According to a report in The Telegraph Fenway Sports Ground have made the long awaited decision to build a new stadium on Stanley Park.

The report claims that the owners have decided to go with the original architects AFL, which means the plans which former owner Tom Hicks had selected from Dallas architects HKS have now been scrapped.

Liverpool has decided to proceed with their original, nine-year-old stadium plans once they have secured the finance to start construction.
That means the alternative, futuristic stadium designs proposed by former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jnr have been ditched for good.
It also ensures there will be no fresh planning application required by the current American owners to restart construction once a lucrative naming rights package is in place.

Liverpool has received the full support of their multi-million pound shirt sponsor, Standard Chartered, in the aftermath of the recent race-row controversies which engulfed the club.
Anti-racism organisations, especially Football Against Racism in Europe's executive director, Piara Power, claimed Liverpool's reputation and ‘brand' has been severely damaged in the light of the Luis Suárez affair.

Man City's Vincent Kompany is out of the Carling Cup Semi-Final with Liverpool this week.
The impressive defender was harshly sent-off in the FA Cup game v Man Utd yesterday.
Doesn't matter, we will take it.
We couldn't get past him the other week when we lost 3-0 to the Sky-blues, he stopped everything we threw at Man City.

Liverpool are now concentrating their efforts on financing a new stadium in Stanley Park, where they have planning permission, rather than redevelop Anfield.
American owners Fenway Sports Group had been keen to renovate the current ground like they did at their baseball franchise, the Boston Red Sox.

Mail: Charles Sale: Liverpool given grounds for hope at Stanley Park

Liverpool are now concentrating their efforts on financing a new stadium in Stanley Park, where they have planning permission, rather than redevelop Anfield.

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Liverpool's reds and blues supporters plan a joint Football Quarter

Will it be second time lucky for detailed proposals to spread the success of Liverpool and Everton FCs into their needy surroundings? Supporters of Liverpool's rival clubs are having a second go at a joint attempt to create a 'Football Quarter' between their famous stadia at Anfield and Goodison Park.

What are the odds an Everton or Liverpool player 'does an Abel Xavier'? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

It's a little-known fact that Peter Beardsley, Gary Ablett, Nick Barmby and Abel Xavier all have the same middle name – Traitor. The quartet are the most recent players to have made that journey no man should ever make – across Stanley Park (especially at night).

Boston Red Sox and Liverpool: how they compare

Two sporting entities, an ocean apart, united by Fenway Sports Group Boston Red Sox Year formed 1901 Honours World Series titles 7 , American League pennants 12 , East Division titles 6 Stadium: Fenway Park Opened in 1912 by then Red Sox owner John I Taylor before it was rebuilt in 1934.

Liverpool chairman Tom Werner insists the possibility of a ground-share with city neighbours Everton is a 'dead issue'.
The Reds have long been considering stadium plans and the club's unpopular former owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett had pledged to build a replacement for Anfield in Stanley Park.

How 25 years of poor planning left Merseyside trailing Manchester

Back in 1986 Liverpool and Everton were England's top clubs but now they play second fiddle to their neighbours The short, history-suffused walk from Anfield to Goodison Park often transports pedestrians back in time.

Old foes Everton and Liverpool will lock horns once more at Goodison Park on Saturday in the 216th Merseyside derby.
For David Moyes it is the chance to build on some steadily improving home form that has seen the Blues recover from that shock opening game defeat to QPR to go unbeaten in their last four games in all competitions in front of their own supporters.

Everton vs Liverpool – Match preview

AnfieldIndex Liverpool FC Stats | Liverpool FC Blog | Liverpool FC Forum One of the biggest games of any Liverpool season is just around the corner. For those that don't know (hardly anyone, probably no one) but we are making the short trip across Stanley Park to Everton's Goodison Park.

Moyes laments financial divide across Stanley Park

"Liverpool have always had a level of finance which has allowed them to buy a different level of player than us," says Moyes

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Squad sheets: Everton v Liverpool

Kenny Dalglish is back at Goodison as Liverpool manager for the first time since the 4-4 FA Cup replay that precipitated his resignation in 1991, but connections to the past are scarce. Everton had plenty of forwards 20 years ago for a start, including a one-time British record-signing in Tony Cottee, while Liverpool were league champions.

Kenny Dalglish today insisted Liverpool's derby debutants will be well-prepared for the task of taking on Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday lunchtime.
The likes of Luis Suarez, Andy Carroll, Charlie Adam, Stewart Downing, Jose Enrique, Jordan Henderson and Sebastian Coates could acquire their first taste of a Red versus Blue encounter when the boss leads his side across Stanley Park for the 216th meeting between the teams.

Sylvain Distin has sung the praises of Luis Suarez, but the Frenchman does not fear the Liverpool striker as the Merseyside derby approaches.
The Reds cross Stanley Park to face the Blues at Goodison Park on Saturday, as Kenny Dalglish returns to the dugout for the derby for the first time in 20 years.

Jose Enrique has no doubt Andy Carroll will reproduce the form that made Liverpool buy him for a record-breaking transfer fee.
The 22-year-old joined the Merseyside club for £35million in January from Newcastle, but a combination of injuries and a loss of form have contributed to his indifferent start at Anfield.

Liverpool have been handed an extension by the city council to make a decision regarding their new stadium, according to The Daily Mail.
A decision over whether the club wishes to build a new ground at Stanley Park, or redevelop parts of Anfield was expected at the end of the month.
However, Liverpool have been given extra time to make a decision, that if the club move, with cost in the region of £400 million.

