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“Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” ― Albert Einstein

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Crime Problems in the Rockfield area 17 JUNE 2002 pt1
_We are committed to helping the residents of the Rockfield Triangle and the wider Anfield area by addressing the important issues that have blighted the Anfield community for so long.
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Holding the club to RANSOM
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The Promised Land
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The Promised Land

The Bible refers to the land promised by God to the Israelites. This promise was first mentioned in Genesis 15:18-21 'On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abraham and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the the great river, the Euphrates.."'


The city and club have duty to

deliver the Promised Land


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Written by Barry Turnbull. Published on Monday, September 16th.

Written by Barry Turnbull.
Published on Monday, September 16th.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE:  Tinned up and fed up on Anfield's streets of shame


I was struck by this strange imbalance as I strolled through this scarred cityscape en route to a corporate bacon butty on a match day. I wondered how many of the would-be investors or VIP visitors think  about this and are perhaps too polite to mention it; a bit like not wanting to upset the party host who has bad B.O.

But afterwards what do they think or say about the deprivation and dereliction that blights the area and the attendant social problems of gangs, drugs, crime and vice? And it is not just VIPs who might not be too impressed, thousands of ordinary people from Europe and beyond regularly visit the coliseum. This then is one of Liverpool’s main windows to the world.

According to the Halifax, areas with a Premier League club have seen house prices rises 135 per cent in ten years. In Anfield they have not only gone through the floorboards but carried on Down Under. Many locals believe that not only has Liverpool FC failed to help regeneration, it has actively pursued a policy of degeneration of this community - managed decline in order to drive house prices down as part of its buy-up campaign.

The club has been acquiring houses for years as it needs room to expand its Main Stand to generate more income.

On the other side of the turnstile, this failure to prevent a neighbourhood’s decline has been assisted, it is claimed, through inertia, particularly by Liverpool City Council. But there have been other contributory factors, such as the Government pulling the plug on the Housing Market Renewal Programme.

Last October, the club announced it was staying put, the same day as a new regeneration plan was announced. In June it was announced again. The Three Amigos; LFC, council and Manchester-based housing association Your Housing Group have teamed up to launch a £260m development blueprint.

Only it’s no so new. The proposals, costings and pledges are virtually a mirror-image of plans that were unveiled TEN YEARS AGO – apart from the club wanting a move to Stanley Park.

There was even the same quote from Joe Anderson, albeit then in opposition, about the importance of consulting local people.

In 2003, newspaper headlines trumpeted a £250m revival of the Anfield area led by a council/football club joint venture. In 2013 they seem to have just dusted off the plans and re-presented them complete with the same price, adjusted by £10m for inflation presumably.

I wonder how much the design consultants FVMA, Urban Splash and Shedkm have been paid to come up with this vision of a glorious new future?

The latest consultation exercise ended a few weeks ago but the consortium has yet to unveil its findings on feedback, although LFC Managing Director Ian Ayre observes, in all seriousness: “The club has a track record of working successfully with the council and others to drive forward improvements to the area.”

The revived proposals include the refurbishment of 550 homes, creation of  a 10,000 sq ft food hub, a 100-bed hotel, village square, new offices and improved retail premises. The 300 slum homes remaining will be cleared. All this is flagged up as creating 700 long-term jobs.

The stumbling block of unhappy residents remains, but the city has indicated it will use compulsory purchase powers if necessary.

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