The "What Do You Know"? segment in midweek was all about Liverpool and Europe, today's segment is all about Liverpool and the League. So."What Do You Know"? about Liverpool FC.

An interesting start to the life of Liverpool FC began March 15th 1892. The Anfield Ground (home to Everton FC) was purchased outright by leaseholder John Houlding soon after Everton, playing at Anfield won the League title in 1891. Houlding wanted to increase the ground rent to £250 per year. Everton left and moved into to Goodison Park and Houlding wanted his new club at Anfield to be called Everton FC, but the FA refused the application and therefore Houdling chose Liverpool FC instead.

Liverpool's first match at Anfield was a friendly against Rotherham Town which Liverpool won 7-1 on 1st September 1892 and after the Football League rejected Liverpool's League application, Liverpool's first competitive match was against Higher Walton in the Lancashire League which Liverpool won 8-0 with Malcolm McVean scoring their first competitive goal.

In the same season Liverpool finished Champions of the Lancashire League, beat Everton 1-0 in the final of the Liverpool Senior Cup and at the end of the 1892/93 season achieved election to the Football League along with Woolwich Arsenal.

In Liverpool's first season in Division Two they won their first game 2-0 against Middlesbrough Ironopolis with McVean scoring the first league goal. Liverpool remained unbeaten and were Champions and also beat Newton Heath 2-0 (now called Manchester United).

Liverpool's first ever colours were blue and white quarter shirts.

Liverpool's first League Championship was won in 1901 and Scottish International Alex Raisbeck became the first Liverpool Captain to raise the trophy above his head. History will show that famous Liverpool legends were fortunate enough to follow suit on many other occasions.

After Liverpool won the League title again in 1906 the ground capacity was increased with the building of a huge cinder bank behind the South End goal. This end was christened the Spion Kop after a Boer War battle of 1900 in memory of over 300 men of Lancashire Regirment, many from Liverpool who died.

Liverpool have won the the League title a record 18 times. Years 1901 and 1906 have already been mentioned. The other years are:

1921/22, 1922/23, 1946/47, 1963/64, 1965/66, 1972/73, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1985/86, 1987/88, 1989/90

Liverpool have been FA Cup winners six times in 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001

League Cup Winners seven times in 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1994/95, 2000/01, 2002/03

Liverpool have won the Charity Shield/Community Shield Fourteen times in 1963/64+, 1964/65+, 1965/66, 1973/74, 1975/76, 1976/77+, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1985/86+, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 2000/01 (+ = Shared)

When you look at the list of Livepool manager's from the late and great Bill Shankly and includes the late Bob Paisley, the late Joe Fagan, Kenny Dalglish (The King of the Kop), Graeme Souness, Roy Evans, Gerard Houiller and present manager Rafael Benitez they all have something in common with each other. They all won trophies as manager's of Liverpool FC.

Bill Shankly: Second Division title in 1962, First Division title in 1964, 1966, 1973, . FA Cup in 1965, 1974, UEFA Cup in 1973. Bill Shankly passed away from a heart attack in 1981, aged 67.

Bob Paisley: Became manager from assistant manager at the start of the 1974-75 season. Paisely with probably some of the greatest names in football in an asembled squad won six League titles, three European Cups, one UEFA Cup, three successive League Cups, one Super European Cup and three Charity Shields. Players who represented Liverpool under Paisley's management included; Ray Clemence, Emlyn Hughes and Kenny Dalglish (later to become Liverpool manager). Paisley retired as manager in 1983 and sadly passed away on February 14th 1996, aged 77. Liverpool FC honoured Bob Paisley by naming a set of gates to the entrances of Anfield to complement those of Bill Shankly.

Joe Fagan: Bob Paisley's successor was promoted from within the famous Anfield boot-room again. Joe Fagan managed for two years and won a League Cup (4th successive time), a third successive League Championship and the European Cup for the fourth time in eight seasons.

Joe Fagan handed over the hot-seat to player Kenny Dalglish, and in July 2001 Joe Fagan passed away aged 80, after a long illness.

Kenny Dalglish: Took over the manager role in a player-manager capacity and did the double in the 1985/86 season. If my memory serves me right, he scored the winner at Stamford Bridge to secure the League title. Dalglish won another League title and lost in a FA Cup Final to 'underdogs' Wimbledon to a Lawrie Sanchez goal.

Season 1988-89 saw joy and tragedy. Liverpool won the FA Cup by beating Everton 3-2 in the final, but 96 Liverpool supporters lost their lives at Hillsborough prior to the Semi-Final against Nottingham Forest.

Dalglish won the League for the third time in five seasons in 1989-90. On February 22nd 1991, Dalglish stunned Anfield, announcing his retirement citing too much pressure and the reigns were temporarily handed over to coach Ronnie Moran.

Graeme Souness: Souness won the FA Cup in his short time as Liverpool manager, but after Liverpool lost a FA Cup tie to Bristol City at Anfield, Souness was sacked.

Roy Evans. Evans was promoted to manager from the boot-roon and won the League Cup in 1994-95 beating Bolton 2-1.

Gerard Houllier: Houllier was drafted in to the management team for the 1998-99 season to work alongside Evans. Unfortunately as the partnership did not suit Evans he resigned and left Houllier in sole charge.

In 2000-01 Liverpool competed the 'remarkable' treble of winning the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup. 2003 saw another League Cup trophy in the cabinet at Anfield.

However Houllier's reign came to an end at the end of the 2003-04 season and was replaced by Spaniard Rafael Benitez.

Rafael Benitez: Benitez joined Liverpool after guiding Valencia to the Spanish League title. In his first season he took Liverpool to the Carling Cup final and by beating Chelsea on the way to the Champions League final, which Liverpool won after beating AC Milan on penalties in an incredible match, Benitez is looking to secure Liverpool's first League title success since 1990.

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