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Liverpool U21

Liverpool Under 21

Kit impression

Founded

1892

Years standing

134

Home ground

The Academy, Kirkby

Country

England

The Trophy Cabinet

The Central League: 16 (1956–57, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1989–90
Premier Reserve League National: 1 (2007–08)
Premier Reserve League North: 2 (1999–2000, 2007–08)
Lancashire Combination: 2 (1896–97, 1899–1900)
Liverpool Senior Cup: 40 (1893, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910*, 1912*, 1913, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1934*, 1936*, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1962, 1964*, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982*, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010)
Lancashire Senior Cup: 13 (1919, 1920*, 1924, 1931, 1933, 1944, 1947, 1956, 1959, 1973, 2010, 2017, 2022)
Liverpool Challenge Cup: 4 (1954, 1959, 1960, 1961)
Lancashire League Division One: 6 (1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1977–78, 1982–83)
Lancashire League Division Two: 7 (1961–62, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1992–93)
Lancashire League Division Three: 1 (1960–61)
FA Youth Cup: 4 (1996, 2006, 2007, 2019)
Liverpool Youth Cup: 3 (1954, 1956, 1958)
Lancashire Division One League Cup: 3 (1960, 1966, 1967)
Lancashire Division Two League Cup: 5 (1962, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1980)
Lancashire Division Three League Cup: 1 (1961)

Nickname: LFC Academy

Adopting Liverpool U21 means England EFL Trophy results start mattering to you, a club going since 1892. Not a novelty, a habit.

You get a nickname
Known as LFC Academy. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.
Worth the journey
Nearest airport is Manchester Airport (MAN), roughly 33km out. This is not a casual away day, which is precisely why the people who do it take it seriously.
The calendar you inherit
England EFL Trophy is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. England does not do easy neutrals.
Deep roots
Founded in 1892, Liverpool U21 were playing organised football before floodlights, substitutes or televised highlights existed. You are adopting 134 years of accumulated grudges.

Ground: The Academy, Kirkby. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

Manchester Airport (MAN)

33 km / 20 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Audley and Bignall End railway station

1.8 km / 1 miles out

Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.