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Kiki Sarong's avatar

Welcome back and a belated happy new year . So city actually have a Tory to thank (as do our rivals down the east lancs - LFC ) for being the club they are today ?interesting stuff !

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Andrew Keenan's avatar

Thanks, and a belated Happy New Year to you too.

Yeah, there are a lot of similarities between Ardwick's rise and Liverpool FC's creation. Both Chesters Thompson and John Houlding were Tory activists, brewers and Freemasons. And like Chesters Thompson, Houlding was dubbed "King John".

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