The Liverpool F.C. Society II

BriefLiverpool Football Club are an English football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool play in the Premier League, and are the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. They have won a record eighteen English League titles and five European Cups, which is an English record. Only A.C. Milan and Real Madrid have won Europe's premier club competition more times. They have also won the FA Cup and League Cup seven times. Liverpool were a founding member of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.

Liverpool have played at Anfield since they were founded in 1892. However, plans have been formed to start work on a new 60,000 all-seater stadium, which could be raised to 80,000 depending on planning permission, in the summer of 2010 near Stanley Park. The venture will be funded by Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who became the club's owners on February 6, 2007.

The club's fans have been involved in two major disasters. At the Heysel Stadium 39 Juventus F.C. fans died when a wall collapsed after crowd trouble in the 1985 European Cup Final, and at Hillsborough in 1989, 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives due to overcrowding.

AnfieldA UEFA 4-star rated stadium, it is the home of Liverpool F.C. It is famous for its wonderful atmosphere and noise. The stadium is well known for the Kop stand on the south-west side of the ground, and the atmosphere fans can create at games.

The club plans to replace Anfield with a new Stanley Park Stadium, where construction is set to begin in spring 2008. It will hold an extra 14,000 fans and will be open in 2011.

TheThe Kop is a stand in Liverpool's ground, Anfield. Spion Kop was the site of a battle in the Boer War at the start of the 20th Century. After the Boer War several football stadiums named stands/terrace areas as the Kop Originally they were all called the Spion Kop - they were shortened later. Other grounds with Kop stands include Sheffield Wednesday's and in Northern Ireland's Linfield's at Windsor Park. The Liverpool Kop stand became the most famous in the 1960s when it became world renowned as a result of the fans humorous chants and sing-alongs to Beatles songs. After the Hillsborough and Heysel stadium disasters The Kop became an all-seater stand. The supporters there are among the most admired in the world for their knowledge of the game and the sense of camaraderie, and staging Flag Days and other special events. Liverpool are currently looking to move stadiums, and whether any new stadium will have a Kop Stand has yet to be ascertained.

You'llThere is much speculation of who was the first club to sing YNWA. Celtic have made claims that it was they, not Liverpool, who were the first to belt out this inspirational song. Some crazy Manchester United fan even claims it was a Manc who belted out the classic after the Munich air disaster. YNWA can be linked to Liverpool from when it was released by 'Gerry and the pacemakers' after it was firstly sung on the musical 'carousel'. The Kop used to sing the latest 'chart toppers' before Kick off and YNWA stayed at the top for a long. Shankly heard this song, and demanded it was played before every game to act as a motivation. YNWAs most famous moment was at half time in the champions league final 2005, with liverpool trailing 3-0. It spurred the team into an amazing comeback to finally win the game on penalties.

HonoursDomestic Honours

League Champions (18 times)
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

FA Cup winners (7 times)
1964-65, 1973-74, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1991-92, 2000-01, 2005-06

League Cup winners (7 times)
1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2002-03

Charity Shield
1964-65 (shared), 1965-66 (shared), 1966-67, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1977-78 (shared), 1979-80, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1986-87 (shared), 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91 (shared), 2001-02, 2006-07

European Honours

European Cup winners (5 times)
1976-77, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1983-84, 2004-05

UEFA Cup winners (3)
1972-73, 1975-76, 2000-01

European Super Cup (3)
1977, 2001, 2005

HillsboroughOn 15th April 1989, thousands of Liverpool supporters went to watch their team in an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough stadium.

96 of them, never came home.

With Kick-off approaching, there was congestion at the turnstiles as fans tried to get in. In all his wisdom, the stadium manager ordered the police to open the gates and in doing so opened up the stadium to every man and his dog, regardless of ticket. The middle pen in Leppings Lane was becoming dangerously crowded, but fans were not ushered into the side pens that were almost empty. Soon, the crush spilled out onto the pitch where the game was still in full motion. Gasping for air, dying supporters were thrown back into the pen by police officers thinking they were facing a riot. As a consequence of appalling policing and poor management, 96 Liverpool fans died that day.

