English Reserve Football Teams - Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy, Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Arsenal F.C. Reserves, Aston Villa F.C. Reserves and Academy, Birmingham City F.C. Reserves and Academy, Blackburn Rovers F.C. Reserves and Academy, Bolton Wanderers F.C. Reserves and Academy, Charlton Athletic F.C. Reserves, Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy, Hull City A.F.C. Reserves and Juniors, Leeds United A.F.C. Reserves and Youth Team, Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy, Manchester City F.C. Reserves and Academy, Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy, Middlesbrough F.C. Reserves and Academy, Newcastle United F.C. Reserves and Academy, Portsmouth F.C. Reserves and Academy, Stoke City F.C. Reserves and Academy, Sunderland A.F.C. Reserves and Academy, Swansea City A.F.C. Reserves, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Reserves and Academy, West Ham United F.C. Reserves and Academy. Excerpt: Liverpool F.C. Reserves are the reserve team of Liverpool. Liverpool Reserves play in the FA Premier Reserve League. In their division, the reserves became Champions in 2000. They competed in the Lancashire Combination from 1896 to 1911, with the exception of the 1898-99 season, in which they joined The Combination. From 1911 on they took part in the Central League until becoming inaugural members of the Premier Reserve League North in 1999. They also participate in the Liverpool Senior Cup, although in recent years the teams entered in this competition have featured an increasing number of youth players. The current Reserve team manager is Rodolfo Borrell who was appointed in July 2011. The reserves play their home games at Prenton Park (the home of Tranmere Rovers); in previous seasons the team has also played at the club's academy, the Halliwell Jones Stadium (home of Warrington Wolves), Haig Avenue (the home of Southport), Knowsley Road (the home of St Helens RLFC) and the Racecourse Ground (home of Wrexham). The team was the subject of a famous quote from legendary Liverpool FC manager Bill Shankly, who while telling a joke at the expense of local rivals Everton, declared In my time at Anfield we always said we had the two best teams on Merseyside, Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves. Another version of the quote has Shankly saying There's only two teams in Liverpool: Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves. The most successful Liverpool Reserves coach has been Roy Evans. Evans spent most of his playing career as a reserve team player, making only 11 appearances for the first team. After an injury ended his career in 1974, he was appointed coach of the reserves by Bob Paisley. Evans subsequently led the reserves to victory in a series of Central League championships, including three in his first three seasons, a four in a row sequence from 1978 and two more in the early 1980s. Throughout the history of Liverpool FC many of the club's best known players have progressed th