A history of Liverpool's league title wins
As Liverpool prepare to celebrate a 19th league title, here is a reminder of how the previous 18 were captured.
Jürgen Klopp’s side ended a 30-year wait for top-flight success in scintillating style, becoming the first team to claim this prestigious honour with more than five games to spare.
The Reds will receive the Premier League trophy following tonight’s match versus Chelsea, the final fixture at Anfield for the 2019-20 season.
At the forefront of this historic moment will be Jordan Henderson, who joins an elite group of Liverpool icons to lift English football’s most coveted prize.
We’ve taken a look back at the club’s previous title triumphs prior to Klopp’s 2019-20 vintage...
1989-90: P38, W23, D10, L5; 79 points
Champions by a convincing nine-point margin, Liverpool recorded 23 league victories and a total of 79 points on their way to an 18th title.
The Reds lost only one of their final 23 matches as John Barnes led the way for Sir Kenny Dalglish’s side with 22 top-flight goals.
1987-88: P40, W26, D12, L2; 90 points
An extraordinary 29-match unbeaten start from August to March saw Liverpool crowned worthy league winners, with second-placed Manchester United nine points adrift of the Reds at the end of the 40-game season.
Dalglish’s men lost only twice all campaign, achieving 90 points in the process.
Anfield arrivals in 1987, Peter Beardsley, Ray Houghton and Barnes made a combined total of 104 league appearances.
1985-86: P42, W26, D10, L6; 88 points
A title win secured by the tightest of margins.
Liverpool pipped Merseyside neighbours Everton to top spot by just two points, fashioning 11 victories in their final 12 outings to seal the deal.
The Blues were later defeated at Wembley in the 1986 FA Cup final as the Reds celebrated a famous double.
1983-84: P42, W22, D14, L6; 80 points
Joe Fagan delivered the perfect start to his managerial reign at Anfield, claiming the European Cup, League Cup and First Division title during his debut season as manager.
The Reds’ nearest challengers were Southampton, who finished three points short on 77.
Nottingham Forest and Manchester United followed closely behind with respective tallies of 74.
Ian Rush netted 32 times to collect the Golden Boot award and finished the campaign with a remarkable 47 goals in all competitions.
1982-83: P42, W24, D10, L8; 82 points
Bob Paisley bowed out as Liverpool manager in style as the Reds became First Division winners for the 14th time.
Liverpool ended the season boasting an 11-point advantage over second-placed Watford.
Paisley’s nine-year tenure at Anfield yielded an impressive six league titles, three European Cups, three League Cups, one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup.
1981-82: P42, W26, D9, L7; 87 points
A slow start to the season saw the Reds positioned in 12th following a 3-1 Boxing Day defeat at the hands of Manchester City, but the turn of the year prompted a drastic turnaround.
Liverpool won 20 of their 25 remaining matches in 1982 to rise to the summit of the division, ahead of Ipswich Town, who trailed by four points after 42 matches played.
1979-80: P42, W25, D10, L7; 60 points (two points for a win)
Two points is all that separated champions Liverpool and runners-up Manchester United.
David Johnson fired the Reds to title glory with 21 league goals, while Dalglish, Phil Neal and Phil Thompson were ever-presents in the side and featured in all 42 league outings.
1978-79: P42, W30, D8, L4; 68 points
Inspired by a resolute defence which conceded only 16 times in 42 matches, Liverpool earned a record points total of 68.
Paisley’s side recorded 30 wins on their way to securing silverware, finishing eight points clear of Brian Clough’s revered Nottingham Forest outfit.
1976-77: P42, W23, D11, L8; 57 points
Liverpool landed a 10th league title in the club’s history, this time edging Manchester City by a solitary point at the top of the table.
The Reds’ home form played a key role in achieving back-to-back First Division success as the champions remained unbeaten at Anfield.
Nine days after a final-day encounter against Bristol City, Liverpool also won their first European Cup by defeating Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 in Rome.
1975-76: P42, W23, D14, L5; 60 points
Paisley’s first taste of domestic success as manager.
Requiring a win or low-scoring draw on the final day of the season versus relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers, Liverpool trailed 1-0 with 14 minutes remaining.
But a grandstand finish saw the Reds strike three times to become champions, courtesy of a one-point lead over Queens Park Rangers.
1972-73: P42, W25, D10, L7; 60 points
With Bill Shankly at the helm, the Reds won 25 of their 42 outings having missed out on the title the previous year by a single point.
A win over Crystal Palace in late December marked a 21st consecutive home league victory – an English top-flight record only surpassed this season by Klopp’s men (24).
1965-66: P42, W26, D9, L7; 61 points
Roger Hunt – the club’s second-highest goalscorer of all time – plundered 29 league goals as Liverpool tasted top-flight success for a seventh time.
Only 14 players were deployed all campaign, with Gerry Byrne, Ian Callaghan, Tommy Lawrence, Tommy Smith and Ron Yeats featuring every step of the way.
1963-64: P42, W26, D5, L11; 57 points
The Reds ended their 17-year championship wait, powered by attacking brilliance.
Hunt’s impressive haul of 31 goals was accompanied by the scoring exploits of Ian St John (21) and Alf Arrowsmith (15), who helped Liverpool set a club record of 92 goals scored in a single First Division season.
1946-47: P42, W25, D7, L10; 57 points
A Liverpool side that included Paisley in defence held off competition from Manchester United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Stoke City.
A crucial final-day triumph away to title challengers Wolves was secured, earning the First Division crown under manager George Kay.
1922-23: P42, W26, D8, L8; 60 points
The first time the Reds experienced back-to-back top-flight success.
Liverpool occupied first position from mid-September to May, holding firm to end the campaign six points clear.
Fortress Anfield proved pivotal once again, losing just once on home soil.
1921-22: P42, W22, D13, L7; 57 points
With only one defeat in the opening 15 matches, Liverpool enjoyed a strong start to the season under David Ashworth.
They remained the league’s dominant force and beat Tottenham Hotspur to the First Division by six points.
1905-06: P38, W23, D5, L10; 51 points
After a season away in the Second Division (1904-05), the Reds marked their return to the top flight in style.
Despite losing their initial three matches of the campaign, which left the team at the foot of the division, Liverpool fought back to register a second title triumph.
1900-01: P34, W19, D7, L8; 45 points
Liverpool’s ninth season in existence produced a maiden league title in the club’s history.
The Reds topped the First Division standings on only two occasions in 1900-01: following an opening-day win over Blackburn Rovers and a final-day victory versus West Bromwich Albion.