20 Facts About FC Liverpool

1. FC Liverpool beat five other hopefuls—Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Newcastle-Gateshead and Oxford—to win the coveted prize.

2. FC Liverpool are top of the Premier League table by four points to title rivals Manchester City.

3. FC Liverpool is one of the world's most distinctive and creative cities.

4. FC Liverpool beat five other hopefuls—Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Newcastle-Gateshead and Oxford—to win the coveted prize.

5. FC Liverpool is the most successful footballing city in England, home to both Liverpool and Everton.

6. FC Liverpool was the first city in the world to have a lending library, a school of tropical medicine and an American consul.

7. FC Liverpool has one of the most impressive collections of museums in Europe.

8. FC Liverpool won their first Football League championship in 1901, and their second in 1906.

9. FC Liverpool is a famous club in England for it competes in the top tier of English football called the Premier League.

10. FC Liverpool has won the European Cup, UEFA's premier club competition, five times, an English record and only surpassed by Real Madrid and Milan.

11. FC Liverpool was sold to Fenway Sports Group on 15 October 2010 for £300m.

12. FC Liverpool fans often refer to themselves as Kopites, a reference to the fans who once stood, and now sit, on the Kop at Anfield.

13. FC Liverpool is one of the best supported clubs in the world.

14. FC Liverpool was the first English professional club to have a sponsor's logo on its shirts, after agreeing a deal with Hitachi in 1979.

15. FC Liverpool came into the dressing room one day and threw a pair of red shorts to Ronnie Yeats.

16. FC Liverpool was replaced by Jurgen Klopp, who in his first season at Liverpool, took the club to the finals of both the Football League Cup and UEFA Europa League, finishing as runner-up in both competitions.

17. FC Liverpool reached the European Cup final again in 1985, against Juventus at the Heysel Stadium.

18. FC Liverpool won the League, League Cup and European Cup in Fagan's first season, becoming the first English side to win three trophies in a season.

19. FC Liverpool retained the European Cup in 1978 and regained the First Division title in 1979.

20. FC Liverpool suffered its second Cup Final defeat in 1950, playing against Arsenal.