Liverpool granted extension by city council over stadium decision – report

The club's owners Fenway Sports Group have asked for more time as they weigh up whether to build a new ground in nearby Stanley Park or attempt to revamp Anfield

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When I was a boy, the Merseyside Derby ranked up with those Old Firm games from North of The Border in passion and sheer entertainment. At that time, Everton were no better a team than they are now, and I'll grant you that in those days, Liverpool were the dominant team, not only in England but across the whole of Europe.

Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has backed Reds boss Kenny Dalglish to lead the club back to glory.
Dalglish has helped revitalize the club since replacing Roy Hodgson at Anfield last January and he was rewarded for his progress with a three-year deal in May.
Werner is happy with the job Dalglish is doing at Anfield and he is convinced he is the right man to bring silverware back to the club.

The Stanley Park Question Mark

The international break provides a welcome opportunity to reflect on club football without the inevitable distractions of results and the transfer market. These two factors would be of paramount importance to most clubs but Liverpool have one more pressing concern to add, one that Fenway Sports Group have been carefully considering for some time.

Why Everton must share a stadium with Liverpool if they want to keep David Moyes

Liverpool's great strength as a city is its ability to unite in adversity. Great causes such as the social injustice of ­Thatcherism and the human tragedy of Hillsborough evoke great ­responses.

Steve McMahon is heading a private venture bringing Liverpool's brand to India and opening football academies in five different venues in India by 2012. The academies will bear his name and come under the auspices of the official LFC academy.

India along with China represent the biggest developing markets for football and Liverpool and Man Utd have been in the forefront to realize their potential for expanding their presence and profitability.

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre has angrily responded to housing minister Grant Shapps after he criticized the amount of time it is taking the club to decide on its stadium future.
Liverpool recently had a public disagreement with Liverpool City Council about the delay in deciding whether to remain at Anfield or move to a new stadium in nearby Stanley Park.

Housing minister Grant Shapps urges Liverpool to make a decision on stadium plans

The Reds' owners are coming under pressure to resolve uncertainty surrounding their future, with a choice between staying at Anfield or moving to Stanley Park needing to be made

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Rick Parry Still Supports Stanley Park Option

Former Liverpool Chief Executive Rick Parry has spoken of how a move to Stanley Park remains to be the best option for the club in terms of their future stadia. Fenway Sports Group are still believed to be considering their two options: either remain at Anfield with added redevelopments, or move to Stanley Park to play in a brand new stadium.

Former chief executive Rick Parry expects Liverpool's owners to build a new stadium rather than redevelop Anfield.
Fenway Sports Group are still considering their options but have admitted that increasing capacity at Anfield is fraught with problems.
Parry, who was the Reds' chief executive in 2008 when plans to build a new ground were shelved due to a lack of cash, believes FSG will conclude that taking up the lease in Stanley Park is the best way forward.

Liverpool will attempt the impossible and try to prise Leighton Baines from crosstown rivals Everton.
The Reds have been stung into action after Arsenal expressed their interest in the England left back with a view to placing a bid for the player who was the best in his position in the Premier League last season.

Liverpool football club could yet move to a new stadium after a local councillor admitted that the club could be handed a further extension on their decision whether or not to take up a lease on Stanley Park.
The Merseyside club's new board of directors have been mulling over the proposition which had been made to the previous regime, though Liverpool's new owners, led by John Henry, were thought to favour redeveloping the current Anfield site.

Liverpool could be forced to scrap new stadium development plans amid a dispute over deadlines with the local council, according to the Daily Mirror.
The Merseyside club are stuck in limbo as they are neither able to build a new stadium nor increase the capacity at Anfield.
Rigid and unsympathetic deadlines set by the local council are to blame for Liverpool's failure to expand their current home.

Liverpool set for war with council over Anfield

Stanley Park lease deadline has fans fearing stadium-share with Everton

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When I learned that Everton Football Club would be paying D.C. United a visit earlier this year, I wasn't sure how to feel. The diehard Liverpool fan in me boiled with tribal pain, but from a club PR perspective I realized that this would be a unique opportunity for our fan base to see one of the most historic sides in English football.

Everton FC is coming to Philadelphia tonight.

While the club doesn't have the same history of success as Saturday's opponent, Real Madrid, it certainly has a rich and storied history.

Here are a few facts about the city of Liverpool's bluest club:

• Founded in 1878, the same year Wanamaker's in Philadelphia became the first department store to install electric lights.

Liverpool have been told they will have to repay £8.2 million of European funding if they do not go ahead with plans to build a 60,000 capacity stadium at Stanley Park.
Although the club's American owner, John W Henry, has hinted he would prefer to keep Liverpool at an expanded Anfield, preparatory work has already been carried out at the adjacent Stanley Park site using money from a European Objective One grant, which will have to be paid back if Liverpool stay put.

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Liverpool will have to repay £8.2m European grant if they do not build new stadium at Stanley Park

Club told they will have to repay European funding if they do not go ahead with plans to build stadium at Stanley Park.

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City council denies all blame for delays to Liverpool stadium plans

• Council leader Joe Anderson warns that obstacles remain • Club 'liable to repay £8.2m' if Stanley Park plans change The leader of Liverpool city council, Joe Anderson, has spoken of his frustration at the continued delay over Liverpool's stadium decision but insisted the authority cannot be blamed for obstacles preventing a redevelopment of Anfield.

Liverpool has provided a graphic insight into their mounting frustrations with the local council bureaucracy which they believe is destroying their hopes of staying at their Anfield home.
After the club's principal owner, John W Henry, hinted at suspicions over the transparency of Manchester City's £400m sponsorship deal with Etihad, Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre yesterday publicly lamented the "barriers to our ambition" being created by a host of logistical planning issues relating to a refurbished Anfield and admitted that a departure to a new purpose-built stadium in nearby Stanley Park – which is dependent on Liverpool securing a naming rights deal of their own – is now the most likely outcome.