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At the risk of being presumptuous, I’ve been spending my early afternoon reading Guardian reporting of previous Liverpool title successes. It is fair to say we have covered some better than others. Here, for example, is the full and unexpurgated text of our report on the club’s very first, published on 30 April 1901:

In a football match at West Bromwich yesterday Liverpool defeated West Bromwich Albion by one goal to nil. This victory secured to Liverpool the championship of the English Association Football League.

Yes, that was it. The sport section wasn’t particularly big at the time, though there was space for a very long report on a golf tournament. Anyway, more to come.

Hello world!

Anfield, Sunday 27 April 2025, 4pm BST

A bottle of Champagne, on ice.
A bottle of Champagne, on ice. Photograph: RTimages/Alamy

Anfield, Sunday 27 April 2025, 6.30pm BST?

Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk celebrate
Liverpool players celebrating one of the many good things that have happened recently. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
Arne Slot, the Liverpool head coach, celebrates.
Arne Slot being happy about stuff. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters
St Louis Cardinals’ Jason Heyward pops the cork on a bottle of Champagne
Champagne! Photograph: Gene J Puskar/AP
A bottle of Champagne being sprayed
More champagne! Photograph: Lynn Bo Bo/AAP
A lot of empty Champagne and beer bottles
After-party scenes. Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

A full and fan-packed Anfield has not celebrated a league title since 1990. Is today the day?

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