Liverpool vs. Melbourne Victory

It was 8:10pm 95,446 fans had taken their seats at a sell out MCG and were about to witness history in the making.

Liverpool were playing a 4-3-3 formation with Jones, Enrique, Skrtel, Wisdom, Johnson, Henderson, Allen, Gerrard, Ibe, Borini, Sterling.

Melbourne Victory were playing a 4-4-2 formation with Coe, Galloway, Ansell, Leijer, Geria, Broxham, Celeski, Jeggo, Nabbout, Pain, Makarounas.

Just as Melbourne Victory threatened to make a match of this so-called friendly, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard glided into the penalty box to strike home a trademark goal.

Gerrard fired a volley from 20m that forced Nathan Coe into a diving save in the 21st minute, moments after Nabbout had blasted a stinging shot from the top of the box that prompted Liverpool's Aussie keeper Brad Jones into action

Then came the turnover. Then came Gerrard.

He started the move in midfield, letting the ball run under him and sucking the defender in as he advanced forward, before Joe Allen played an incisive ball into the penalty area, where Gerrard gave Coe absolutely no chance.

It was fitting that the goal that finished with a typical celebration too, arms aloft.

It was all the crowd needed really, particularly after the pre-match festivity, which was an event in itself.

The roar when the teams came out on to the MCG was deafening.

"LIIIIIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOOOOL" rang out from the stands as the white glow of flash lights from iPhones and cameras broke through the sea of red in the jam-packed stands.

Then came a moment that was almost worth the price of admission itself: one of the most rousing renditions of Gerry and the Pacemakers' You'll Never Walk Alone you'll ever hear.

The game remained at 1-0 for the most of the match until a piece of individual brilliance by Luis Suarez in the 92nd minute set up Igao Aspas to seal the victory for Liverpool. Suarez received the short corner and dribbled past Jeggo and Pain to set a simple finish for Iago with a low cross.

The game remained at 1-0 for most of the match until a piece of individual brilliance by Luis Suarez in the 92^nd minute set up Iago Aspas to seal the victory for Liverpool. Suarez received the short corner and dribbles past Jeggo and Pain to set up a simple finish for Iago with a low cross.

This was the first time Liverpool had been to Australia since its formation in 1892 but it will definitely y not be its Last.

DID YOU WATCH THE GAME? 

Please watch the spine tingling performance of You'll Never Walk Alone below.

 

Tickets for Liverpool vs. Melbourne Victory

With Ticketek being the major ticket dealer the game was set to be a sell-out.

Tickets for the match between Melbourne Victory and Liverpool sold out at a rate of a 1000 per minute.

Pre-Sale for the match started at 9am on Thursday the 11th of April and the pre-sale allocation of 33,000 sold out in exactly 33 minutes. This then left the remaining 62,000 tickets to go on sale at 3pm on Thursday the 11th of April. The match was sold out by 4pm that afternoon.

Tickets for the Match were reasonably priced for the experience of a lifetime you would be receiving.

Ticket Category	Adult	Concession
Platinum	$185	$185
Gold	$150	$150
Silver	$79	$59
Bronze	$60	$45
Liverpool FC Active Area	$25	$25
Melbourne Victory Active Area	$25	$25

For more information please take a look at the Frequently Asked Questions PDF

Liverpool Arrive in Australia

On the 2nd of April 2013 Liverpool FC made Australian fans crazy by announcing the would be making a visit to Australia to play Australian A-League Side Melbourne Victory on July 24 at the MCG. On Monday the 22nd of July Liverpool made their first trip to Australia. Arriving at Melbourne Airport in front of Hundreds of screaming fans Liverpool made their way to their accommodation at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne.





Liverpool Arrive off their Plane

 

Fans wait for Liverpool FC at Melbourne Airport

Who are Liverpool

Liverpool football club are an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Liverpool F.C are one of the most successful football clubs with a trophy cabinet containing eighteen League Titles, Seven FA Cups, five European Cups, three UEFA Cups and three UEFA Super Cups.  

To view the Liverpool FC website click here

History

Liverpool F.C. were founded following a dispute between the Everton committee and John Houlding, club president and owner of the land at Anfield. After eight years at the stadium, Everton relocated to Goodison Park in 1892 and Houlding founded Liverpool F.C. to play at Anfield

The team won the Lancashire League in its début season, and joined the Football League Second Division at the start of the 1893–94 season. After finishing in first place the club was promoted to the First Division, which it won in 1901 and again in 1906.

Stadium

Since Liverpool's formation in 1892 they have been playing at Anfield. Anfield is located in Anfeild, Liverpool. In 1994 Anfields four stands the Spion Kop, Main Stand, Centenary Stand and Anfield Road were turned into an all seater stadium which greatly reduced its capacity from 60,000 to 45,500.

Uniform

For much of Liverpool's history its home colours have been all red. When the club was founded its kit was  blue and white quartered shirts were used until 1894, when the club adopted the city's colour of red. The city's symbol of the liver bird was adopted as the club's badge in 1901, although it was not incorporated into the kit until 1955. Liverpool continued to wear red shirts and white shorts until 1964, when manager Bill Shankly decided to change to an all red strip.

Liverpool was the first English professional club to have a sponsor's logo on its shirts, after agreeing a deal with Hitachi in 1979.Since then the club has been sponsored by Crown Paints, Candy, Carlsberg and Standard Chartered Bank.

The Liverpool badge is based on the city's liver bird, which in the past had been placed inside a shield. In 1992, to commemorate the centennial of the club, a new badge was commissioned, including a representation of the Shankly Gates. The next year twin flames were added at either side are symbolic of the Hillsborough memorial outside Anfield, where an eternal flame burns in memory of those who died in the Hillsborough disaster.In 2012, Warrior Sports' first Liverpool kit removed the shield and gates, returning the badge to what had adorned Liverpool shirts in the 1970s; the flames were moved to the back collar of the shirt, surrounding the number 96 for number who died at Hillsborough.




Liverpool Home Kit 13-14 Season

 


Liverpool Away Kit 13-14 Season




Liverpool Third Strip 13-14 Season



Current Squad

No. Player 1 Brad Jones 2 Glen Johnson 3 José Enrique 4 Kolo Touré 5 Daniel Agger 6 Luis Alberto 7 Luis Suárez 8 Steven Gerrard (captain) 9 Iago Aspas 10 Philippe Coutinho 11 Oussama Assaidi 14 Jordan Henderson 15 Daniel Sturridge 16 Sebastián Coates 19 Stewart Downing 21 Lucas Leiva 22 Simon Mignolet 24 Joe Allen

No. Player 25 Pepe Reina 29 Fabio Borini 31 Raheem Sterling 34 Martin Kelly 36 Samed Yeşil 37 Martin Škrtel 38 Jon Flanagan 43 Ryan McLaughlin 44 Jordon Ibe 45 Stephen Sama 47 Andre Wisdom 48 Jerome Sinclair 49 Jack Robinson 50 Adam Morgan 51 Lloyd Jones 52 Danny Ward — Daniel Pacheco — Jay Spearing