Last week Jason and I attended another football game, and this time it was in Liverpool, England. They played the Tottenham Hotspurs from outside of London. We were able to get these tickets from the same teammate who we went with to Manchester. Jason and I drove in early for the game to check into the hotel and see part of the city. Liverpool is on the western coast of England and a little further south compared to Newcastle. The trip took about 3 hours to get over to Liverpool.
Driving into town was pretty interesting. When we drove in there were several streets we drove down where all the houses were boarded up like you'll see in the pictures below.
What was nice about it though is someone had gone through and painted pictures on the boards. Though the city still looks pretty rough and run down.
We stayed at the Holiday Inn down at Albert Dock in Liverpool. It was a nice hotel that had been redone from an old warehouse. This is the view from our window.
Just outside our hotel down at Albert Dock. If you look closely there is a ferris wheel between the red buildings.
Another view of the docks.
Jason enjoying his huge Peroni beer before dinner.
We took a public bus to the game because it was alot cheaper. Like £6 total for us compared to a taxi ride which maybe would have cost £20 each way. Plus we got to mingle with the locals!haha yeah right, we're in Liverpool (this is a rough city from what I've been told!)
Here's a picture right outside the stadium. It literally backs up from all sides right into neighborhoods. So we really couldn't get a picture of the whole stadium from the outside.
Everyone was taking a picture in front of this statue. Pretty sure this is an old manager for the club. The sign said Bill Shankly "He made the people happy." I must say my pose was the most creative compared to the others :)
We met John the Tottenham Hotspurs fan at this local pub before the game. This pub is known as the away team pub before Liverpool games. And let me tell you it was crazy in there!
The pub was called Arkles Pub.
Inside before the game.
This pub was jam packed with people. You could hardly move around as you can see.
We found a huge group of guys busy throwing back Carlsbergs andchanting all these Tottenham Hotspur chants. It was hilarious to listen to, but at the same time very difficult to understand at times. Crazy I know but sometimes I need an English interpreter to understand people over here!
Here is a CCTV van. Might not mean anything to you all, but they love this stuff over here. You always see signs like you're on CCTV camera! Watch out!
Inside the stadium there were some huge banners being pulled around the stadium. Cool to look at, but not sure I'd like to be under it! :)
These banners were HUGE! Did I tell you that?!
Both teams coming out onto the pitch, that's British talk for field.
Kick-off, Liverpool in red and Tottenham in white.
More views of Anfield Stadium
Jason and me, and some random guy...can you get out of our picture!
After the game. Liverpool won 2-0. We got to see a penalty shot too right in front of us. Great game to see, but second game we've seen Tottenham play and they've lost both! Starting to think we're bad luck!
Outside the stadium after the game.
The next day we walked around town to see the sights. Liverpool Bay is behind us and it feeds out to the Atlantic Ocean.
Another picture of us.
There were a bunch of free museums to go to around Albert Dock. This place showed what a wartime house looked like during WWII and how they had to hide during the air strikes. Liverpool was a hot spot to bomb because at the time England relied alot on importing and since this was a big shipping area, it was bombed frequently.
Another museum we attended. Jason the former Mona Shores Sailor was excited to take his picture with this anchor. Apparently this was once used on a ship in Liverpool.
That's British for duck!
Jason trying to blend in with the props! This museum had several different areas, but this room showed us about how Liverpool was also a major city where immigrants left out of to travel over to the US. Here is what the inside of a boat would look like for the immigrants. Very bare and not private what so ever.
There also was a Titanic museum that was very interesting. The Titanic was actually built in Belfast, however there are many ties the ship has to Liverpool. Most of the crew including the Captain were all from Liverpool (about 1 in 10). Also the famous musicians who continued to play to try to calm the passengers down were also from Liverpool. (That was not just a part in the movie, but actually did happen!)
Albert Dock
We also went to the Beatles Museum. Liverpool is home to the Beatles!
The museum included audio and told the story of how they met and their journey over the years.
The tour included a bunch of neat exhibits. Here is Jason taking the flight over with the Beatles the first time they came to the States.
The Yellow Submarine! 
Here is a CCTV van. Might not mean anything to you all, but they love this stuff over here. You always see signs like you're on CCTV camera! Watch out!
Inside the stadium there were some huge banners being pulled around the stadium. Cool to look at, but not sure I'd like to be under it! :)
These banners were HUGE! Did I tell you that?!
Both teams coming out onto the pitch, that's British talk for field.
Kick-off, Liverpool in red and Tottenham in white.
More views of Anfield Stadium
Jason and me, and some random guy...can you get out of our picture!
After the game. Liverpool won 2-0. We got to see a penalty shot too right in front of us. Great game to see, but second game we've seen Tottenham play and they've lost both! Starting to think we're bad luck!
Outside the stadium after the game.
The next day we walked around town to see the sights. Liverpool Bay is behind us and it feeds out to the Atlantic Ocean.
Another picture of us.
There were a bunch of free museums to go to around Albert Dock. This place showed what a wartime house looked like during WWII and how they had to hide during the air strikes. Liverpool was a hot spot to bomb because at the time England relied alot on importing and since this was a big shipping area, it was bombed frequently.
Another museum we attended. Jason the former Mona Shores Sailor was excited to take his picture with this anchor. Apparently this was once used on a ship in Liverpool.
That's British for duck!
Jason trying to blend in with the props! This museum had several different areas, but this room showed us about how Liverpool was also a major city where immigrants left out of to travel over to the US. Here is what the inside of a boat would look like for the immigrants. Very bare and not private what so ever.
There also was a Titanic museum that was very interesting. The Titanic was actually built in Belfast, however there are many ties the ship has to Liverpool. Most of the crew including the Captain were all from Liverpool (about 1 in 10). Also the famous musicians who continued to play to try to calm the passengers down were also from Liverpool. (That was not just a part in the movie, but actually did happen!)
Albert Dock
We also went to the Beatles Museum. Liverpool is home to the Beatles!
The museum included audio and told the story of how they met and their journey over the years.
The tour included a bunch of neat exhibits. Here is Jason taking the flight over with the Beatles the first time they came to the States.
The Yellow Submarine! 
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