Tuesday, October 24, 2006

LIVERPOOL... from bad... to good... then back to worse.... haiz...

18 League Championships... 5 European Cups... 7 FA Cups... 7 League Cups...

Here’s the break down of all the honors...
League Champions 18

1900-01 1905-06 1921-22 1922-23 1946-47
1963-64 1965-66 1972-73 1975-76 1976-77
1978-79 1979-80 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84

1985-86 1987-88 1989-90

Division Two Winners 4
1893-94 1895-96 1904-05 1961-62

Lancashire League Winners 1
1892-93

Football Association Challenge Cup Winners
71964-65 1973-74 1985-86 1988-89
1991-92 2000-01 2005-06

League Cup Winners 7
1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84
1994-95 2000-01 2002-03

Football Association Charity Shield Winners 15
1964* 1965* 1966 1974 1976
1977* 1979 1980 1982 1986*
1988 1989 1990* 2001 2006

( * shared)

European Cup Winners 5
1976-77 1977-78 1980-81 1983-84 2004-05

UEFA Cup Winners 3
1972-73 1975-76 2000-01

European Super Cup Winners 3
1977 2001 2005

Super Cup Winners 1
1985-86

Carlsberg Trophy 3
1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000

Reserves Division One Winners 16
1956-57 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1972-73
1973-74 1974-7 1975-76 1976-77 1978-79
1980-81 1981-82 1983-84 1984-85 1989-90
1999-2000

FA Youth Cup Winners 2
1995-96 2005-06

well... my main purpose here is not to brag about how good Liverpool FC is... but they are a great team in the past... and the most glorious football club in Britain... they are leading in the number of league title and European cups won against the likes of Man U and Arsenal... but the past is the past...

Look at them now... we have not won the league since the induction of the Premiership (previous known are First Division)… 16 yrs… 16yrs of wait… till when will are the Liverpool fans rejoice… the defeat to Man U sort of mark the quality of Liverpool for the initial part of the season…

Since benitez took over, Liverpool’s form has been a roller coaster… ups and downs… thrilling..?
1st season in-charge… he nearly missed out on the champions league by finishing 5th in the league… but due to pure merits… they were put back on the CL where they have to begin from the start of the competition… tough task…
2nd season in-charge… poor start in the league initially… but they slowly gained pace and their 2nd half season charge saw them finishing 3rd… but statistics shows tat they could have won the league if it was based on 2nd half of the season… Benitez only have the FA cup to reward the fans’ faith…

This season… saw the same poor start as the previous, but can they regain their confidence...? is it too late to mount a serious challenge to the table toppers now…? 11pts gap… is it too high a mountain to climb…? Not tat I do not have faith in the players.. but its often the manager’s decision that make mi wonder why can’t Liverpool play well… poor off-season market buys… mis-use of potential players, persistent usage of certain players(tat are not suitable of Liverpool style/team)

It’s a real pain to watch such a good team consistently un-rewarded… I think mw should agree somehow… I dunno wat more I can say… coz it won’t change things are the melwood nor at anfield… juz hope that things will start to change and we can soon see wat liverpulians

Hmmm… here’s my brief introduction on how I became a Liverpool fan… which I dun really noe when it started… it was the days when the TV still shows EPL and other soccer matches… there was still SportsCity… I was still living at Teck Whye Lane… I was in primary… and Liverpool wasn’t winning much things… well… at least tat’s wat I remember…

I was a match… Liverpool were in their famous anfield REDS… and I soon began to follow their games… even though red wasn’t my favourite colour… but they well playing good football… perhabs they were the 1st team I saw on tv… maybe it was their history… maybe I’m born a Liverpool fan…
Liverpool was an attacking team… I remember those long range shooting from outside the box… berger… smicer… bamby… fowler… owen… those were the days…

Soccer is not juz 22 men chasing a small ball… it more than life and death… hmm… ok… not tat serious… but its real fun to watch… it involve lots of skills and passion… enough said… as much as I hate the situation we are in now… Liverpool will still be my team and only team supported…

Tribute to the heroes of Liverpool…
Statistics from www.liverpoolfc.tv

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