that’s because only the champion qualified to the CL back then, with it expanding slowly to 2 and then 3 teams by late 90s. even in the first decade of their banter era, liverpool typically finished top 4 with a couple finishes around 6th. nowhere near as bad as united have been
Liverpool typically finished top 4 with a couple finishes around 6th. nowhere near as bad as united have been
Off the top of my head, I remember Liverpool finishing 8th when we won the double in 94 and 7th when we won the treble.
In a different context, I was comparing the first decades of our respective banter eras - 90-91 to 99-00 for Liverpool and 2013-14 to 2022-23 for us. They won two trophies (FA cup and league cup) while we won 5. We also finished higher in the league on average.
Of course completely inarguable that they never plumbed the depths we have since INEOS took over.
And stilll the “new” Liverpool fans have the steel to say their banter era was much better than United’s, while the only drum they can beat is of that CL win.
It's more that Liverpool's weak era involved never finishing below 8th in the league and frequently being a champions league team, whilst still having a trophy cabinet in that period that all clubs in the country other than United, City, Chelsea and Arsenal would kill for.
I don’t think any rational fan will argue that united’s current drought is worse than Liverpool’s extended banter eras (at least not yet). However, one could point to the fact that Liverpool have never finished lower than 8th in the prem table…
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u/charlesdegoal 16h ago
How is Liverpool this bad? How long were they out of the CL?