Liverpool FC might be coming to Fenway Park next summer. The Boston Globe reports the Reds are in
talks with Italian club AS Roma about playing a preseason friendly at the historic park in late
June or early July.
"Throughout its 100-year history, Fenway Park has seen some of the best in athletic competition,"
Fenway Sports Management president Sam Kennedy said.
It should come as no surprise but it's being reported that Liverpool will tour the USA this
summer and play a match at Fenway Park which is the home of the Boston Red Socks.
New owners are looking to tap into the huge base of American sports fans which would be great
for club support and reaching potential sponsors.
Liverpool Football Club will this week be heading for South Africa to discover whether the
highly-acclaimed Tactics 4 Families initiative will scoop a prestigious Beyond Sport award.
The program has been nominated for the Sport Team of the Year accolade, and the club recently
travelled to New York to showcase the scheme at the world famous Yankee Stadium as part of the
Beyond Sport United summit during which LFC Family Officer Mark Chester delivered a presentation
about Tactics 4 Families.
In 1960, the New York metropolitan area's 16 million inhabitants had fewer options to spend
their sporting dollar on than they would at any point later in the twentieth century. The
International Soccer League, promoted by Bill Cox, looked to take advantage of the opening in the
first part of this series, we looked at the launch of the 12 team league, featuring some of the
best club teams from around the world playing in Manhattan and New Jersey.
By Eric Beard
"He's been waiting for this moment his entire life. He's just minutes away from hoisting up
the trophy of his dreams. Holland has stayed up all night to watch their beloved Dutch maestro make
history. They said it was impossible. Hell, I said it was impossible.
Liverpool Football Club is today heading for New York to showcase the Tactics 4 Families initiative
after the project was shortlisted for a prestigious Beyond Sport award.
The program has been nominated for the Sport Team of the Year accolade and as a result, Tactics 4
Families project manager Mark Chester will give a presentation at the world famous Yankee Stadium
on Tuesday as part of the Beyond Sport United summit.
June 22nd. Like most days since records began it has its fair share of anecdotal importance.
Scanning over some of the better known; 1911 King George V was coronated at Westminster Abbey; 1938
Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in Yankee Stadium; 1981 John McEnroe called Wimbledon chair
umpire Ted James "the pits of the world".
Featured Image: Paul Rudderow
Part one left off at the start the Second World War. Part two picks up with the first
friendly in Philadelphia after the war, beginning with Liverpool's tour of the States in
1946.
Friendlies in Philadelphia following the Second World War: 1946-1960
The 1946-1947 Liverpool FC starting XI
The first international club team to travel the US after the Second World War was Liverpool FC,
who toured the US from May 11 until June 12 of 1946.
