…or Anfield South as former club chairman Sir John Smith renamed it after the club’s numerous appearances at the national stadium during the 1980’s.
Liverpool played 30 competitive games at Wembley before the famous twin towers were demolished in 2002. Their record is impressive – 17 wins, 8 defeats and 5 draws.
Wembley has seen some classic Liverpool games over the years. Bill Shankly‘s Reds famously beat Leeds United 2-1 in the 1965 FA Cup final to lift the trophy for the first time, Bob Paisley‘s men beat FC Brugge 1-0 in the 1978 European Cup Final and who could forget the ‘Merseyside final’ when Liverpool beat Everton 3-1 in 1986?
While Wembley was being rebuilt, cup finals moved to the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, where Liverpool won the League Cup in 2006.
Since the new Wembley Stadium was reopened in 2007 the Reds initially fared less well. However, they eventually got going again, winning the League Cup in 2012, 2022 and 2024, and the FA Cup in 2022.
