Anfield

Bucking the trend amongst many of their Premier League rivals to build soulless bowl stadiums, Liverpool have spent the last decade expanding and renovating Anfield. Located on the Southern end of Stanley Park, Anfield is a classic stadium of English football.

The completion of the new Anfield Road Stand takes the capacity of Anfield to a little under 61,000, with a record league attendance for the stadium likely for the visit of Burnley on 10 February 2024.

Probably the most famous stand in England, the Kop (12,850) sits to the South West of the ground on Walton Breck Road. The Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand (11,762) to the South East. The Main Stand (20,676) was extended in 2014 through 2016 to the North West of the pitch, and the extension of the Anfield Road Stand (16,000) to the North East is almost complete.

Around the Stadium

Visitor coaches park up on Arkles Lane. From there walk up to and along the Anfield Road Stand, the entrance is at the far corner. Continue round the main stand for the fan zone.

Match Program

Match program is £4 - pretty average for the Premier League. There did not appear to be any vendors around the stadium - the first stall I encountered was in a red phone box near the fanzone.

Food and Drink

The food and drink was surprisingly familiar. In Clayton Park Liverpool share pie suppliers with Accrington Stanley (and Burnley). £3.80 for a pie and £2.50 for a coffee is very sensible for the Premier League.

For accuracy Anfield serves up the circular formation Clayton Park pies, not the ovular formation served at the Wham Stadium.

The Anfield Road End concourse is pretty funky - in some ways similar to the Leazes End at Newcastle, though it’s really obvious that the upper tier has been built over the top of an existing stand.

The facilities were smart and clean too - much better than Villa!

Seating

Nestled away in the right hand side of the Anfield Road Stand lower tier, the visitor section is rail seating / safe standing. Given that nobody sits away, and my hip injury, I was quite pleased with something to lean on!

The lower tier rises on a shallow angle, so I managed to find a restricted view in a stadium without any - weaving from side to side to see past the beanpole in the seat in front. Also for a 3pm kick off in February, you will be staring into the sun first half.

Proper football that generates a decent atmosphere despite being full of tourists. They do turn the stereo up if you make too much noise in the away corner. We experienced quite a heavy police and steward presence, with some throwing out, for some reason. Thankfully there were no stupid fucking light shows like the karaoke disco at the Etihad.