LFC- The kop Roar for success

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 01:51 AM

Liverpool F.C

Facts
Name-Liverpool Football club
Nickname-The Reds
Formed: 1892
Colours: Red

Stadium
Anfield

Capacity-45,362
Largest attendance-61,905
Lowest attendance-1,000
Largest stand- The Kop

uefa rating-****

Kits

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

Manager
Rafael Benitez

Rafael Benítez Maudes (born April 16, 1960, Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish football manager. Also referred to as Rafa Benítez, he has been manager of Liverpool F.C. since 2004. He has previously managed Valencia CF, CD Tenerife, CF Extremadura, CA Osasuna, Real Valladolid and Real Madrid B. Benítez became the most successful Valencia CF manager in their history after just three seasons in charge. In 2002 he led the club to their first La Liga title since 1971 and in 2004 he led the club to a La Liga/UEFA Cup double. In 2005 he guided Liverpool F.C. to victory in the UEFA Champions League and the European Supercup and in 2006 he led them to victory in the FA Cup.

Club History

Liverpool Football Club were founded in May 1892 by John Houlding, who owned the Anfield Road stadium. Everton FC were the occupants at Anfield before this date but following a disagreement with Houlding they promptly moved across Stanley Park to a new home - Goodison Park.
Houlding was left with an empty stadium and so formed Liverpool Football Club. He appointed John McKenna, an Irishman with many links in Scottish football, McKenna used his links to form a ’squad’ of 13 players, of which 9 were Scottish.
In their first season the club won the second division championship - without losing a game! The first of 18 first division championships arrived at Anfield in season 1900-01, now under the management of Tom Watson, the team finished two points ahead of Sunderland. Five years before that Liverpool recorded their highest ever League win when they beat Rotherham United 10-1 in the second division (Feb 18th 1896).
The Reds won their second league title in 1906, and reached their first FA Cup Final in 1914. The match was played at the old Crystal Palace ground and Liverpool lost 1-0 to Burnely, with ex-Evertonian Burt Freeman scoring the only goal.

In 1922 the third league title was secured and the following year the fourth was won - finishing 6 points clear. The summer of 1928 saw a new roof on the famous Kop stand at Anfield.

In 1947 another league title was won, losing just one match all season. In search of the double The Reds reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, but lost after a replay to Burnley.
1955 saw Liverpool beat Everton 4-0 in an FA Cup tie, but the Jon Welsh could not get the club out of division two and so was replaced by Phil Taylor the following year.
Taylor had little success and was replaced by Bill Shankly in 1959. Shankly arrived from Huddersfield and went on to guide The Reds to numerous championships and cup wins.
Shankly lead the club to their first FA Cup final at their third attempt in 1965, beating Leeds United in the final. That win came was sandwiched by two more championships. European success was on the horizon and despite ending as runners-up in the European Cup Winners Cup in 1966 the bread and butter of the league title was won.
1973 was a significant year for Liverpool FC, under the leadership of Bill Shankly they won their first European honour - the UEFA Cup - and their eighth league title! Just a year later Shankly made the decision to leave the club by mutual consent - much to the shock of all the Reds adoring fans.

Bob Paisley was promoted from the ‘bootroom’, a trend which would continue at the club for decades to come. Any doubts that Paisley was not the right man for the job were dispelled in 1976, when Paisley’s team won the league title and UEFA Cup in the same season. The next season saw the league title (again!), the European Cup and the European Super Cup all arrive at Anfield. The trophies kept coming with another European Cup in 78 and league titles in 79, 80, 82 and 83. These were won with league cups in 81, 82 and 83 and a third European Cup in 81. These successes made Bob Paisley the most successful British football manager ever.

Paisley retired at the of the 1982-83 season and made way for Joe Fagan to take charge. Fagan’s team lifted the league title, league cup and the European Cup in his first season in charge - some start to a managerial career!

Kenny Dalglish was appointed in 1985 following Fagan’s retirement and won the clubs’ first ever double of league title and FA Cup in 1986. Two more league championships followed in 88 and 90 along with another FA Cup win in 89.

