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Extract from a Boston.com article entitled, 'Hardball in Liverpool'

Hardball in Liverpool
New American owners might find these soccer fans a pretty tough crowd

December 7, 2010

Two months ago, Red Sox owner John Henry and his partners in New England Sports Ventures purchased Liverpool FC, historically one of Europe’s greatest soccer teams. Obviously, Henry, who admits he knows nothing about English soccer, is hoping to turn a few quid in the globalized sports marketplace.

So far, Henry’s brief stewardship has been uneventful. The team is having a bad year under a mediocre coach, but its problems redound to the previous, despised American owners. Tom Hicks and George Gillett generated huge debts, public relations debacles, and no Premier League championships. For now, the Red Sox PR machine is pumping out happynews about Henry’s visits to grotty Liverpool — Worcester without the glitz — and about his wife’s inane Twitter messages to the fans, e.g. “Wow! Anfield [the team’s stadium] really is a special place!’’

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http://www.boston.com/sports/soccer/art ... liverpool/

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I wouldn't describe it as 'grotty' really, it has some fab places but Anfield isn't one of them but it's not the prettiest place in the world either

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Not haveing been to the place for over 30 years I can't really judge but if it was good enough to be European city of culture for a year it can't be that bad can it ?

It's a s***hole. City center is brand new and looks great but surrounding suburbs are a disgrace.

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Maybe it's because I drive through it of a night it just doesn't look that bad. Obviously there are a few grotty areas but the same will be said of any city or large town

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Been up quite a few times but never been into the City Centre itself. From the outside it does look a bit grim, I don't know if it gets any better the further in you go??

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You should come up for a beer, you'll see the city centre then

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I don't know about Worcester without the glitz.

But defo a sh** hole without the hole.

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What about Anfield???, it looks like east Berlin did before the wall came down, I have been to both

Yeah!!

I'd heard that there was a Mr Skippy driving a Wartburg taxi in East Berlin before the wall came down!!

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Come on Brum it was a trabant
I went across the border at checkpoint charlie in 1977 and had my photo taken for our local paper along with another squaddy from Selkirk
It was eary to still see bombed out houses as they could not touch them until the 99 year lease ran out or the owners turned up,or the courts decided

That's another poster that should be It's Brummie you're replying to

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Sorted with photo mind you I did think it was CC as it looked like one of his daft comments