To mark the launch of '19' – a new book detailing the story of each of Liverpool's top-flight title successes – author Carl Clemente has shared a collection of anecdotes from the special publication.
Written with the help of the highly-respected LFChistory.net, the 540-page offering is packed with insights, facts and statistics from a journey that started back in September 1900.
It also features the thoughts, opinions and memories of the players, managers, protagonists and fans who were involved in delivering the championship to the Anfield trophy cabinet time and time again.
In the first of three excerpts from the book, which can be ordered here, Clemente provides a tale from each of Liverpool’s first six title-winning seasons…
1900-01
Liverpool manager Tom Watson was a popular figure throughout the game and had already won three First Division titles at Sunderland before his move to Anfield in 1896.