FC. This marked the beginning of what was to become a great name in world football – Anfield. The man behind Everton FC, and the owner of the Anfield ground was John Houlding, a local brewer and pub owner, member of the local council, …

Chelsea Football Club – Money Talks in Football

Chelsea football club are one of the top sides of the English Premier League. They are the play thing of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and in recent times his money has brought the club success. They are a London team that is based at the Stamford Bridge football stadium. They are currently managed by Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari. Owner Roman Abramovich is someone that wants the best in everything he does and so since his arrival at Stamford Bridge if you don’t perform you are out! The most successful times …

The First Championship – The History Of Liverpool Football Club

After winning the Lancashire League in the first year of existence, Liverpool FC was elected to the Football League Second Division for the 1893-1894 season. As was the case with the previous season, Liverpool FC was extremely successful in their second season as well, and won the Second Division by a good margin, suffering no defeats in the process. As a result they were promoted to the the highest level of English football at the time – the first division! As you would expect, Liverpool FC didn’t just go on …