Of those who died, 89 were male and 7 were female. In respect of age, the majority were under 30 years of age, and more than a third were under 20 years. The youngest to die was a boy of 10 years.

The cause of death was attributed to crush asphyxia. Most deaths occurred in pen 3, and the remainder occurring in pen 4. The majority of deaths occurred at the front of the pens. 730 people were injured inside the ground. 36 people sustained injuries outside the ground.

But the hurt did not stop after the disaster. The memories of the 96 loved ones, was run through the mud 4 days later when The S*n printed damning lines on its front page under the headline 'THE TRUTH'. The truth was, that this accusations were lies based on nothing. But the damage was done. Every liverpool fan in Hillsborough that day was stuck with the label of murderers who rob and piss on the dying and dead.

No Liverpool fan with a sense of decency Will EVER EVER buy The S*n. Even today, the editor at time Mackenzie still refuses to apologies for these lies that still continue to hurt. And still, justice has not been resolved.

Justice for the 96. NEVER BUY THE SUN . The Truth

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SOCIETY THREAD LOG
Each thread, regardless of content, is locked at 10,000 posts. This current thread is the second Liverpool F.C. Society instalment (10,000 posts previously logged, making this Mrk. II).

Reply 1

Hubert Poo

10

SOCIETY SIGNATURE LINKS

Your society is always in need of your support and as a member you are entitled to bear the specially designed society signature link when making posts anywhere on TSR. :smile:

Just by moving the mouse pointer over it and clicking on it, anyone who wishes to join the society will be taken directly to the application page. :smile:

There is no obligation to use it of course - though we kindly ask you to :puppyeyes:

- and even those who are not members of the society may use them if they so wish. :smile:

Here it is . . .

All you have to do is copy and paste the code into your signature; click the quote button of this post in the bottom right hand corner to access it. :smile:

You need to copy it from center tag to center tag and ensure you miss nothing from it, obtaining the entire code pristine. :smile:

After copying the code, hit the My Account button on the top right hand corner of the TSR menu, and then, second along, hit the scroll down menu entitled Preferences. You will see as one of the options a segment marked Edit Signature. :smile:

Hit that, and paste the code into the clear area designated for its use. :smile:

By merely hitting Save Signature afterwards, it should now appear at the end of any post you make on TSR unless you specifically choose otherwise or later eliminate the code/add other things to the signature itself, which you can indeed do. :smile:

Please remember that if there are any problems, don't hesitate to contact your society leaders DontBuyTheSun, farhan, and Laevis to ask for help. :smile:

They are always around and want to see you get the very best out of TSR. :smile:

Reply 2

Hubert Poo

10

ANNOUNCEMENT

As per regular TSR conventions, the previous society thread has now been locked having reached the nominal marker of 10,000 posts.

This one has now been installed in its place for your use, so please just carry on as you were. :smile:

Reply 3

Hubert Poo

10

Bumper for the above post guys, to push it up. :smile:

Saff

:d

Sums up our day, really.

Now now, it was better before you edited it.

Reply 6

Ronaldo VII

2

Gratz

You missed the II off the end, Laevis :yy:

Reply 7

Saff

Well that result has made my Sunday! :biggrin:

Reply 8

Laevis

OP

13

Just a quick announcement: If anyone has any ideas/suggestions on what they would like on the Opening Post, such as Liverpool FC Soc member profiles ;grin; then please PM me and we'll try and sort something out. Thanks :lfc:

Reply 9

filastini

14

BriefLiverpool Football Club are an English football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool play in the Premier League, and are the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. They have won a record eighteen English League titles and five European Cups, which is an English record. Only A.C. Milan and Real Madrid have won Europe's premier club competition more times. They have also won the FA Cup and League Cup seven times. Liverpool were a founding member of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.

