4 526 / 5 000 Liverpool Football Club - After the death of John Houlding Liverpool Football Club, or simply Liverpool, is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. Liverpool was founded on 15 March 1892 and has been based at Anfield since its foundation, which it owns. The club's motto and anthem is the song You'll Never Walk Alone. Liverpool is one of the most valuable and most popular clubs in the world. It is the most successful team in England and one of the most successful in Europe, having won one FIFA Club World Cup, six Champions Leagues, three Europa Leagues, four UEFA Super Cups, eight FA Cups, ten English League Cups, sixteen English Super Cups and twenty English championships (two of which are Premier Leagues). Houlding died in 1902, and in 1905 the club's ownership was restructured. Of the 3,000 existing shares, 2,000 were held by the Houlding family. The club owed Houlding £10,000, and an additional bank overdraft of £5,000 was guaranteed by his family. The family offered to forfeit the 2,000 shares and settle the debt if the club would relieve them of the guarantee of the bank loan. The board agreed and a new share issue was launched in 1906, with 15,000 shares available at £1 each. Following the share issue, John McKenna became chairman of the club. John McKenna (3 January 1855 – 22 March 1936) was an Irish businessman and professional rugby player. McKenna met the founder of Liverpool Football Club, John Houlding, who invited him to Anfield to watch his team, Everton, play. He remained with Houlding after Everton left Anfield for Goodison Park. McKenna served as Liverpool chairman from 1906 to 1915. He was elected president of the Football League in 1917, a position he held for almost 20 years until his death in March 1936. Like Houlding, McKenna was an active Freemason. Following the club's restructuring, a new stand was erected along the Walton Breck Road end of the ground. The stand became known as Spion Kop - it was originally given this name by local journalist Ernest Edwards, sports editor of the Liverpool Daily Post. Spion Kop (or simply Kop) has become a common term for grandstands in the United Kingdom. It is a reference to Spion Kop, a hill near Ladysmith, South Africa, which was the scene of the Battle of Spion Kop in January 1900 during the Second Boer War. The Second Boer War was sparked by a dispute over control of the gold and diamond mines in the Transvaal and Orange Free State. The British, who had an economic interest in the region, attempted to impose their rule over the Boer republics. At the Battle of Spion Kop 300 British Empire soldiers were killed, many from Liverpool. In the seasons following their second league title (1905), Liverpool had limited success, often finishing mid-table. They finished second to Aston Villa in the 1909–10 season, the last for their captain, Alex Raisbeck, who returned to Scotland to play for Partick Thistle – now in the Scottish Premiership race. Liverpool declined after Raisbeck's departure, their best league performance being a 12th-place finish in the 1912–13 season. There was improvement in 1914 when the club reached their first FA Cup final, which they lost 1–0 to Burnley. The following season, four Liverpool players were implicated in the 1915 British football betting scandal, which involved a match with Manchester United. A 2–0 win for United was required to win the bet, in which players from both sides were involved. With the score at 2–0, Liverpool's Fred Pagnam hit the crossbar, at which several of his team-mates gestured angrily in his direction. Tom Fairfoul (full-back), Tom Miller (centre-forward), Bob Pursell (full-back) and Jackie Sheldon (forward) were subsequently found guilty by a Football Association (FA) inquiry of conspiring with three Manchester United players to fix a United win. All players involved were banned for life. After the end of the First World War, the FA lifted the players' bans in recognition of their service in the conflict. The original kit that Liverpool wore from its founding until 1894. Alex