jmetaB020b9ac7c11753e6b551a8b3607e9598d4da95ff2c2d688e88d466bcd2aea00b1d@4ba663765714781ad949364b671673879192dba9aa98eb129d0e821daf4b779erss.item metarss.netMz <item> <title>The forgotten story of ... When Anfield was Manchester United's home ground</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/mar/17/manchester-united-home-anfield-1971</link> <description><p>It is well known that Liverpoolâs ground was once home to Everton, but in 1971 United fans called the Kop their home end</p><p>On Friday 20 August 1971 a team wearing red walked out at Anfield to rapturous applause from supporters bedecked in red and white scarves and standing on the Spion Kop. Their opponents were Arsenal, who had beaten Bill Shankly's side 2-1 in the FA Cup final to secure the double in May of the same year. But the home side were not Liverpool. They were Manchester United.</p><p>Hidden deep within the pages of football's dustiest history books lurks a dark secret â or so it appears. The club that now boasts 18 league titles, the same number as Liverpool, could once call Anfield its home, just as Liverpool's great city rivals Everton did in the 1880s. In 1971, with United banned from playing their first two home matches in Manchester, after hooligans had thrown knives into the away section at a match at the end of the previous season, their opening "home" games would be played at Anfield and Stoke's Victoria Ground.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/mar/17/manchester-united-home-anfield-1971">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/liverpool">Liverpool</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/manchester-united">Manchester United</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/arsenal">Arsenal</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:50:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/mar/17/manchester-united-home-anfield-1971</guid> <media:content type="image/jpeg" width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Football/Clubs/Club_Home/2010/2/24/1267033157372/Manchester-United-v-Arsen-008.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5b8f754fdbe904c7031c5606874865bc"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Public Domain</media:credit> <media:description>Even the matchday programme came replete with a picture of Bill Shankly and Liverpoolâs legends of the day. Photograph: Public Domain</media:description> </media:content> <media:content type="image/jpeg" width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Football/Clubs/Club_Home/2010/2/24/1267033157372/Manchester-United-v-Arsen-008.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=94cbe9fa33fe2e121a43965214cc2ae0"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Public Domain</media:credit> <media:description>Even the matchday programme came replete with a picture of Bill Shankly and Liverpoolâs legends of the day. Photograph: Public Domain</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Gregg Bakowski</dc:creator> <dc:date>2010-03-17T15:50:01Z</dc:date> </item>
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