Liverpool have played at Anfield since they were founded in 1892. However, plans have been formed to start work on a new 60,000 all-seater stadium, which could be raised to 80,000 depending on planning permission, in the summer of 2010 near Stanley Park. The venture will be funded by Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who became the club's owners on February 6, 2007.

The club's fans have been involved in two major disasters. At the Heysel Stadium 39 Juventus F.C. fans died when a wall collapsed after crowd trouble in the 1985 European Cup Final, and at Hillsborough in 1989, 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives due to overcrowding.

AnfieldA UEFA 4-star rated stadium, it is the home of Liverpool F.C. It is famous for its wonderful atmosphere and noise. The stadium is well known for the Kop stand on the south-west side of the ground, and the atmosphere fans can create at games.

The club plans to replace Anfield with a new Stanley Park Stadium, where construction is set to begin in spring 2008. It will hold an extra 14,000 fans and will be open in 2011.

TheThe Kop is a stand in Liverpool's ground, Anfield. Spion Kop was the site of a battle in the Boer War at the start of the 20th Century. After the Boer War several football stadiums named stands/terrace areas as the Kop Originally they were all called the Spion Kop - they were shortened later. Other grounds with Kop stands include Sheffield Wednesday's and in Northern Ireland's Linfield's at Windsor Park. The Liverpool Kop stand became the most famous in the 1960s when it became world renowned as a result of the fans humorous chants and sing-alongs to Beatles songs. After the Hillsborough and Heysel stadium disasters The Kop became an all-seater stand. The supporters there are among the most admired in the world for their knowledge of the game and the sense of camaraderie, and staging Flag Days and other special events. Liverpool are currently looking to move stadiums, and whether any new stadium will have a Kop Stand has yet to be ascertained.

You'llThere is much speculation of who was the first club to sing YNWA. Celtic have made claims that it was they, not Liverpool, who were the first to belt out this inspirational song. Some crazy Manchester United fan even claims it was a Manc who belted out the classic after the Munich air disaster. YNWA can be linked to Liverpool from when it was released by 'Gerry and the pacemakers' after it was firstly sung on the musical 'carousel'. The Kop used to sing the latest 'chart toppers' before Kick off and YNWA stayed at the top for a long. Shankly heard this song, and demanded it was played before every game to act as a motivation. YNWAs most famous moment was at half time in the champions league final 2005, with liverpool trailing 3-0. It spurred the team into an amazing comeback to finally win the game on penalties.

HonoursDomestic Honours

League Champions (18 times)
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

FA Cup winners (7 times)
1964-65, 1973-74, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1991-92, 2000-01, 2005-06

League Cup winners (7 times)
1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2002-03

Charity Shield
1964-65 (shared), 1965-66 (shared), 1966-67, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1977-78 (shared), 1979-80, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1986-87 (shared), 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91 (shared), 2001-02, 2006-07

European Honours

European Cup winners (5 times)
1976-77, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1983-84, 2004-05

UEFA Cup winners (3)
1972-73, 1975-76, 2000-01

European Super Cup (3)
1977, 2001, 2005

HillsboroughOn 15th April 1989, thousands of Liverpool supporters went to watch their team in an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough stadium.

96 of them, never came home.

With Kick-off approaching, there was congestion at the turnstiles as fans tried to get in. In all his wisdom, the stadium manager ordered the police to open the gates and in doing so opened up the stadium to every man and his dog, regardless of ticket. The middle pen in Leppings Lane was becoming dangerously crowded, but fans were not ushered into the side pens that were almost empty. Soon, the crush spilled out onto the pitch where the game was still in full motion. Gasping for air, dying supporters were thrown back into the pen by police officers thinking they were facing a riot. As a consequence of appalling policing and poor management, 96 Liverpool fans died that day.

Of those who died, 89 were male and 7 were female. In respect of age, the majority were under 30 years of age, and more than a third were under 20 years. The youngest to die was a boy of 10 years.

