Pacinofan

Firstly, I'm not looking for sympathy from anyone why would I? I do know how badly he let former workers of Viasystems down, it was flagged among reds fans as a caution to take on board among all the 'we'll buy snoogy doogy' shite. I don't know anyone who laughed at protesters and I honestly never saw more than a few stars and stripes flags even in the early days. That's not to say I disbelieve you, of course I do, you have no reason to lie. I personally have given support both physically and financially to many workers protests up and down the country, I can only say I'm sorry that such honest workers were treated with such disdain in this city which will usually get behind any injustice.

We've never called for a managers head after 7 games. In fact Gullit's record in 99/00 was 0 1 7, yet he got applauded in the car park when he left. I hate these cunts so much. The only manager I truly wanted rid of was Souness, and even then our patience was pushed so far, they wouldn't have put up with FSA CGS RG as long as we did that's a fact. Their class, hounding a manager who brung them 6 trophies in 4 years, who had a heart attack and almost died, out of the club for ONLY coming 5th, then the next year HIS team win the biggest trophy of the lot. Their quality, don't know what that means but other than maybe 7 seasons they've had better sides than us over the last 50 years. Their history, up to 1971 we had a richer history than them they far suppass us now though so I'll give them that one. Their dignity is the best one. No club in world football has the blood on their hands that they do. Callously causing the deaths of 39 innocent football fans in a cowardly charge, then having the audacity to blame, Chelsea, the stadium, the fuckin NF and everyone but themselves. Cowardly stealing tickets off their own fans on the biggest night of their lives in Athens. Now I make no bones about this we are better people than them, this has never and would never happen with us so it can't be dismissed as high spirits. Also do they not learn, they lost 96 of their own and stormed the gates in Athens, there were many thousands more in the ground than should have been. They are the most downtrodden set of wanks this country has ever or will ever know, fuckin dignity, the utter ignorance is astonishing. You’re known for wanting rid of managers and not giving them time to build. You would say you had cast iron reasons for wanting rid, but like with most football clubs it’s only really the fans OF THAT CLUB who know the truth of what’s going on and what they’re watching every other Saturday. Your hate is very apparent and I'd be very worried if I was that obsessed about another team and it's fans.. There is nothing Liverpool fans do that could possibly meet with your approval. The hate, bile and jealousy from you is the most hideous thing on this site. Yes, there’s others on here that hate us but it’s a pretty healthy hate imo. Yours is just plain ugly. Roy Hodgson, imo, is the worst manager that’s ever walked in to Anfield and the politics surrounding his appointment stinks to high heaven. His tactics are worse than Houlliers in his last two years. He keeps telling us that he shouldn’t be questioned because he’s one of the most respected coaches in Europe and his tactics have transferred from Timbuktu to the rest of the world, wherever. His tactics consist of two banks of four, the back four just in front of the penalty box and the midfield just in front of them. They then mark space waiting for the opposition to attack, when they hopefully win the ball and hoof it up to Torres who has four defenders around him, or to whichever player he’s supposedly playing in the hole which for Roy is the halfway line. It has nothing to do with we're we are in the table, nor even to do with winning anything. Usually with a new manager you can see what he's trying to do within a few games, you see positives that you know will get better over the season. There is nothing like that, it's just defend, defend, defend and nobody can see it going anywhere. Houllier didn’t have a heart attack, he had a leaking heart valve and though he recovered he was never the same again. There were many who were sad to see him go but he had the team going backwards in those two years after his illness, and it was time for him to go. Nothing to do with coming 5th, the decision was made at board room level long before that because of his developing paranoia and marginalising of players. If his team was capable of winning the CL why didn’t he do it? It was more the addition of two Benitez players in Luis Garcia and Xabi Alonso that took us to the final, plus the fact that he’d given Carragher a settled place in the team at CB in which he reveled that season. Benitez and that team won the Champions League, no-one else. Callously? You are a nutter, you weren’t there and believe me, shamefully there was no cowardice about the charge. Again, you weren’t there so haven’t got a clue what the stadium was like. There were no gates at Athens. I have never seen anyone downtrodden in this city and the rest of your opinion is truly ironic. Why do you need to pick this year or that year to show you won some trophies, it's really pathetically small time, we'd won 7 league titles by '71, we were on our way to dominating European and domestic football, get over it.

