Liverpool has won the Premier League again. This time, fans can finally celebrate properly

After a first league title in 30 years was impacted by Covid-19 in 2020, the city of Liverpool is looking forward to a summer of celebration.

Anfield stadium announcer George Sephton can count on one hand the number of Liverpool home games he has missed since his first day on the job on August 14, 1971. During his first two decades in front of the mic, Sephton got used to announcing Liverpool as the champion of England – the club won a remarkable 11 First Division titles between 1973 and 1990 to add to the seven it had already won up to that point. Had you told him then that it would be another 30 years before he could call the Reds champions of England again, you might have noted a hint of surprise in his response. “I’d have said you were crackers!” he laughs in an interview with CNN Sports. “After the triumph in 1990, the following season we didn’t get anywhere. And then it goes on each season and you’re thinking, ‘It can’t go on much longer. It can’t go on. It just can’t go on.’ “And it went on…” Had you told him the manner in which Liverpool would finally claim its 19th league title, that surprise would have turned to disbelief.