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The European Super League Is An Abomination. It Must Be Stopped
The history of the game is being sold out for cold, hard cash
Last year I experienced an event I’d dreamt about for thirty years.
My football team, Liverpool F.C., won the English Premier League. I’m 31, the last time Liverpool were champions of England I was four and a bit months old. This moment is one I’ve wanted to happen for as long as I can remember.
Throughout my childhood and teenage years, Liverpool’s biggest rivals, Manchester United, were the dominant force in English football. It was painful watching them win season after season. To have to go into school and see your friends, some of whom were United fans, rub your nose in it.
Sure, there were some bright points. Such as when we won three trophies in 2001, the amazing comeback in the Champions League final in 2005, and victory in the same competition in 2019.
But none of it compared to the moment just ten months ago, when we finally became champions of England after thirty long years. It meant more because Liverpool was the dominant team in England throughout the 70s and 80s. We were the biggest and most successful club, and then the tap ran dry.
