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club based in

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. The club were formed in 2008 by 1,000 supporters of

Liverpool Football Club Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has p ...

; a not-for-profit organisation, it is run on a one-member, one-vote system. They are currently members of the and play at

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Rossett Park Rossett Park is a football ground in Crosby, Merseyside that has been home to Marine A.F.C. since 1904. It has been called the Marine Travel Arena for sponsorship since 2015. Marine currently play in the and share the ground with A.F.C. Liverp ...

History

After plans were announced in February 2008, A.F.C Liverpool were established by

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in March 2008 for Liverpool fans who had been priced out of

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football,Liverpool fans form a club in their price range

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, 18 March 2008 and who were unhappy with

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being owned by American businessmen George Gillett and

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, adopting the same colours as Liverpool. The new club applied to enter Division Two of the North West Counties League for the 2008–09 season, with their place in the now-renamed Division One confirmed in June. They also agreed a groundshare with

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to play at

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.Parry’s delight as new club is elected to league
Liverpool Echo, 17 June 2008 By mid-July the club had attracted around 1,000 members. The club played their first match on 16 July, a friendly against

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at Ashton Town's Edge Street. In front of a crowd of around 600, the game ended in a 1–1 draw, with Martin Crowder scoring A.F.C. Liverpool's first-ever goal. The club's first league match on 9 August saw them beat Darwen 5–0. Their first season saw the club win the Division One Trophy with a 1–0 win over

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, whilst they finished fourth in the league, missing out on promotion by four points. In 2009–10 the club finished fifth in Division One. They also played in the

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for the first time, losing 2–1 at home to Dinnington Town in the second qualifying round. However, they retained the Division One Trophy. In

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the club entered the

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for the first time, losing 4–1 at Hemsworth Miners Welfare in the extra-preliminary round. In the league they finished fourth, earning promotion to the Premier Division after

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were expelled from the league and third-placed Holker Old Boys declined promotion. However, they failed to retain the Division One Trophy, losing 3–2 after extra time in the final by Atherton Collieries. In 2012–13 they reached the final of the

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, losing 4–3 on penalties to

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after a 1–1 draw. Prior to the 2014–15 season the club announced that they would be leaving Valerie Park and playing at Rossett Park in Crosby. They reached the Liverpool Senior Cup final again in 2014–15, losing 5–4 to

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. The 2017–18 season saw the club finish in the relegation zone, resulting in relegation back to Division One. In 2021 the club were promoted to the Premier Division based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.

Season-by-season

Honours

*North West Counties League **Division One Challenge Trophy winners 2008–09, 2009–10 *Joe Fagan Commemorative Trophy **Winners 2008–09, 2009–10 *The Fans Club Trophy **Winners 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11

Records

*Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying round, 2015–16 *Best FA Vase performance: Third round, 2010–11 *Record attendance: 604 vs

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, 6 September 2008 (at Valerie Park) *Biggest win: 9–0 vs

, 13 September 2014St. Helens Town 0-9 (nine) AFC Liverpool
A.F.C. Liverpool, 13 September 2014 *Heaviest defeat: 1–8 vs

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, North West Counties League Premier Division 18 August 2012 *Highest league position: 7th in the North West Counties League Premier Division, 2013–14 *Lowest league position: 5th in North West Counties League Division One, 2009–10

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