Liverpool FC

Liverpool FC or known as "The Reds" was founded in 1892 by John Houlding, the leaseholder (holding property) of Anfield Stadium. Anfield Stadium is the only place in which they have played during their existence but planning to move to Stanley Park in 2011.

As we said before about the "Big Four", Liverpool FC is said to be one of them. Although the club did not perform as expected in the season 2oo9/2010 in the English Premier League, but they are still one of the MOST successful English club in history. They have won 18 English League titles, 7 FA Cups, 7 League Cups, 5 European Cups and 3 UEFA Cups, an English record.



The above picture shows the current logo/badge of the Liverpool FC. It consists the city's Liver Bird as the club badge, the year of establishment and their song anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone" :D

Liverpool's current home jersey kit for 2010/2011 is designed by Adidas and sponsored by Standard Charted Bank. Liverpool FC was the first team in British professional club to have a sponsor's logo on their shirt. :D

Rafael Benitez, Manager of Liverpool FC from (2004 - present)

Liverpool FC's captain is Steven Gerrard who succeeded Sami Hyypia in 2003. Below is a picture of Steven Gerrard :P


All together, the Liverpool squad has more than 40 players. The list of the players and their positions below are copied from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_football_club
http://eurorivals.net/clubs/liverpool.html



Goalkeepers: Squad Number:

• Dievo Cavalieri 1
  
• Pepe Reina 25
  
• Martin Hansen 41
• Peter Gulacsi 42
• Dean Bouzanis 43
  
• Jack Robinson 49
  
• Charles Itandje 30
  

Defenders:

• Glen Johnson 2
  
• Daniel Agger 5
  
• Fabio Aurelio 12
  
• Emiliano Insua 22
  
• Jamie Carragher 23
  
• Philipp Degen 27
  
• Martin Kelly 34
  
• Steven Irwin 36
  
• Martin Skrtel 37
  
• Sotirios Kyrgiakos 16
  
• Daniel Sanchez Ayala 40
  

Midfielders:

• Alberto Aquilani 4
  
• Steven Gerrard 8
  
• Albert Riera 11
  
• Yossi Benayoun 15
  
• Maxi Rodriguez 17
  
• Javier Mascherano 20
  
• Lucas 21
  
• Jay Spearing 26
  
• Damien Plessis 28
  
• Nabil El Zhar 31
  
• Alex Kacaniklic 45
  
• Gerardo Bruna 48
  

Forwards:

• Fernando Torres 9
  
• Dirk Kuyt 18
  
• Ryan Babel 19
  
• David N'Gog 24
  
• David Amoo 46
  
• Daniel Pacheco 47

English League Two

FOOTBALL LEAGUE TWO

The picture above shows the current logo of the Coca-Cola League Two or League Two for short. It consist of 24 teams altogether including teams relegated from League One and teams promoted from the Conference National. The top three teams and playoff winners are promoted to League One while teams relegated from League Two go to the non-league tier of the Conference National. The English League Two is the fourth division in English Football and is the richest fourth-tier league in the world today.

Here is a list of the teams competing in League Two for the 2009/10 season(by position):

1. Notts County(winners of 2009/10 League Two and promoted to League One)
2. Bournemouth(promoted to League One)
3. Rochdale(promoted to League One)
4. Morecambe
5. Rotherham United
6. Aldershot Town
7. Dagenham & Redbridge
8. Chesterfield
9. Bury
10. Port Vale
11. Northampton Town
12. Shrewsbury Town
13. Burton Albion
14. Bradford City
15. Accrington Stanley
16. Hereford United
17. Torquay United
18. Crewe Alexandra
19. Macclesfield Town
20. Lincoln City
21. Barnet
22. Cheltenham Town
23. Grimsby Town(relegated to Conference National)
    
24. Darlington(relegated to Conference National)

League Two used to be called The English Fourth League Division(1958-59 and 1991-92) and The English League Third Division(1992-93 and 2003-04).

The English League One

As you all know, League One is a part of The Football League. The "Coca Cola" logo is their because Coca Cola is their current main sponsor. Over the years, this league had various name changes. It was called Division Three(from 1920-1921), Division Three North/South(from 1921-1958), Division Three(from 1958-1992), Division Two(1992-2004) and since then, it is called The Football League One.

