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The history of Liverpool can be traced back to 1190 when the place was known as 'Liuerpul', possibly meaning a pool or creek with muddy water, though other origins of the name have been suggested. The borough was founded by royal charter in 1207 by King John , made up of only seven streets in the shape of the letter 'H'.
Although the Old English origin of the name Liverpool is beyond dispute, claims are sometimes made that the name Liverpool is of Welsh origin, but these are without foundation. The Welsh name for Liverpool is Lerpwl, from a former English local form Leerpool. This is a reduction of the form "Leverpool" with the loss of the intervocalic [v ...
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England.The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.
History of Liverpool F.C. (1959–1985) – Bill Shankly was appointed as manager in 1959 and guided the club back into the First Division. Shankly's arrival laid the foundations for the club's success in the 1970s and 80s domestically and in European competition, as the club won numerous League Championships and four European Cups .
The liver bird. The liver bird (/ ˈ l aɪ v ər b ɜːr d / LY-vər-burd) is a mythical creature that is the symbol of the English city of Liverpool.It is normally represented as a cormorant, and appears as such on the city's arms, in which it bears a branch of laver seaweed in its beak as a further pun on the name "Liverpool".
It is not uncommon for a club to be known in common usage by a name other than its official name, or the name on the badge. Other clubs are more usually known by nicknames or contractions of their full names, for instance, Vasco da Gama is usually called simply Vasco, F.C. Internazionale Milan is contracted to Inter or Inter Milan, Sporting Clube de Portugal is often called Sporting or ...
Liverpool's fortunes declined during the inter-war years, when the club often finished in midtable. Liverpool became League champions again in 1947, in the first season after the Second World War, but following a slow downturn in performance the club was relegated to the Second Division in 1954. By the time of Shankly's appointment in 1959 ...
City of Liverpool F.C., a football club based in Liverpool, England, in the Northern Premier League; Liverpool City (1906), a defunct rugby league team based in Liverpool that played from 1906 to 1907; Liverpool Football Club, the name of the Liverpool-based rugby union club until it merged with another club to form Liverpool St Helens F.C.