LIVERPOOL THE PEOPLES CLUB

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/davi ... david-conn

[Perryashburtongroves]

I have no doubt that the bindipping racists will soon start boycotting the Guardian.

[mcdowell42]

I have no doubt that the bindipping racists will soon start boycotting the Guardian.

I doubt they can read fullstop

[Almunia is a clown]

Double post

[Almunia is a clown]

Everton always used to have rougher looking houses around their ground compared to Anfield, there was some decent victorian housing by Stanley Park many years back & I was shocked when we took a look around before the game at Goodison Park last season.

Stanley Park stadium was too much of a financial risk, as Liverpool obviously knew without Everton being involved. I wonder if Everton tried the same policy, although there doesn't seem to be much boarded up housing nearby?

I remember Arsenal were secretly buying houses on Highbury Hill & some buyers were gazumped. 30 houses were needed to expand Highbury which would have been done by extending the North Bank, rebuilding the Clock End & West Stand & changing the pitch around so that the East Stand was behind the goal

Enter the Nimby's / Green Party & the rest was history

As for the Anfield expansion letting more fans see the team for cheap, there's a scan on the interweb of the Islington Gazette from 2001 or so saying that prices at our new stadium will start at £10-15

More lies from the club & the custodians

[QuartzGooner]

Shocking story.

Club should have been upfront, and built new properties for all the people asked to move, and given them compensation plus season tickets for life.

[northbank123]

Have to say I hadn't heard anything about that story, although a lot of the comments are from disgruntled Liverpool fans claiming that anybody who is unaware of the story must have been living under a rock for a decade (clearly media is just scapegoating them again ).

But it did strike me what a fucking shithole the area around Anfield was when I went there in December 2001.

[g88ner]

the area around the stadium is shocking - boarded up houses everywhere. Not just the odd house but whole streets - I've honestly never seen a worse area in the UK.

[Steve_I]

Shocking story.

Club should have been upfront, and built new properties for all the people asked to move, and given them compensation plus season tickets for life.

agree completely

[topgoon]

the area around the stadium is shocking - boarded up houses everywhere. Not just the odd house but whole streets - I've honestly never seen a worse area in the UK.

There are bits of Wigan that are quite grim

[QuartzGooner]

the area around the stadium is shocking - boarded up houses everywhere. Not just the odd house but whole streets - I've honestly never seen a worse area in the UK.

There are bits of Wigan that are quite grim

Parts of Manchester are not far off either.

[g88ner]

the area around the stadium is shocking - boarded up houses everywhere. Not just the odd house but whole streets - I've honestly never seen a worse area in the UK.

There are bits of Wigan that are quite grim

Parts of Manchester are not far off either.

Yeah, yeah - just say what you're all thinking - It's. Grim. Oop. North.

[SteveO 35]

I blame the police for this article

[g88ner]

I blame the police for this article

That's a stinging comment

[1989]

This obviously ain't their fault, just like everything else they've been accused of wasn't.