The rules are similar to typical football and English Leagues. There are altogether

24 teams competing in this league. Promotion to The Championship is the same as how to get promoted to the Premier League from The Championship.

Here are the teams currently in The Football League One:

1. Brentford
2. Brighton & Hove Albion
3. Bristol Rovers
4. Carlisle United
5. Charlton Athletic
6. Colchester United
7. Exeter City
8. Gillingham
9. Hartlepool United
10. Huddersfield Town
11. Leeds United
12. Leyton Orient
13. Millwall
14. Milton Keynes Dons
15. Norwich City(Champions of 2009/10 season)
    
16. Oldham Athletic
17. Southampton
18. Southend United
19. Stockport City
20. Swindon Town
21. Tranmere Rovers
22. Walsall
23. Wycombe Wanderers
24. Yeovil Town

The teams from this league are usually underestimated by the top teams of England. Probably the most shocking defeat was Manchester United(current English Premier League Champions) against Leeds United where Manchester United lost to Leeds.

CURRENT TROPHY
The Coca Cola League One trophy as held by a Swansea City Player.

Next post will be on The Football League Two. Thank you for reading! :)

The English Football League Championship

Better known as the Championship or The Coca Cola Championship due to their sponsor- Coca Cola(BRRRRR!!!). It is the second highest ranking league in English Football and sixth richest league in Europe. The winner of The Championship will gain a place in the Premier League along with the 2nd placed team and the winner of the Championship play-off(teams from 3rd to 6th places).

There are a total of 24 teams in The Championship.
Here are the list of teams in the Championship for the 2009/10 season(by ranking as of 2nd May 2010):

1. Newcastle United(promoted to the Premier League)
   
2. West Bromwich Albion(promoted to the Premier League)
3. Nottingham Forest
4. Cardiff City
5. Leicester City
6. Blackpool
7. Swansea City
8. Middlesbrough
9. Sheffield United
10. Bristol City
11. Reading
12. Doncaster
13. Queens Park Rangers
14. Ipswich Town
15. Preston
16. Coventry City
17. Derby County
18. Barnsley
19. Watford
20. Scunthorpe
21. Crystal Palace
22. Sheffield Wednesday
23. Plymouth Argyle(relegated to League One)
    
24. Peterborough(relegated to League One)

THE COCA COLA CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY(held by players of Wolverhampton Wanderers after winning the Championship)
Picture: Andy Keogh(right), Stephen Ward(left)

Remember The Football League? Well, The Championship is part of it along with League One and Two. Although The Championship is the sixth richest league in Europe, teams still cannot qualify for European Cups as teams must be at the country's top-flight league(e.g. The Premier League).

I think that's enough information for one post, wait till the next post is uploaded. Thank you for reading! :)

p.s. edits will be made soon.

Manchester United

We all know about the "big four" club:Manchester United,Liverpool,Arsenal and Chelsea. Here will be about Manchester United. The next post will be about Liverpool.

Manchester United or also known as The Red Devil is founded by employees of Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's Carriage and Wagon in 1878. Manchester is the professional football club that play at Old Trafford in Stretford,Greater Manchester. Manchester United is the most succesful club in history of English League and the MOST SUPPORTED football team in the WORLD! They won over 18 League Title and 11 FA Club. In 1969 Manchester was the poorest club which has financial problem and the worst club. In 1986 when Alex Ferguson become the manager of Manchester United,all the financial problem in the club start to fade, and Manchester United become the best club every year
Manchester United Logo(1998) :D
Manchester United Logo(1960)

The manager of Manchester United is Alex Ferguson seen 6th November 1986 and is the most succesful manager in the Club's History having won over 26 major honours. Sir Alex Ferguson (Manager of MUFC)

Manchester United club captain is Gary neville who succeded Roy Keane in November 2005

Gary Neville :)













Roy Keane

Manchester United has 47 players.
Here are the list of Manchester United players including their position.
p/s: we copy the name list with the link from www.eurorivals.net