April 15th 1989 is a date that will live long in the memory of Reds fans through out the World. Liverpool were playing Nottingham Forest in an FA Cup semi final at Sheffield’s Hillsborough Stadium. 96 Liverpool fans were tragically killed following inadequate policing and stewarding in the Leppings Lane End.
Dalglish left the club in 1991 and Graeme Souness took the helm. His first season saw The Reds lifted the FA Cup, beating Sunderland 2-0. But Souness’ reign at the club was not to be a successful one and after several failed attempts to win the league and many poor finishes, he made way for Roy Evans in 1994.
1994 also saw the last ever game in front of the Kop stand. Norwich City were the visitors as 44,339 fans packed in to Anfield. Many of them had turned out to see legends such as Paisley and Dalglish. The date of April 30th 1994 will go down in Liverpool history - but not for the result. Norwich won 1-0 courtesy of a Jeremy Goss strike at the Kop End.
Evans’ reign started in familiar fashion to Souness’ with a League Cup win in 1995. But once again the club failed to live up to expectations with miserable European campaigns and continued league inconsistencies.
In the summer of 1998 Gerard Houllier was appointed joint manager with Roy Evans. But that joint partnership was always destined to end in failure and after four months together Roy Evans left the club.
Houllier began to build a squad of players ready to challenge at the top. Success was not immediate but after two seasons in sole charge three trophies arrived together. League Cup success over Birmingham was the clubs first trophy for 6 years and this was soon followed by FA Cup and UEFA Cup joy two months later. A memorable UEFA Cup Final saw Houllier’s team beat Spanish underdogs 5-4 after extra time

Hillsborough
On April 15 1989 over 25,000 Liverpool fans travelled to Hillsborough to support their team in the FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest. Ninety six of them never returned. Nineteen years later friends and family of those who lost their lives were joined by thousands of fans at Anfield to pay tribute to 96 Liverpool supporters who will never be forgotten.
You'll never walk alone.
You'll never walk alone
Written by Rogers and Hammerstein for the 1945 Broadway musical 'Carousel', Gerry Marsden and his Pacemakers performed the song in Liverpool clubs during the birth of Merseybeat. "The audience would just stop, stand and listen. It had this immediate effect," says Marsden. Released in October 1963, YNWA was the Pacemakers' third consecutive number one and nowhere was it more popular than on the Kop, as fans sang along with the PA before matches. When it fell from the top spot, Kopites continued to sing it and YNWA has been played and sung at Anfield ever since.

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 01:52 AM

goal keepers coming up

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 01:57 AM

Squad
Goal keepers
Diego Cavalieri
Date of Birth: 01/12/1982
Height: 6'2
Weight: 13st 1
1st team games: 0
1st team goals: 0
International caps: 0
International goals: 0
Former clubs: Palmeiras
Birth Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Pepe Reina
Date of Birth: 31/08/1982
Height: 6'2
Weight: 14st 7
1st team games: 156
1st team goals: 0
International caps: 10
International goals: 0
Former clubs: Barcelona, Villarreal
Birth Place: Madrid

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 01:58 AM

defence coming up

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 02:12 AM

Defence
Andrea Dossena
Date of Birth: 11/09/1981
Height: 5'8
Weight: 12st 3
1st team games: 0
1st team goals: 0
International caps: 1
International goals: 0
Former clubs: Hellas Verona, Udinese, Treviso FBC
Birth Place: Lodi, Italy

Sami Hyypia
Date of Birth: 07/10/1973
Height: 6'4
Weight: 14st
1st team games: 445
1st team goals: 33
International caps: 90
International goals: 5
Former clubs: Pallo-Peikot, KuMu, MyPa Anjalankoski, Willem II
Birth Place: Porvoo

Daniel Agger
Date of Birth: 12/12/1984
Height: 6'3
Weight: 12st 6
1st team games: 53
1st team goals: 4
International caps: 18
International goals: 2
Former clubs: Brondby
Birth Place: Hvidovre, Denmark

Fabio Aurelio
Date of Birth: 24/09/1979
Height: 5'8
Weight: 11st 9
1st team games: 54
1st team goals: 1
International caps: 0
International goals: 0
Former clubs: Sao Paulo, Valencia
Birth Place: San Carlos, Brazil

