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Manager Rafael Benitez led his team to one of their most successful league campaigns in two decades during the last season. With the English domestic crown having eluded the Anfield side for twenty years, it is perhaps the most desired trophy for the red side of Stanley Park even above the Champions League title.

The form of keeper Pepe Reina played a key part in the progress made in the Premier League last year. The Spaniard has established himself firmly on the team sheet and gives confidence to those in front of him. Not that they actually need it as, in the main, the defence shepherded by the always impressive Jamie Carragher played well for the majority of the season. Danish international Daniel Agger, Brazilian Fabio Aurelio and another Spaniard Alvaro Arbeloa have shown fans why Benitez considered bringing them to Merseyside and with the signing of Glenn Johnson, the ability to provide a solid line in front of Reina should once again be available to Benitez.

The end of the off-field distractions for captain Steven Gerrard will free up the England midfielder to lead his side as he always does - by example. A goal-scoring and creating powerhouse, Gerrard is ably supported by Xabi Alonso, now a firm Kop favourite, and Javier Mascherano whose uncompromising style wins him as many fans as critics.

One name dominates the headlines when discussing the Reds forward line and that is Spanish international and Euro 2008 winner Fernando Torres. Liverpool missed his raw talent during his spell on the sidelines and many wondered whether Liverpool’s long wait for the Premiership title may have ended had he not been missing through injury fat such a crucial part of the season. Dirk Kuyt, Andriy Voronin, and David Ngog can all play across the line but Torres is very much the main man in Liverpool’s strike force. Keeping him fit, and seeking support to bolster the squad, will remain very much to the forefront of Benitez’s thoughts.

Sooner or later, domestic success must return to Anfield. Last campaign, Liverpool came the closest they have in two decades to claiming the prize, falling just short in the final month. Benitez has produced Champions League glory in 2005 and an FA Cup win a year later. However, it is the Premiership crown of which the Kopites dream and claiming what some believe is rightfully theirs - the English league title - continues to be the holy grail. Domestic form is the chief concern as the 2009/10 starts along with the reliance on the form and fitness of Gerrard and Torres. Both must gel if the fans are to get what they crave come May 2010.  

A Brief History

It is virtually impossible to write a ’brief’ history of Liverpool FC. They are the most successful club team in English football history. Anfield has also been the home to Merseyside rivals Everton in the early days. A dispute over rent in 1892 meant that Everton were made to leave the ground, and club Chairman John Houlding decided to form another side to play at Anfield. The name given to the side was Liverpool Football Club.

The joined the Football League in 1893 and won their first League Championship in 1900/1, not knowing that a further 17 were to follow. Their first appearance at Wembley, the home of English football, was in the 1950 FA Cup final but they had to wait further 15 years to lift the trophy.

December 1st 1959, a date that Liverpool fans, and anybody associated with the club, will not forget in a hurry. Relatively unknown manager Bill Shankly had left his post at Huddersfield Town and been appointed the new Liverpool manager. Shankly had the ideas to build Liverpool into the untouchables, a side that nobody could get close to. It seemed some time away as Liverpool were then in Division 2, following their relegation in 1954.

Shankly began transforming the club from the bottom to the top. He released no less than 24 players in his first season, and began re-building the squad, his way. When he arrived he became the first man ever to pick a team for Liverpool, as it was generally considered not part of the manager's job.

His third season in the hot seat brought Liverpool the Second Division Championship and promotion to the highest echelon of English league football, where they have remained ever since.

Under Shankly, Liverpool won 3 league titles, the 1974 FA Cup and most notably their first European success, the UEFA Cup, in 1973. Shankly resigned in 1974 and Bob Paisley took over.

If the 70's brought European recognition to a fantastic side, the 80's saw complete domestic domination, with 7 league titles, 2 FA Cups, 4 consecutive League Cups, and 2 more European Cups. Liverpool was an awesome team to watch.

The shadow cast on May 29, 1985, when 39 lives were lost amongst crowd disturbances at the European Cup Final against Juventus, was huge. English clubs were subsequently banned from European competition for five years, in Liverpool's case it was ten years (later reduced to six). Joe Fagan who had taken over from Bob Paisley in 1983, resigned following the disaster.

Dalglish became the first player-manager Liverpool had ever appointed. His success again was clouded with tragedy in 1989. When 96 fans lost their lives in the Hillsborough disaster.

Since those heady days of domestic and European domination, Liverpool have had to rely on cup competitions to provide their highs. Coaches came and went but it wasn’t until former French national coach Gerrard Houllier too charge that they really began emerging as a force once more. The amazing 'Treble' in 2000/01, winning the FA Cup, Carling Cup, and UEFA Cup seemed to herald a return to the glory days but the re-start faltered and Rafa Benitez arrived.

Whilst poor league form delivered little at home, the now-famous comeback in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final from 0-3 down against AC Milan is the stuff of legend. That night made heroes of everyone in a red shirt but keeper Jerzy Dudek saw his stock rise higher that most with an impressive penalty shoot-out performance to add to what remains to this day one of the saves of the decade to deny Milan a last-minute winners. A year later then won the FA Cup with another penalty shoot-out win, this time against West Ham United although a further Champions League final in 2007 saw Milan gain revenge.

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