Lack of recent titles does not affect Liverpool’s status – Bolton’s Coyle
Bolton manager Owen Coyle does not believe a lack of trophies over the past 20 years has not affected Liverpool’s status as a global club.
The Reds have not won the English league title since the 1989/90 season but Coyle, whose Trotters host Kenny Dalglish’s Reds on Saturday, says that lack of fortune has not negatively affected the Anfield club’s standing.
"Kenny Dalglish is used to winning trophies and football can change from one year to another.
"Liverpool will deem it as a long time since their last championship but in that period, they have still won trophies, including the Champions League.
"Now they are on the verge of reaching the Carling Cup final, when they would be big favourites given a team from the Championship will be the opposition.
"There is no doubt Liverpool will always be amongst the honours.""It doesn't affect their status, just as it never affected Manchester United's status when they hadn't won the championship for 26 years until Sir Alex Ferguson sorted it out," said Coyle.
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| Home | Away | Score | Time |
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| Sun May 13th | |||
| Swansea City | Liverpool | 14:00 | |
| Norwich City | Aston Villa | 14:00 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Fulham | 14:00 | |
| Chelsea | Blackburn Rovers | 2 - 1 | 14:00 |
| Stoke City | Bolton Wanderers | 2 - 2 | 14:00 |
| West Bromwich Albion | Arsenal | 2 - 3 | 14:00 |
| Everton | Newcastle United | 3 - 1 | 14:00 |
| Sunderland | Manchester United | - 1 | 14:00 |
| Wigan Athletic | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 - 2 | 14:00 |
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| Manchester City | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 89 |
| Manchester United | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 89 |
| Arsenal | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 70 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 69 |
| Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 65 |
| Chelsea | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 64 |
| Everton | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 56 |
| Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
| Fulham | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 52 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 47 |
| Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 47 |
| Norwich City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 47 |
| Sunderland | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 45 |
| Stoke City | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | -17 | 45 |
| Wigan Athletic | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -20 | 43 |
| Aston Villa | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | -16 | 38 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 37 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | -31 | 36 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -30 | 31 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -42 | 25 |
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Comments (7)
and some more, why again 12 yo kids choose man city over liv? I personally NEVER see any kid wearing Man city shirt here. You just make me sick!
@baha. You forgot to mention the teenagers nowadays who followed footsteps of their parents who support liverpool. A HUGE numbers of them. The LFC came to my country for friendly match last six months and guess what, 70 thousand local supporters (lfc fan) came to watch the match and most of them were youngsters. This proves that your prediction are totally WRONG!
Liverpool will be liverpool. the fans they had 30 years ago are still here. why? cause 30 years ago these fans were in their 30s. on the other hand, you will not see too many younger Liverpool fans now a days. and yes it has everything to do with you achievements. in England, you will support your local team. so that fan base will never die. overseas, what criteria is used to choose teams? it is players and titles. of course you will say glory hunters. but truth is no one will support a losing unless there is something to support them for. say a 12 year old today, will they choose MC or Liverpool? or course they will choose MC. why would they choose liverpool today? maybe some will think of gerrard as a role model and support them ... maybe.
so there is truth there that their fan base has not reduced. but it has not increased either while others are increasing. so in terms of persentage, it is going down.
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