Alvaro Arbeloa
Date of Birth: 17/01/1983
Height: 6'0
Weight: 12st
1st team games: 55
1st team goals: 1
International caps: 3
International goals: 0
Former clubs: Real Madrid, Deportivo La Coruna
Birth Place: Salamanca, Spain

Jamie carragher
Date of Birth: 28/01/1978
Height: 5'10
Weight: 12st 4
1st team games: 523
1st team goals: 4
International caps: 34
International goals: 0
Former clubs: Youth
Birth Place: Bootle

Philipp Degan
Date of Birth: 15/02/1983
Height: 6'1
Weight: 12st 6
1st team games: 0
1st team goals: 0
International caps: 30
International goals: 0
Former clubs: FC Basel, Borussia Dortmund
Birth Place: Holstein, Switzerland

Martin Skrtel
Date of Birth: 15/12/1984
Height: 6'4
Weight: 12st 11
1st team games: 20
1st team goals: 0
International caps: 25
International goals: 4
Former clubs: FC Banik Prievidza, AS Trencin, Zenit St Petersburg
Birth Place: Handlova, Slovakia

Emiliano Insua
Date of Birth: 07/01/1989
Height: 5'8
Weight: 12st 2
1st team games: 5
1st team goals: 0
International caps: 0
International goals: 0
Former clubs: Boca Juniors
Birth Place: Buenos Aires

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 02:13 AM

midfield coming up

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 02:27 AM

Midfielders
Steven Gerrard (c)

Date of Birth: 30/05/1980
Height: 6'0
Weight: 12st 6
1st team games: 439
1st team goals: 96
International caps: 67
International goals: 13
Former clubs: Youth
Birth Place: Whiston

Albert Riera
Date of Birth: 15/04/1982
Height: N/A
Weight: N/A
1st team games: 0
1st team goals: 0
International caps: 5
International goals: 1
Former clubs: RCD Mallorca, Girondins Bordeaux, RCD Espanyol, Manchester City (loan)
Birth Place: Mancacor, Spain

Xabi Alonso
Date of Birth: 25/11/1981
Height: 6'0
Weight: 12st 6
1st team games: 162
1st team goals: 14
International caps: 47
International goals: 1
Former clubs: Real Sociedad, SD Eibar
Birth Place: Tolosa, Spain

Yossi Benayoun
Date of Birth: 05/05/1980
Height: 5'8
Weight: 9st 8
1st team games: 48
1st team goals: 11
International caps: 63
International goals: 15
Former clubs: Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa, Racing Santander, West Ham United
Birth Place: Dimona, Israel

Jermaine Pennant
Date of Birth: 15/01/1983
Height: 5'9
Weight: 10st 8
1st team games: 76
1st team goals: 3
International caps: 0
International goals: 0
Former clubs: Notts County, Arsenal, Watford (loan), Leeds United (loan), Birmingham City
Birth Place: Nottingham

Ryan Babel
Date of Birth: 19/12/1986
Height: 6'0
Weight: 11st 7
1st team games: 49
1st team goals: 10
International caps: 26
International goals: 6
Former clubs: Ajax
Birth Place: Amsterdam

Javier Mascherano
Date of Birth: 08/06/1984
Height: 5'7
Weight: 13st 5
1st team games: 52
1st team goals: 1
International caps: 42
International goals: 2
Former clubs: River Plate, Corinthians, West Ham United
Birth Place: San Lorenzo, Argentina

Lucas Leiva
Date of Birth: 09/01/1987
Height: 5'8
Weight: 11st 7
1st team games: 32
1st team goals: 1
International caps: 3
International goals: 0
Former clubs: Gremio
Birth Place: Dourados, Brazil

Sebastian Leto
Date of Birth: 30/08/1986
Height: 6'2
Weight: 12st 4
1st team games: 4
1st team goals: 0
International caps: 0
International goals: 0
Former clubs: Club Atletico Lanus
Birth Place: Buenos Aires