The cause of death was attributed to crush asphyxia. Most deaths occurred in pen 3, and the remainder occurring in pen 4. The majority of deaths occurred at the front of the pens. 730 people were injured inside the ground. 36 people sustained injuries outside the ground.

But the hurt did not stop after the disaster. The memories of the 96 loved ones, was run through the mud 4 days later when The S*n printed damning lines on its front page under the headline 'THE TRUTH'. The truth was, that this accusations were lies based on nothing. But the damage was done. Every liverpool fan in Hillsborough that day was stuck with the label of murderers who rob and piss on the dying and dead.

No Liverpool fan with a sense of decency Will EVER EVER buy The S*n. Even today, the editor at time Mackenzie still refuses to apologies for these lies that still continue to hurt. And still, justice has not been resolved.

Justice for the 96. NEVER BUY THE SUN . The Truth

The

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Reply 10

Nissay

Lucas Leiva motm for me by the way. class act.

Reply 11

filastini

14

Nissay

Lucas Leiva motm for me by the way. class act.

He played really well but for me MoTM has to go to Gerrard :yep:

Plus he had a hand in all four goals I think.

Reply 12

73337

18

Lucas in 4 years: ;farhan;

Reply 13

El Stevo

11

quite happy. if we can get a 2-0 at reading away followed by a similar result in marseille - i'll be very happy going into the United game, which must also be a win. our season could really click into gear - 3 ahead of United with a game in hand would be so much more pleasing than 3 back with a game in hand. still not certain Arsenal can keep all Gunners blazing but there is no doubt they will continue to be dangerous.

Reply 14

sebas_back

[QUOTE="Laevis"]

LIVERPOOL FC
Most successful club in England

You'll never walk alone
There is much speculation of who was the first club to sing YNWA. Celtic have made claims that it was they, not liverpool, who were the first to belt out this iinspirational song. Some crazy manchester united fan even claims it was a manc who belted out the classic after the munich air disaster. YNWA can be linked to liverpool from when it was released by 'Gerry and the pacemakers' after it was firstly sung on the musical 'carousel'. The kop used to sing the latest 'chart toppers' before KO and YNWA stayed at the top for a long. Shankly heard this song, and demanded it was played before every game to act as a motivation. YNWAs most famous momment was at half time in the champions league final 2005, with liverpool trailing 3-0. It spured the team into an amazing comeback to finally win the game on penalties.

It was sung once against Sheffield Wednesday straight after Munich. Several will back it up. There's a few articles on it knocking around if you can be bothered looking. You're welcome to it though.

Reply 15

El Stevo

11

Brazil in 4 years - Anderson/Leiva/Denilson. :'(

Reply 16

filastini

14

Avo

Lucas in 4 years: ;farhan;

He will be me in 4 years? :p:

I think 2 years really. Won't take that long IMO.

Reply 17

Hubert Poo

10

Chewy!

quite happy. if we can get a 2-0 at reading away followed by a similar result in marseille - i'll be very happy going into the United game, which must also be a win. our season could really click into gear - 3 ahead of United with a game in hand would be so much more pleasing than 3 back with a game in hand. still not certain Arsenal can keep all Gunners blazing but there is no doubt they will continue to be dangerous.

Beat United, and that will be the strongest indication for some while that you're in for the long haul this time. And it would be great for English football to see you back. :smile:

Reply 18

73337

18

37927

He will be me in 4 years? :p:

I think 2 years really. Won't take that long IMO.

Hahah no. :'(

Peak in 4 I reckon..

Reply 19

El Stevo

11

sebas_back

It was sung once against Sheffield Wednesday straight after Munich. Several will back it up. There's a few articles on it knocking around if you can be bothered looking. You're welcome to it though.

the man speaks truth. i don't dispute it - Munich was such a terrible thing to happen to any club or indeed anyone - YNWA was as apt as anything could have been during that period.

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