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REDS IN THE USA

GOING ON TOUR
STEPHEN BRANDT LOOKS BACK AT WHEN LIVERPOOL FIRST HEADED TO THE STATES

WHEN we see European clubs tour the world in pre-season, most of us view it as a cash grab.
However, there was a time when clubs would come to the United States to help grow the game.
Liverpool have made many tours. That’s both with their American owners and without them.
The first time Liverpool made the trip to the States was just after World War Two.
Making that trip across the Atlantic was hard in those days. You had to board a steamer, a ship, and it would take many, many days to leave Liverpool ...

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