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 02:28 AM

strikers coming up

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 02:42 AM

Strikers
Robbie Keane
Date of Birth: 08/07/1980
Height: 5'9
Weight: N/A
1st team games: 0
1st team goals: 0
International caps: 81
International goals: 33
Former clubs: Crumlin United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City, Inter Milan, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur
Birth Place: Dublin

Fernando Torres
Date of Birth: 20/03/1984
Height: 6'1
Weight: 12st 4
1st team games: 47
1st team goals: 33
International caps: 54
International goals: 17
Former clubs: Atletico Madrid
Birth Place: Madrid, Spain

Andriy Voronin
Date of Birth: 21/07/1979
Height: 5'10
Weight: 11st 8
1st team games: 27
1st team goals: 6
International caps: 53
International goals: 6
Former clubs: Borussia Moenchengladbach, Mainz, Cologne, Bayer Leverkusen
Birth Place: Odessa

Dirk Kuyt
Date of Birth: 22/07/1980
Height: 6'0
Weight: 13st 2
1st team games: 95
1st team goals: 25
International caps: 41
International goals: 8
Former clubs: FC Utrecht, Feyenoord
Birth Place: Katwijk, Netherlands

David N'gog
Date of Birth: 01/04/1989
Height: 6’3
Weight: N/A
1st team games: 0
1st team goals: 0
International caps: 0
International goals: 0
Former clubs: Paris Saint Germain
Birth Place: Gennevilliers, France

Daniel Pacheco
Place of birth:malaga spain
D.O.B-05/01/1991
Height 5'6
weight:10st 3lbs

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 02:43 AM

Bring on the posts

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 02:55 AM

good op?

Chelsea11 · 19-12-2008, 02:57 AM

why do you have Voronin? He's on loan to Berlin

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chelsea11

why do you have Voronin? He's on loan to Berlin

yh i no bt i thought i should put him down because he's still a liverpool player

7DavidVilla · 19-12-2008, 03:02 AM

Not a great fan of the red font, I know you're trying to give it a Liverpool feel, but it just doesn't seem right.

Also, maybe a bit more detail? I really enjoy learning the history behind the club, and Liverpool have plenty of history

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7DavidVilla

Not a great fan of the red font, I know you're trying to give it a Liverpool feel, but it just doesn't seem right.

Also, maybe a bit more detail? I really enjoy learning the history behind the club, and Liverpool have plenty of history

sure mate ill do that now
im going to do the new stadium on an update iswell

Chelsea11 · 19-12-2008, 03:08 AM

why did you reserve posts inbetween?

Liverpöol · 19-12-2008, 03:11 AM

lol you're supposed to reserve then edit the reserved post.

Not reserve then make a new post

KIU though. will check out the new competition later today

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chelsea11

why did you reserve posts inbetween?

soory didnt no

The Stig · 19-12-2008, 03:21 AM

Put something in them

7DavidVilla · 19-12-2008, 03:58 AM

In each post, you could maybe put something to do with that group of players.

e.g. For the goalkeepers, you could have a section about what the coach thinks of these players (sort of like, how will this player help us in the coming season?), and once you've started playing matches, have a little review on that players performance? You could also have their statistics in those posts (Cleansheets, matches played, goals scored, etc), or even have transfer rumours pertaining to those sections (what goalkeepers Liverpool are interested in buying)?

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7DavidVilla

In each post, you could maybe put something to do with that group of players.

e.g. For the goalkeepers, you could have a section about what the coach thinks of these players (sort of like, how will this player help us in the coming season?), and once you've started playing matches, have a little review on that players performance? You could also have their statistics in those posts (Cleansheets, matches played, goals scored, etc), or even have transfer rumours pertaining to those sections (what goalkeepers Liverpool are interested in buying)?

yep i will be doing that later on today
ive gt some ideas for transfers
i would like to add another goalkeeper
a rb/lb back
Blatently a winger
and possibly a new striker
i will also be doing pre-season maybe a tour of asia or a cometition

Liverpöol · 19-12-2008, 04:12 AM

nice imput 7D

7DavidVilla · 19-12-2008, 04:17 AM

Sounds good. Try doing a pre-season of a less popular league. Everyone seems to do America these days...

lfcmanico · 19-12-2008, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7DavidVilla

Sounds good. Try doing a pre-season of a less popular league. Everyone seems to do America these days...

yh i might do the australian league or maybe a rest of the world tour

nzgangster · 19-12-2008, 08:13 AM

good start dude.

i didint konw about the Hillsborough incident. i am gonna look up more about it now.

