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History of Liverpool F.C. (1892–1959) – The club was founded in 1892 following a split from Everton F.C. and joined the Football League in 1893. The appointment of Tom Watson as manager resulted in the club's first successful period, in which they won two League Championships.
Ian Callaghan holds the record for the most appearances made for Liverpool with 857. Liverpool Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who currently play in the Premier League. They have played at their current home ground, Anfield, since their foundation in 1892. Liverpool joined the Football League in 1894, and were founding members ...
Liverpool's fifth European Cup win, in 2005, meant that the club was awarded the trophy permanently and was also awarded a multiple-winner badge. [177] [178] Liverpool also hold the English record of three wins in the UEFA Cup, UEFA's secondary club competition. [179] Liverpool also hold the English record of four wins in the UEFA Super Cup. [180]
Liverpool's first match in the Lancashire League, which they won 8–0, was against Higher Walton. 200 spectators attended the match, but as the twenty-two match season proceeded, and Liverpool continued to win, attendances increased. Approximately 2,000 people watched Liverpool defeat South Shore in the penultimate match of the season at Anfield.
Liverpool won the First Division for the first time in the 1900–01 season, [2] and reached their first |FA Cup Final in 1914, losing 1–0 to Burnley. They won their first back-to-back titles in the 1921–22 and 1922–23 seasons; this was their last success until the 1946–47 season , when they regained the league title.
The European Champion Clubs' Cup trophy, won by Liverpool for the fifth time in 2005. The history of Liverpool Football Club from 1985 to the present day covers the appointment of Kenny Dalglish as manager, the Hillsborough disaster, and the club's return to European competition in 1991.
Ian Callaghan is Liverpool's record appearance maker, with 857 between 1960 and 1978. Arthur Goddard was captain from 1909 to 1912. John Barnes was captain for the 1996–97 season. Gordon Hodgson scored more hattricks than any other Liverpool player. Robbie Fowler was the scorer of the fastest hat-trick in Liverpool history.
Replicas of the four European Champion Clubs' Cup Liverpool won from 1977 to 1984 on display in the club's museum. The history of Liverpool Football Club from 1959 to 1985 covers the period from the appointment of Bill Shankly as manager of the then-Second Division club, to the Heysel Stadium disaster and its aftermath.