Liverpool are on a disastrous four-game losing streak in the league at the moment. How does this
compare to the club's worst runs over the last 100 years? LFCHISTORY.NET investigates.
Liverpool have not lost 4 games in a row since the 1986-87 season, when Kenny Dalglish was in
charge and the Reds finished 2nd.
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Red Rants 20 October @ 06:54 PM EST
The Guardian has an interesting piece on a forgotten tale involving United players, 100
years ago. Here's an extract:
The first meeting of the Association Football Players Union in 1907 was chaired by United
player Billy Meredith â the "Welsh Wizard", who was one of the first footballing
superstars.
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In England, Liverpool is beaten 2-0 by a powerful Chelsea side which moves to the top of the
Premiership.
In Italy, Italian champions Inter Milan move to the top of the Serie A beating Udinese 2-1 with a
late winner by Sneijder in stoppage time.
In Spain, Real Madrid is taken down by Sevilla 2-1, while Barcelona struggle with Almeira winning
1-0 with Pedro scoring.
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Anfield Talk 29 September @ 02:39 PM EST
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez insists that he's unconcerned about his side's leaky defence this
season, pointing out that the Reds are in sterling form at the other end of the pitch.
Striker Fernando Torres, who leads the Premier League scoring charts with eight goals, is the
primary reason for Liverpool's best offensive start to a campaign in over a century.
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Partick Thistle Football Club and Greaves Sports launched the club's new Puma 09/10 centenary strip
yesterday. This was done 100 years to the day since the Jags' first ever game at Firhill. According
to Partick Thistle's website: The commemorative and limited edition strip will be worn for the
first time by Thistle this Saturday during the league [.
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While waiting for the game to start I was having a nose around the Observer's Review section,
and more specifically around an interview with art collector Charles Saatchi. He was asked about
(artist) Mark Rothko and the nature of infinity, and replied as follows:
"My understanding of infinity goes something like this: every 100 years a sparrow flies to the
top of a large mountain, and cleans its beak by scraping it on the highest rock.
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The Offside 21 August @ 03:30 PM EST
Something to read while you watch Alan Brogan and wonder: "How much better would the Irish national
team be if all the Gah players switched to soccer?"* The Offside finally blowing bubbles again
(West Ham Offside) To the internet! (Studs Up) Ryan Babel: earplug salesman (Three Match Ban) 100
Years of Internacional (See The Cup) Plastic pitch = plastic football [.
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See The Cup 21 August @ 02:07 PM EST
On this Friday, Inter released the documentary about its 100 years. "Nada Vai Nos Separar"
highlights the great moments in the history of the club its foundation, the important participation
of the black community, the construction of its stadium, the three Brazilian titles and the titles
of Copa Libertadores and the Club World Cup.
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The reigning Mexican champs made a splash in Mexico City on Wednesday night as they presented their
new line with German outfitter Puma. Long gone are the days where Lotto was their designer of
preference.
So top secret was the information about this new jersey that when they went to Los Pinos to go
visit the president, Felipe CalderĂłn, he was given the "old" jersey.
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SoccerLens 04 July @ 03:48 PM EST
CONMEBOL is the South American Football Confederation (officially known as the ConfederaciĂłn
Sudamericana de FĂștbol) which covers the majority of the continent of South America. It is the
oldest of FIFA's confederations, originally forming in 1916, almost a century ago. The federation's
formation was begun by Héctor Rivadavia Gómez who had a grand plan for a federation for South
American football.
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Manutd Blog 23 June @ 02:03 PM EST
Manutd.com will unveil the new kit on July 1st, but we already have it here.
As you could see from the Rio and Rooney pictures, AIG is still the front shirt sponsor. You
could also see the black V across the chest
The players will don the kit for the first time during their pre-season tour of Asia next
month.
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Newcastle United have arranged another pre-season friendly when they will travel to Scottish
Premier League side Dundee United to help kick off their Centenary Season celebrations at Tannadice
Park on Sunday, August 2 (kick-off 3pm). The Dundee club are proudly celebrating 100 years since it
was founded.
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U.S. WNT 22 May @ 04:50 PM EST
The U.S. team trained today at Allan Lamport Stadium in Toronto, a small venue (seats just under
10,000) that was built in the mid-1970s. The stadium, named after a former mayor of Toronto from
the 1950s, was built on the site of the infamous Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women, i.e, a
prison. The prison opened in 1872 with the idealistic promise of a "homelike" atmosphere for its
inmates, but in it's almost 100 years of existence earned a dark and dastardly reputation, and in
1969 it was closed and demolished.
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United have received permission from UEFA to hold a tribute for Sir Matt Busby prior to the
start of the Champions League Final. One half of Rome's Olympic Stadium (the Curva Nord) will be
transformed into a 16,000 piece mosaic/mural meant to honor the late Manchester United manager, who
would have been 100 years old the day before the final.
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It's so rare for a Premier League footballer to act in such a deranged fashion that we simply must
get as much information as possible so we can place the details into a big box and hide it and then
we can re-open it in 100 years time and think ...
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The current team might be trying their best to erase all positive memories of the club's history
for their fans, but River Plate can celebrate a milestone of sorts today. In 1908 they won a
promotion playoff with Racing, and one hundred years ago today, on the 2nd May 1909, they beat
Argentino de Quilmes [.
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