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lfcmanico Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 229	LFC- The kop Roar for success Liverpool F.C Facts Name-Liverpool Football club Nickname-The Reds Formed: 1892 Colours: Red Stadium Anfield Capacity-45,362 Largest attendance-61,905 Lowest attendance-1,000 Largest stand- The Kop uefa rating-** Kits 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 Manager Rafael Benitez Rafael Benítez Maudes (born April 16, 1960, Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish football manager. Also referred to as Rafa Benítez, he has been manager of Liverpool F.C. since 2004. He has previously managed Valencia CF, CD Tenerife, CF Extremadura, CA Osasuna, Real Valladolid and Real Madrid B. Benítez became the most successful Valencia CF manager in their history after just three seasons in charge. In 2002 he led the club to their first La Liga title since 1971 and in 2004 he led the club to a La Liga/UEFA Cup double. In 2005 he guided Liverpool F.C. to victory in the UEFA Champions League and the European Supercup and in 2006 he led them to victory in the FA Cup. Club History** Liverpool Football Club were founded in May 1892 by John Houlding, who owned the Anfield Road stadium. Everton FC were the occupants at Anfield before this date but following a disagreement with Houlding they promptly moved across Stanley Park to a new home - Goodison Park. Houlding was left with an empty stadium and so formed Liverpool Football Club. He appointed John McKenna, an Irishman with many links in Scottish football, McKenna used his links to form a ’squad’ of 13 players, of which 9 were Scottish. In their first season the club won the second division championship - without losing a game! The first of 18 first division championships arrived at Anfield in season 1900-01, now under the management of Tom Watson, the team finished two points ahead of Sunderland. Five years before that Liverpool recorded their highest ever League win when they beat Rotherham United 10-1 in the second division (Feb 18th 1896). The Reds won their second league title in 1906, and reached their first FA Cup Final in 1914. The match was played at the old Crystal Palace ground and Liverpool lost 1-0 to Burnely, with ex-Evertonian Burt Freeman scoring the only goal. In 1922 the third league title was secured and the following year the fourth was won - finishing 6 points clear. The summer of 1928 saw a new roof on the famous Kop stand at Anfield. In 1947 another league title was won, losing just one match all season. In search of the double The Reds reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, but lost after a replay to Burnley. 1955 saw Liverpool beat Everton 4-0 in an FA Cup tie, but the Jon Welsh could not get the club out of division two and so was replaced by Phil Taylor the following year. Taylor had little success and was replaced by Bill Shankly in 1959. Shankly arrived from Huddersfield and went on to guide The Reds to numerous championships and cup wins. Shankly lead the club to their first FA Cup final at their third attempt in 1965, beating Leeds United in the final. That win came was sandwiched by two more championships. European success was on the horizon and despite ending as runners-up in the European Cup Winners Cup in 1966 the bread and butter of the league title was won. 1973 was a significant year for Liverpool FC, under the leadership of Bill Shankly they won their first European honour - the UEFA Cup - and their eighth league title! Just a year later Shankly made the decision to leave the club by mutual consent - much to the shock of all the Reds adoring fans. Bob Paisley was promoted from the ‘bootroom’, a trend which would continue at the club for decades to come. Any doubts that Paisley was not the right man for the job were dispelled in 1976, when Paisley’s team won the league