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Liverpool has two top-tier soccer teams whose stadia are literally a mile apart. The older team is Everton FC, which is named for a suburb (neighborhood? not sure how municipal government works here), founded in 1888 and winning 9 league titles, although none since 1987 (coming from a Leafs fan, this is not really that long ago....). The other team was founded a mere 4 years later but has become one of the most beloved teams in the world: Liverpool FC, which plays at Anfield. It is (apparently) a common question in Merseyside to ask "Are you red or blue?" referring to the main jersey colours of the two teams. Obviously no one who isn't suicidal would answer "Actually, my favourite team is Man United."
So Craig visited LFC's home ground, Anfield Stadium, for the stadium tour.
It hits the same highlights as the tour at Camp Nou (Barcelona). The tour guides are, of course, incredibly knowledgeable,
and currently very engaged as LFC is in the midst of 3 title chases -
FA Cup (in the final), Champion's League (made the final
yesterday), and one point off the top spot in the English Premier League with 4 games
remaining. The highlights include touring both dressing rooms and being
able to tap the Anfield sign (which the players do for good luck) as
you come out the players' tunnel to the pitch. Craig got an in-depth
explanation on how the pitch grass is kept eternally green and prevented
from getting torn out (not an easy explanation for to type out in a blog) and one
tour guide gleefully pointed out a dent in the visitor's refrigerator
courtesy of "that sore loser Lionel Messi."
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