Liverpool FC is an English football club from the city of Liverpool, Lancashire  The club came into existence following a row between the directors of Everton FC and the owner of their Anfield ground, John Houlding who  put up their rent from £100 in 1884 to £250 in 1890. On the 12th March, 1892, Everton quit Anfield and three days later, Houlding formed Liverpool FC. With a generous loan of £500 from Houlding, the club's Secretary-Manager, John McKenna brought no fewer than twelve Scots to play for the club, which was known as the "Team of All the Macs." After one season playing in the Lancashire League, Liverpool was elected to the Second Division of the Football League in 1893, winning the championship at the first attempt. A year later they were relegated only to win Division Two once again in 1896. Having established themselves in the top division, Liverpool won the first of their many League Championships in 1901. In 1904, Liverpool were relegated and then won the Second Division title for the third time in 1905 followed by a second League title in 1906. In 1914, the club won the FA Cup Final for the first time but, remarkably, it would be another 50 years before they won this particular trophy again. Successive Division One championships followed in 1922 and 1923 followed by a period of relative decline during which Everton were in the ascendant.

In 1947, Liverpool won the League for the fifth time and in 1950, they reached the FA Cup final, where they were beaten by Arsenal. After these initial successes, Liverpool once again went into decline, dropping into Division Two in 1954. In 1959 the club appointed Bill Shankly as manager. The passionate Scot transformed the club, laying the foundations for a period of unprecedented success and became a legend on Merseyside. After winning Division Two in 1962, his side became League Champions in 1964, won the FA Cup in 1965 and were again Division One champions in 1966. Shankly's team won the League title again in 1973 and  won the UEFA Cup, their first European honour, the same year. A year later Liverpool won the FA Cup and Shankly announced his retirement. Shankly's successor was assistant coach, Bob Paisley, the first of a series of appointments from the legendary boot room. Paisley's achievements eclipsed even Shankly's. In nine years, his sides won six League Championships, three European Cups, three League Cups and one UEFA Cup. In 1983 Paisley retired, handing over to his assistant, Joe Fagan who led the club to an unprecedented treble of League, European Cup and League Cup in 1984. He would no doubt have gone on to even greater achievements but for the Heysel Stadium disaster. It now fell to Kenny Dalglish, generally regarded as Liverpool's finest ever player, to take over as player/manager. Dalglish led the club to the League and FA Cup double in 1986, two more League titles (1988, 1990), and another FA Cup win in 1989. This last win followed Hillsborough tragedy in April 1989 when 96 fans were crushed to death in the FA Cup semi-final. The trauma of this event prompted Dalglish to resign in 1991. 

Another former player, Graeme Souness now took over the reins but, despite an FA Cup win in 1992, his period in charge is regarded as the beginning of the relative decline in the fortunes of the  club. Under the management of Gerard Houlier (1998-2004) Liverpool regained some of their former glory, picking up another FA Cup (2001) and two more League Cups (1995, 2001) and the UEFA cup (2001)  The League Championship, however, eluded them. Houlier was replaced by Spaniard Rafa Benitez in 2004. In May 2005 Liverpool  came from 0-3 behind to defeat AC Milan in the European Champions League Final on penalties in the most dramatic comeback ever witnessed in a European final. Twelve months later, the Reds came twice from behind to overcome West Ham on penalties to win one of the finest FA Cup Finals of modern times. Failure to make a serious challenge for the title ensured Benitez departure, and after a brief interlude with Roy Hodgson in charge, Kenny Daglish made a dramatic return in January 2011 winning the Football League Cup and reaching the FA Cup Final in his first full season in charge.  He was sacked shortly afterwards and replaced by Brendan Rodgers who came close to winning the title in 2014-15, losing out to Manchester City. A poor start to the 2015-16 led to Rodgers dismissal and his replacement by Broussia Dortmund coach Jürgen Klopp. Klopp’s famboyant style of management soon won him the affection of the Liverpool faithful.  In his first season at Liverpool he guided the club to the finals of both the Football League Cup and UEFA Europa League, finishing as runner-up in both competitions. He secured Championship League qualification in 2017 and 2018 and after an exhilarating campaign Liverpool reached the Championship League Final losing 3-1 to Real Madrid in May 2018.  The following season Liverpool won the Champions League defeating Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 in the Final.  Liverpool beat Flamengo of Brazil in the final 1–0 to win the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time. Liverpool then went on to win the 2019–20 Premier League, winning their first top-flight league title in thirty years.