Europa League Final

Europa League Final

On Wednesday the 18th of May Liverpool played Sevilla in the Europa league final. Sevilla had won the past three Europa League Finals and when they played in the final against liverpool they got their fourth straight win in the Europa League Final. The final was held in Basel. Basel is in the north west of Switzerland, it has a population of 175,566. The match took place in St. Jakob Park it has a capacity of 37,500. The stadium is in the south-east of the city and is 3 kilometres from Basel city centre. Liverpool opened the scoring in the final with Daniel Sturridge just after the half hour mark but 18 seconds into the second half Sevilla equalised, this then turned the game on its head and Sevilla had all the momentum and won the game 3-1 in the end. 

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The Friendly Derby

 The Friendly Derby

The rivalry between Liverpool and Everton is Known as the "Friendly Derby" due to many family and friends supporting the two teams. Both Clubs are situated in the North of Liverpool and Stanley park separates the two clubs. It is also known as The Merseyside Derby. Even though it has the name the friendly derby on the pitch it is not as friendly as it sounds it is one of the most violent match in the premier league as it has more red cards than any other match in the premier league because of this it is referred to the most ill-disciplined and explosive fixture in the Premier League. Since the creation of the premier league there has been 48 Friendly derbies, Liverpool has won 20, Everton have won 9 and there has been 19 draws. During this Premier League season there was a 1-1 draw and
 a 4-0 win to Liverpool. The all time leading goal scorer in the friendly derby is Ian Rush with 25 goals.

The Different type of playing styles around the world in the Liverpool squad

The Different type of playing styles around the world in the Liverpool squad

In the Current Liverpool roster there are over 15 different nationalities varying from English, Brazilian, Serbian and Welsh. All these different nationalities bring different type of playing styles from around the world such as the flair and skill from Brazil to the hard work and efficiency from Germany.

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The current Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has brought with him from his previous club Borussia Dortmund a very high intensity style of pressing which has the team pressing to win the ball back after losing and when you regain possession you go onto the counter attack, in-order for this to work the whole team needs to be working in a pack mentality,

this is also very physically demanding to do for a full 90 minutes since your going at full pace the whole time. This type of pressing is called gegenpressing and has been used by the likes of Barcelona and Bayern Munich under the manager Pep Guardiola. This pressing is also used around the world by German League teams, a few Spanish teams and it is used by the German National team.

Liverpool FC

Hello, I'm Matthew and my blog is about the Geography of Liverpool FC.
Liverpool FC is one of the most Successful clubs in England.
Liverpool FC was founded in 1892 after a split from Everton FC, Liverpool took over their current stadium Anfield when Everton FC moved 1 kilometre down the road to Goodison Park.
Everton leaving Anfield was one of the main reasons for the founding of Liverpool FC.



Liverpool the city,
Liverpool is located on the North West of England, Liverpool is a port city , due to it being a port city it is a very mixed and diverse population. It has a population of  Liverpool is 467,250 as of 2015. it has relatively cool summers and mild winters. Downtown Liverpool has been recognised as a world heritage site since 2004.

Anfield,
is the home ground of Liverpool FC. It was built in 1884 and was originally used by Everton FC before they moved to Goodison Park in 1891. It is located 2 miles north of Liverpool city centre in the middle of the Anfield area. Anfield has a capacity of 45,522 but will rise to 54,000 after the extension of the main stand, the extension will be finished during the summer of the 2016-2017 season.

Fans around the World,

according to Billy Hogan the Chief commercial officer at Liverpool, they have a fan base of an estimated 580 million fans around the world. The size of the fan base is equal to nearly to 2x The American population. 

The Geography of Liverpool Fc

The Geography of Liverpool FC


In my blog I will be talking about the history of Liverpool FC, The Different type of playing styles around the world in the Liverpool squad, The Friendly Derby and also Europa League Final.