Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English football club and the most successful team ever to have played in the English league. Since its founding in 1892, Liverpool has won five European Cups, the most recent in the 2004-5 season, and eighteen Football League titles. The club's home ground is the 45,362 capacity Anfield stadium, which is about three miles from the centre of Liverpool.

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English football club - English league - 1892 - European Cup - Football League - Capacity - Anfield - Stadium - Mile - Centre - Liverpool

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The club was founded on March 15 1892 by John Houlding, the owner of Anfield. Houlding decided to form his own team after Everton left Anfield in an argument over rent. The original name was to be Everton F.C. but was changed to Liverpool F.C. (after the F.A. refused to recognise the team as Everton).

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Club - March 15 - 1892 - John Houlding - Anfield - Everton - Rent - The F.A.

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The club was present at two of the biggest tragedies in European football — at Heysel in 1985 and Hillsborough in 1989. UEFA banned all English clubs from European competition for a period of five years after the Heysel disaster.

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Heysel - 1985 - Hillsborough - 1989

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Liverpool Football Club is not to be confused with Liverpool (Rugby) Football Club which was formed in 1858 and is now known as Liverpool St. Helens.

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Liverpool (Rugby) Football Club - 1858

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