Liverpool's best Sporting venues

Anfield

After The Beatles and the Liver bird the city’s most famous export must certainly be Liverpool Football Club. Having won the league title 18 times, the League Cup a record seven times and of course the European Cup five times they are without doubt one of the biggest and most successful football teams in the world today. Liverpool has famously been dubbed ‘the home of football’ and perhaps a trip to Anfield to watch some of football's biggest names ply their trade might go some way towards explaining why.

Goodison Park

Goodison Park is the home of one of England’s oldest and most prestigious football teams, Everton Football Club. One of the founder clubs of the English game, the ‘blues’ peaked in the mid 1980s winning a string of league titles, F.A cup wins and culminated in a famous European venture.

Aintree Racecourse

Aintree is the home of the world’s most famous horse race, The Grand National. After being built in 1829 Aintree staged its first ‘national’ in 1839 when a horse called Lottery took its place in history. Since then the event, and its popularity has grown and grown so much that today it is known worldwide as the biggest and best steeple chase there is. Famous horses to have graced the famous fences are Red Rum, Rubstic and 2008 winner Comply or Die.

Premier League Darts

Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor has been described as the darts player’s Tiger Woods, famed for his record breaking career spanning over 20 years he has won just about everything possible and more. So what a fitting tribute it is to the city and the 8,000 fans who packed out the Echo Arena on his first visit that he has called for the World Championships to be played in Liverpool. In the past darts has suffered due to its poor image in the public eye but following recent investment the sport is enjoying a resurgence in popularity.

Royal Liverpool Golf Club

The Royal Liverpool Golf Club is one of the UK’s leading links golf courses and has in the past famously staged some of the world’s biggest events such as The Open Championship and the Walker Cup. Consequently the course as been home to some of golf’s biggest names such as Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson. Although the golf club itself is not based in Liverpool it is only a short journey by train from the city centre. As well as being a massive tourist attraction during events it is open all year round for guests to enjoy a leisurely game amongst themselves.

Liverpool International Tennis Tournament
 
When the whole country is going Wimbledon mad, here in Liverpool we have our own international tennis tournament at Calderstones Park. Originating in 2002 the event has gone from strength to strength every year, with some of the biggest tennis stars past and present turning up to wow the Liverpool crowd; names including Bjorn Borg, Martina Navratilova and Goran Ivanisevic are just some of the stars to grace the event over the past seven years.

Everton Tigers

Anyone with a keen interest in basketball has to go and watch our local team the Everton Tigers strut their stuff in the BBL (British Basketball League). The Tigers were formed in June 2007 following a link between Everton Football Club and promising local basketball team the Toxteth Tigers, the end product was the only professional basketball team in the city. In their debut season the Tigers went on to claim a respectable 7th league position whilst playing in front of an incredible 6,000 fans at the Liverpool Echo Arena.

Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Royal Birkdale Golf Club is undoubtedly one of the UK’s finest golf courses with panoramic views of the Irish Sea and the wet and wild weather that that often brings. It has been the home of The Ryder Cup twice in its long prestigious history dating as far back 1889 as well as more recently hosting the Open Championship in 2008. Liverpool is one of the only cities in the UK to have two professional standard courses, with Birkdale being situated in near-by Southport.

Chester Racecourse

Chester is a city steeped in tradition, famous for its style and elegance. The Racecourse is a 40 minute journey by train that leaves you in Chester’s gorgeous city centre, itself a five minute walk from the course. Upon arrival at the course you can usually rely on flocks of people all heading for the same destination, so just follow the crowd. The racecourse is known as being the oldest in England with races dating astonishingly as far back as the 16th Century although no actual date can be given. One thing for sure though is it attracts some of the sport’s top names, names such as Frankie Dettori and Jamie Spencer annually pit their wits at the UKs shortest track and most exciting track. One thing that is guaranteed at Chester races is a good time, glorious sunshine and plenty of fine Champagne.

St. Helens Rugby League 

The Saints are one of the biggest names in Super League history having claimed more Super League titles than any of their competitors, in the process scooping the coveted ‘BBC sports team of the year 2006’ a feat only ever claimed twice in the sport’s illustrious history. Saint Helens ply their trade at the recently renamed GPW Recruitment Stadium which has a capacity of 17,500 with over 10,000 fans on average turning up each week to cheer on the Saints.