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
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
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
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
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
Unfortunately for Southampton supporters, the club has simply not been successful enough to mean that they have enjoyed all that many important games against a side like Liverpool. Southampton have never won the top-flight league, for example, whilst the Reds won it 18 times before the Premier League was even invented. That being said, the … 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
Burnley Football Club was created a full decade prior to the formation of Liverpool FC, which in some ways is an accurate reflection of the manner in which football came from the northern heartlands first and foremost. Although you would struggle to find anyone who would make an argument that the Clarets have been more … Read more
It would probably be fair to say that the rivalry between Liverpool and Arsenal is reasonably friendly and largely respectful. That is in spite of the fact that it took until the 11th match between the pair for the game to end in a draw. Liverpool won the first four matches against the club that … 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