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LAST SEASON Premier Division: 14th FA Cup: Preliminary Round FA Vase: 4th Round

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE REDS...

AFC Liverpool was formed in 2008 by 1,000 Liverpool FC fans who had become increasingly frustrated at the cost and difficulty in obtaining tickets for Premier League matches. The mooted ‘39th game’, in which Premier League fixtures would be played in different parts of the world, proved to be the final straw as it clearly highlighted that those who ran top flight football were more concerned with money than its fans. At the beginning of March 2008, AFC Liverpool was officially formed and it was made clear that the club was not in any way a response to the contentious ownership issue at Anfield or as a protest against Liverpool Football Club. On 16th July 2008 the club played its first game at the home of Ashton Town, a 1-1 draw in a friendly with St Helens Town. Mark Crowder scored the Reds first goal with a well taken penalty and a crowd of nearly 600 augured well for the season ahead. The club began its first league season extremely well, beating AFC Darwen 5-0 in their opening competitive game which heralded a run of ten wins in the first eleven games. The final weeks of the 2017/18 season saw some encouraging performances from a team the fans were proud to turn out and support. Keir and Williams had ensured that the Reds' fate was in their own hands on the final day of the season; victory over Charnock Richard would ensure Premier Division status. Despite taking the lead in the opening ten seconds, they eventually lost 2-1 confirming relegation to the Hallmark Security League First Division North. Ready for their second season back in the Premier Division, new manager Matt Potter will take the helm, after Chris Anderson recently left the club.

HOWELL HAPPY WITH THE REDS’ FIRST SEASON BACK IIN THE PREMIER DIVISION

Words from “Off The Park” 2021/22 STATS

W D L GF GA

13 10 17 80 80

YEAR FORMED

2008

YEARS IN PREM DIV

1

TWITTER FOLLOWS

29.7K

The 24-year-old missed the end of season run-in after suffering a medial ligament injury but was happy with the showing in their first spell in the Counties Premier.

“Overall, good performance, good season because it’s hard making that step up and we kept a lot of the lads (who came up,” he told Off The Park.

130

THE NUMBER OF APPEARANCES JAY HOWELL HAS MADE

5-1

THE AGGREGATE SCORE BETWEEN THE TWO CLUBS LAST SEASON

2,242

INSTA FOLLOWS

“It was a long time due, to be honest, we had COVID impacting us but we obviously want more as well so overall not so bad.

“There’s a few results that I can look back through where we conceded a little bit too early but kept ourselves in the game whereas in times of old, it would’ve been three, four, five against better opposition.

“I think sometimes we were more liable to concede goals at the start of games than just after half-time and we kept ourselves in games than we had done in others. That aside, football-wise we can be one of the best teams in the league, it’s just can we have enough days where we are on our day is the thing in question.

“We had quite (draws) a few two-alls, ideally if we can sharpen up across the pitch and score from more attacks but it’s our first time in the league after a few seasons out. As I say, if we can turn those draws into wins a bit more, a little bit more experience this time around, it’ll be a nice situation and it’ll propel us up a little bit.”

P

18

W D L F A

6 4 8 34 33

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