title and UEFA Cup in the same season. The next season saw the league title (again!), the European Cup and the European Super Cup all arrive at Anfield. The trophies kept coming with another European Cup in 78 and league titles in 79, 80, 82 and 83. These were won with league cups in 81, 82 and 83 and a third European Cup in 81. These successes made Bob Paisley the most successful British football manager ever. Paisley retired at the of the 1982-83 season and made way for Joe Fagan to take charge. Fagan’s team lifted the league title, league cup and the European Cup in his first season in charge - some start to a managerial career! Kenny Dalglish was appointed in 1985 following Fagan’s retirement and won the clubs’ first ever double of league title and FA Cup in 1986. Two more league championships followed in 88 and 90 along with another FA Cup win in 89. April 15th 1989 is a date that will live long in the memory of Reds fans through out the World. Liverpool were playing Nottingham Forest in an FA Cup semi final at Sheffield’s Hillsborough Stadium. 96 Liverpool fans were tragically killed following inadequate policing and stewarding in the Leppings Lane End. Dalglish left the club in 1991 and Graeme Souness took the helm. His first season saw The Reds lifted the FA Cup, beating Sunderland 2-0. But Souness’ reign at the club was not to be a successful one and after several failed attempts to win the league and many poor finishes, he made way for Roy Evans in 1994. 1994 also saw the last ever game in front of the Kop stand. Norwich City were the visitors as 44,339 fans packed in to Anfield. Many of them had turned out to see legends such as Paisley and Dalglish. The date of April 30th 1994 will go down in Liverpool history - but not for the result. Norwich won 1-0 courtesy of a Jeremy Goss strike at the Kop End. Evans’ reign started in familiar fashion to Souness’ with a League Cup win in 1995. But once again the club failed to live up to expectations with miserable European campaigns and continued league inconsistencies. In the summer of 1998 Gerard Houllier was appointed joint manager with Roy Evans. But that joint partnership was always destined to end in failure and after four months together Roy Evans left the club. Houllier began to build a squad of players ready to challenge at the top. Success was not immediate but after two seasons in sole charge three trophies arrived together. League Cup success over Birmingham was the clubs first trophy for 6 years and this was soon followed by FA Cup and UEFA Cup joy two months later. A memorable UEFA Cup Final saw Houllier’s team beat Spanish underdogs 5-4 after extra time Hillsborough On April 15 1989 over 25,000 Liverpool fans travelled to Hillsborough to support their team in the FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest. Ninety six of them never returned. Nineteen years later friends and family of those who lost their lives were joined by thousands of fans at Anfield to pay tribute to 96 Liverpool supporters who will never be forgotten. You'll never walk alone. You'll never walk alone Written by Rogers and Hammerstein for the 1945 Broadway musical 'Carousel', Gerry Marsden and his Pacemakers performed the song in Liverpool clubs during the birth of Merseybeat. "The audience would just stop, stand and listen. It had this immediate effect," says Marsden. Released in October 1963, YNWA was the Pacemakers' third consecutive number one and nowhere was it more popular than on the Kop, as fans sang along with the PA before matches. When it fell from the top spot, Kopites continued to sing it and YNWA has been played and sung at Anfield ever since. When you walk through a storm Hold your head up high And don't be afraid of the dark At the end of the storm Is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone Last edited by lfcmanico; 19-12-2008 at 03:46 AM..

