January 19, 2008
Some Amazing Facts All About Liverpool Football Club
From humble beginnings, Liverpool Footballl Club emerged in 1892 to become a truly proud, very successful football club. Below you can find some amazing statistics.
Did you know that their stadium can hold a massive 45,362 people when full? Incredible.
Michael Owen holds the record for being their youngest ever goalscorer - he did it in 1997 when playing against Wimbledon on May 6th at the age of 17 and 144 days. The oldest goalscorer is Billy Liddell who put one away against Stoke City at the age of 38 years and 55 days on the 5th March 1960.
Gordon Hodgkinson managed to get 17 hat tricks for the club - the highest on record and Roger Hunt managed 5 hat tricks during a single season which was the 1961-1962 season
Ian Rush is confirmed as being their top first team goalscorer with 346. Roger Hunt managed the most league goals with 245.
Taking of goals (or lack of), we have got Ephraim Longworth who went a full 371 games without putting a ball in the back of the net.
The highest transfer fee they ever paid was for Fernando Torres, while the highest recorded amount of money they received was £12.5 million for Robbie Fowler.
As with all top clubs these days, you can get an all-important supporters club membership which will get you some great discounts and free access to their reserves games.

Filed under Football by Shaun Baird










