As one of the most successful clubs English football has ever seen, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Liverpool rarely came across Bournemouth in the years past. The Cherries didn’t make it into the top-flight of the game until 2015, with the Reds having called it home since the club made it there with Bill … Read more
In spite of the fact that Liverpool have had rivalries with other London clubs over the years, the most notable of which was against Chelsea during the Rafa Benítez/José Mourinho era, it would be untrue to say that the Reds have ever had any real rivalry with Tottenham Hotspur. Given the enmity held between Liverpool … Read more
It would be untrue to suggest that there is any real rivalry of any sort between Liverpool and Fulham, largely because the two sides haven’t always been in the same division as one another. In fact, they didn’t play a league game against each other until 1949, with Liverpool winning the First Division encounter 1-0. … Read more
Modern day football fans might well imagine that there isn’t a huge amount of history to discuss between Liverpool and Ipswich Town. Even those that only think of the sport as having begun with the advent of the Premier League would still be mistake to take that point of view, however, with the Tractor Boys … Read more
When you think of Liverpool’s main rivalries, the main ones that pop into the heads of most people are Everton and Manchester United. Nottingham Forest’s absence from the top-flight means that not everyone will think of them as being a major rival of the Reds, but they remain a team that a lot of older … Read more
Liverpool and Newcastle are not huge rivals historically speaking, and the fans and cities have much in common. They are also linked by some true icons of both clubs, with Kevin Keegan revered by fans of both, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness and Rafa Benitez having managed both clubs, and several other players having played for … Read more
Liverpool and Coventry City first met in the FA Cup in the January of 1961, at a point when neither club resembled the side it would soon become. Liverpool were still rebuilding in the Second Division under a young Bill Shankly, whilst Coventry were several years away from Jimmy Hill’s arrival and the ‘Sky Blue … Read more
Liverpool and Hull City first met in the November of 1954, with Liverpool having been relegated from the First Division earlier in the year. Both clubs were members of the Second Division at the time, which is a reminder that even a club of Liverpool’s stature can endure a spell in the wilderness. That was … Read more
Liverpool are one of the most successful football clubs that England has ever seen. Although the club spend some time in the lower leagues, the arrival of Bill Shankly changed that completely and they remained in the top-flight every season thereafter, winning countless trophies along the way. The same cannot be said of Brentford, who … Read more
Anyone who knows anything about the United Kingdom and England in particular will more than understand the North-South divide. Northerners don’t like Southerners and vice-versa, but the Midlands is an oft-forgotten part of town where such an argument goes to die. The success of the two clubs, particularly during the 1980s, means that the same … Read more