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lfcmanico Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 229	Squad Goal keepers Diego Cavalieri Date of Birth: 01/12/1982 Height: 6'2 Weight: 13st 1 1st team games: 0 1st team goals: 0 International caps: 0 International goals: 0 Former clubs: Palmeiras Birth Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil Pepe Reina Date of Birth: 31/08/1982 Height: 6'2 Weight: 14st 7 1st team games: 156 1st team goals: 0 International caps: 10 International goals: 0 Former clubs: Barcelona, Villarreal Birth Place: Madrid

19-12-2008, 02:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
lfcmanico Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 229	Defence Andrea Dossena Date of Birth: 11/09/1981 Height: 5'8 Weight: 12st 3 1st team games: 0 1st team goals: 0 International caps: 1 International goals: 0 Former clubs: Hellas Verona, Udinese, Treviso FBC Birth Place: Lodi, Italy Sami Hyypia Date of Birth: 07/10/1973 Height: 6'4 Weight: 14st 1st team games: 445 1st team goals: 33 International caps: 90 International goals: 5 Former clubs: Pallo-Peikot, KuMu, MyPa Anjalankoski, Willem II Birth Place: Porvoo Daniel Agger Date of Birth: 12/12/1984 Height: 6'3 Weight: 12st 6 1st team games: 53 1st team goals: 4 International caps: 18 International goals: 2 Former clubs: Brondby Birth Place: Hvidovre, Denmark Fabio Aurelio Date of Birth: 24/09/1979 Height: 5'8 Weight: 11st 9 1st team games: 54 1st team goals: 1 International caps: 0 International goals: 0 Former clubs: Sao Paulo, Valencia Birth Place: San Carlos, Brazil Alvaro Arbeloa Date of Birth: 17/01/1983 Height: 6'0 Weight: 12st 1st team games: 55 1st team goals: 1 International caps: 3 International goals: 0 Former clubs: Real Madrid, Deportivo La Coruna Birth Place: Salamanca, Spain Jamie carragher Date of Birth: 28/01/1978 Height: 5'10 Weight: 12st 4 1st team games: 523 1st team goals: 4 International caps: 34 International goals: 0 Former clubs: Youth Birth Place: Bootle Philipp Degan Date of Birth: 15/02/1983 Height: 6'1 Weight: 12st 6 1st team games: 0 1st team goals: 0 International caps: 30 International goals: 0 Former clubs: FC Basel, Borussia Dortmund Birth Place: Holstein, Switzerland Martin Skrtel Date of Birth: 15/12/1984 Height: 6'4 Weight: 12st 11 1st team games: 20 1st team goals: 0 International caps: 25 International goals: 4 Former clubs: FC Banik Prievidza, AS Trencin, Zenit St Petersburg Birth Place: Handlova, Slovakia Emiliano Insua Date of Birth: 07/01/1989 Height: 5'8 Weight: 12st 2 1st team games: 5 1st team goals: 0 International caps: 0 International goals: 0 Former clubs: Boca Juniors Birth Place: Buenos Aires

19-12-2008, 02:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
lfcmanico Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 229	Midfielders Steven Gerrard (c) Date of Birth: 30/05/1980 Height: 6'0 Weight: 12st 6 1st team games: 439 1st team goals: 96 International caps: 67 International goals: 13 Former clubs: Youth Birth Place: Whiston Albert Riera Date of Birth: 15/04/1982 Height: N/A Weight: N/A 1st team games: 0 1st team goals: 0 International caps: 5 International goals: 1 Former clubs: RCD Mallorca, Girondins Bordeaux, RCD Espanyol, Manchester City (loan) Birth Place: Mancacor, Spain Xabi Alonso Date of Birth: 25/11/1981 Height: 6'0 Weight: 12st 6 1st team games: 162 1st team goals: 14 International caps: 47 International goals: 1 Former clubs: Real Sociedad, SD Eibar Birth Place: Tolosa, Spain Yossi Benayoun Date of Birth: 05/05/1980 Height: 5'8 Weight: 9st 8 1st team games: 48 1st team goals: 11 International caps: 63 International goals: 15 Former clubs: Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa, Racing Santander, West Ham United Birth Place: Dimona, Israel Jermaine Pennant Date of Birth: 15/01/1983 Height: 5'9 Weight: 10st 8 1st team games: 76 1st team goals: 3 International caps: 0 International goals: 0 Former clubs: Notts County, Arsenal, Watford (loan), Leeds United (loan), Birmingham City Birth Place: Nottingham Ryan Babel Date of Birth: 19/12/1986 Height: 6'0 Weight: 11st 7 1st team games: 49 1st team goals: 10 International caps: 26 International goals: 6 Former clubs: Ajax Birth Place: Amsterdam Javier Mascherano Date of Birth: 08/06/1984 Height: 5'7 Weight: 13st 5 1st team games: 52 1st team goals: 1 International caps: 42 International goals: 2 Former clubs: River Plate, Corinthians, West Ham United Birth Place: San Lorenzo, Argentina Lucas Leiva Date of Birth: 09/01/1987 Height: 5'8 Weight: 11st 7 1st team games: 32 1st team goals: 1 International caps: 3 International goals: 0 Former clubs: Gremio Birth Place: Dourados, Brazil Sebastian Leto Date of Birth: 30/08/1986 Height: 6'2 Weight: 12st 4 1st team games: 4 1st team goals: 0 International caps: 0 International goals: 0 Former clubs: Club Atletico Lanus Birth Place: Buenos Aires