MANCHESTER UNITED SQUAD: GOALKEEPERS Edwin Van Der Sar Ben Foster Tomasz Kuszczak Ron-Robert Zieler

MANCHESTER UNITED SQUAD: DEFENDERS Gary Neville Patrice Evra Rio Ferdinand Wes Brown Nemanja Vidic Fabio Rafael John O'Shea Jonny Evans Ritchie De Laet Corry Evans David Gray Craig Cathcart James Chester Joe Dudgeon Oliver Gill

MANCHESTER UNITED SQUAD: MIDFIELDERS Owen Hargreaves Anderson Ryan Giggs Park Ji-Sung Michael Carrick Nani Paul Scholes Darren Fletcher Luis Antonio Valencia Darron Gibson Magnus Eikrem Matthew James Cameron Stewart Oliver Norwood

MANCHESTER UNITED SQUAD: FORWARDS Michael Owen Dimitar Berbatov Wayne Rooney Gabriel Obertan Federico Macheda Mame Biram Diouf Joshua King

That's all for this post, next up Liverpool FC.

English Football Leagues and Cup Competitions.

In England, there are many leagues and cup competitions. There are four "big" leagues in England which are The Premier League, The Championship, League One and League Two. While in cup competition, there are 2 important ones- The FA Cup and English League Cup(also known as The Carling Cup due to their sponsor). We from first-time bloggers are going to explain on what the leagues are, the teams and many other details so please don't get bored reading(seriously).

THE PREMIER LEAGUE

The Premier League is one of the most successful and richest league in the world of football today. It consists of 20 teams, each holding the pride and honour of being in England's elite group of football teams.
The teams are(as of 26th April 2009; according to league position):

1. Chealsea FC
   
2. Manchester United FC
   
3. Arsenel FC
   
4. Tottenham Hotspur
5. Aston Villa
6. Manchester City
7. Liverpool FC
   
8. Everton
9. Birmingham City
10. Sunderland
11. Blackburn
12. Fulham
13. Stoke City
14. Bolton Wanderers
15. Wolverhampton(Wolves)
16. Wigan Athletic
17. West Ham United
18. Hull City
19. Burnley(relegated for Championship in 2010/11 season)
20. Portsmouth(relegated for Championship in 2010/11 season)

The best teams in The Premier League are Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal. These four teams have long been known as the "big four" for their success in domestic, regional and international football. But in the 2009/10 season, the "big four" was renamed to the "big seven" with Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Manchester City on their rise to success in the Premier League. The Premier League season is played with a total of 380 matches per season.

Manchester United and Liverpool hold the record for having the most number of titles(18 each). Teams nowadays can qualify for European cup competitions by finishing the season in 1st to the 8th place of the Premier League table.

This is a picture of the current Premier League trophy:D


The next post will be on the lower divisions of English Football.
Thank you for reading :)

History of English Football :D

Legend tells us that Football has been existed since Medieval times where unfortunately the game was played by Mobs at public executions where they used the head of a victim as their ball. Although it may not seem to be true, the national sport, football did start during the medieval times, but in a less gruesome way :P

In other case, the sport was introduced as a physical education classes throughout England.

William McGregor in Aston Villa first established English Football League on 8 September 1888 originally with 12 members club only.

William Mc Gregor(Founder of English League)

*smile for the camera*

First Logo of English League(1888)

*not bad*

There were over 72 football clubs from England and Wales in 1995 and split up into three divisions: The Championship, League One and League Two. Each division has about 24 clubs. The club getting increases every decade. About 92 club in 1950 and increase to 130 clubs in 2007. The first club that wins for 18 League title was Manchester United with Liverpool in 1901. After world war 1, Liverpool and Everton never been crowned as Championship for a quarter century. In 1980s new logo was made and replace the old logo.

New logo(1980-2004)
*hmm nice*









In 2004 First Division,Second Division and Third Division were renamed as FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP,FOOTBALL LEAGUE ONE and FOOTBALL LEAGUE TWO.New Logo also was made

New Logo(2004)
*very nice*





That is all for our first entries :P Hope you enjoy it :)
p/s We summaries everything