The Football History of Liverpool Book

1922: Anfield holds fewer than 30,000. Fans in the stands wear suits with flat caps or fedoras. Television is yet to be invented. Liverpool win the league.

2020: Anfield would hold over 50,000, were it not for a global pandemic. Fans huddled on sofas don the iconic red shirt. TVs, phones and tablets take games to living rooms the world over. Liverpool win the league. Whatever the era, Liverpool give it all for glory.

This book is any Liverpool fan’s ticket back in time. In 140 pages of authentic newspaper reports, fans can relive the glorious history of their club, as it was being written. Going all the way back to the title win in 1906, it follows the story of this storied club right up to recent seasons. 

As the pages pass, readers will see just how much has changed over more than a century. From Watson to Shankly and Paisley, to Benitez and Klopp, match reports show the endless evolution of football, Anfield, Liverpool and the wider world. But Merseysiders’ love for their team has been a constant.

Archivist insight: We reproduce these newspaper articles from the Daily Mirror scan archive. In some cases, there’ll be blemishes and the reproduction quality might not be as clear or precise as it was in the original paper.