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
For a long time, Chelsea weren’t really any of Liverpool’s business. The Merseyside club were arguably the best side on the planet for long periods of time during the 1970s and 1980s, whilst the Londoners struggled for any real sort of consistency. The Reds all but owned the League Cup in the ’80s, for example, … Read more
Liverpool and Manchester United each have footballing rivals much closer to home in the shape of royal-blue Everton and sky-blue Manchester City respectively. However, if you ask fans of either Liverpool or Man United who their biggest, most hated rival is, a very high proportion will answer the other red giants of the North West. … Read more
Liverpool and Crystal Palace are not true rivals but, over the years, they have played each other many times. Moreover, they have had one or two really notable clashes and we will look at these shortly. The Reds are founder-members of the Premier League, whilst the Eagles, who were founded in 1905, were also there … Read more
The rivalry between Liverpool and Everton is one of the oldest and most historic in world football. The distance between the club’s grounds is tiny and even when Everton leave Goodison Park that will remain the case. Liverpool were actually formed out of Everton, the Reds having been founded in 1892, with Everton having been … 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
There is an ancient proverb that states “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”, and on that basis, Liverpool and Manchester City should be friends, rather than rivals. Whilst their mutual dislike of Manchester United certainly unifies them to a degree, in recent years at least, they have become bona fide adversaries. Battles between … Read more
You would be forgiven for thinking that Liverpool versus Brighton & Hove Albion is something of a modern rivalry, simply because of how long the South coast club spent outside of the top-flight. In reality, however, it is a matchup that took place for the first time in the FA Cup back in 1908. It … 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