19-12-2008, 02:42 AM	#9 (permalink)
lfcmanico Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 229	Strikers Robbie Keane Date of Birth: 08/07/1980 Height: 5'9 Weight: N/A 1st team games: 0 1st team goals: 0 International caps: 81 International goals: 33 Former clubs: Crumlin United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City, Inter Milan, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur Birth Place: Dublin Fernando Torres Date of Birth: 20/03/1984 Height: 6'1 Weight: 12st 4 1st team games: 47 1st team goals: 33 International caps: 54 International goals: 17 Former clubs: Atletico Madrid Birth Place: Madrid, Spain Andriy Voronin Date of Birth: 21/07/1979 Height: 5'10 Weight: 11st 8 1st team games: 27 1st team goals: 6 International caps: 53 International goals: 6 Former clubs: Borussia Moenchengladbach, Mainz, Cologne, Bayer Leverkusen Birth Place: Odessa Dirk Kuyt Date of Birth: 22/07/1980 Height: 6'0 Weight: 13st 2 1st team games: 95 1st team goals: 25 International caps: 41 International goals: 8 Former clubs: FC Utrecht, Feyenoord Birth Place: Katwijk, Netherlands David N'gog Date of Birth: 01/04/1989 Height: 6’3 Weight: N/A 1st team games: 0 1st team goals: 0 International caps: 0 International goals: 0 Former clubs: Paris Saint Germain Birth Place: Gennevilliers, France Daniel Pacheco Place of birth:malaga spain D.O.B-05/01/1991 Height 5'6 weight:10st 3lbs Last edited by lfcmanico; 19-12-2008 at 04:04 PM..

19-12-2008, 02:43 AM	#10 (permalink)
lfcmanico Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 229	Bring on the posts

19-12-2008, 02:55 AM	#11 (permalink)
lfcmanico Rookie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 229	good op?

19-12-2008, 02:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
Chelsea11 EA Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Gender: Male Posts: 23,454	why do you have Voronin? He's on loan to Berlin __________________ SIG by ME

19-12-2008, 03:02 AM	#14 (permalink)
7DavidVilla Rookie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia Gender: Male Posts: 204	Not a great fan of the red font, I know you're trying to give it a Liverpool feel, but it just doesn't seem right. Also, maybe a bit more detail? I really enjoy learning the history behind the club, and Liverpool have plenty of history __________________ SDH Credit to hales

19-12-2008, 03:08 AM	#16 (permalink)
Chelsea11 EA Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Gender: Male Posts: 23,454	why did you reserve posts inbetween? __________________ SIG by ME

19-12-2008, 03:21 AM	#19 (permalink)
The Stig Elite Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bunbury, WA Age: 15 Gender: Male Posts: 8,803	Put something in them __________________ "Come Dance With Me Honey, I Got Like 1/2 a Mill in Monopoly Money"

19-12-2008, 03:58 AM	#20 (permalink)
7DavidVilla Rookie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia Gender: Male Posts: 204	In each post, you could maybe put something to do with that group of players. e.g. For the goalkeepers, you could have a section about what the coach thinks of these players (sort of like, how will this player help us in the coming season?), and once you've started playing matches, have a little review on that players performance? You could also have their statistics in those posts (Cleansheets, matches played, goals scored, etc), or even have transfer rumours pertaining to those sections (what goalkeepers Liverpool are interested in buying)? __________________ SDH Credit to hales

19-12-2008, 04:17 AM	#23 (permalink)
7DavidVilla Rookie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia Gender: Male Posts: 204	Sounds good. Try doing a pre-season of a less popular league. Everyone seems to do America these days... __________________ SDH Credit to hales

19-12-2008, 08:13 AM	#25 (permalink)
nzgangster EA Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New Zealand. Gender: Private Posts: 14,423 Blog Entries: 1	good start dude. i didint konw about the Hillsborough incident. i am gonna look up more about it now. __________________ "All of us, sometimes have to grit our teeth."