Best laugh I've had in a while watching that. John Power looks like he's reading off an autocue at 0.53 to 0.59 for some unfathomable reason because there sure as shit cant be one there. Neil Fitzmaurice took a while before he piped up as well, disappointingly. How utterly cringeworthy, getting Mimi Maguire in to a studio to tell the yank "it's taaaaam to goeeeewww". Pacinofan, what did I say that was factually incorrect you tool. There are sites out there that detail every transfer, fuck the net cost, £140m on players in 3 years and they're cunts? Wholeheartedly agree Leazes, THE most plastically supported club in Britain, they're not Man Utd, if you take away the 70's and 80's which to be fair was an astonishing time for the club, they're not that big. Bigger than us in name and achievement some would say by far, in true fanbase though we totally dwarf them as will be seen should they have even 3 years of mediocrity. Well if you ignore net spend it's not me who's a tool. I know I should ignore the stupidity of the rest of your straw clutching post but anyway, taking away the 70's and 80's leaves us with 16 trophies. There's only the '10's, 30's and 50's decades we won nothing in. Straw clutching posts describes you. Do the 20's and 60's not count like by the way? Why do you think Liverpool the club and more specifically the fans are hated? Don't use the word jealousy, as you'll just come across as a bigger cunt. 20's = 2 League titles 60's = 2 League titles and 1 FA Cup. I've travelled all around England and Europe following Liverpool and met loads of fans who admire our team and get on very well with the fans. Your hate borders on the insane and I've never come across such a jealous bile filled fan as you. No doubt there's lots of hate out there, it's what happens when your club is a winner. There's not many people hate Barcelona or Arsenal. In the last two decades you've won one really big trophy, hardly the 14 Man Utd have. Your club was far more respected when you were winning things than you are now, by far even. I ask you again why do you think your fans are hated? So now it's the quality of trophy? PMSL. You're a bellend of the highest quality. You're the one who wanted to take away the 70's and 80' . I'll tell you again, I haven't met with the hate that you talk about, and unless you're a closet reds fan you wouldn't have a clue of how we're treated in any town or country we go to. I haven't argued that we're not hated by some teams fans, I don't have a problem with it. It's what comes with being successful. I love Barca too, it's because of the football they play and win trophies with, it's how all fans want their clubs to play. You're a bad biff as you dippers say. I ask you one more time, why do YOU think your fans are hated, in your heart do you understand what makes Liverpool fans to be vilified, why do you think most people can't stand your supporters and other hangers on? Can you answer the question or are you going to be shown up again by your ignorance and inability to answer it? It's extremely arrogant to not know most people think you're a bunch of cunts, I'm being reasonable here, why do you think your support conveys that message of "we're utter blehhhhts". PMSL at you again, I've answered you enough times now. I DON'T COME ACROSS THIS MASSIVE HATRED YOU SAY IS OUR LOT, NOT IN ANY WAY CLOSE TO THE MEASURE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE BEING SHOWN UP HERE. Are you saying that you've travelled with LFC fans and seen this level of hate you're talking about, or are you just doing your usual of making things up to suit what you personally want to be the truth? You can be as reasonable as you want in your own little world, doesn't make all you say factual as you'ver already proved on numerous occasions.

Best laugh I've had in a while watching that. John Power looks like he's reading off an autocue at 0.53 to 0.59 for some unfathomable reason because there sure as shit cant be one there. Neil Fitzmaurice took a while before he piped up as well, disappointingly. How utterly cringeworthy, getting Mimi Maguire in to a studio to tell the yank "it's taaaaam to goeeeewww". Pacinofan, what did I say that was factually incorrect you tool. There are sites out there that detail every transfer, fuck the net cost, £140m on players in 3 years and they're cunts? Wholeheartedly agree Leazes, THE most plastically supported club in Britain, they're not Man Utd, if you take away the 70's and 80's which to be fair was an astonishing time for the club, they're not that big. Bigger than us in name and achievement some would say by far, in true fanbase though we totally dwarf them as will be seen should they have even 3 years of mediocrity. Well if you ignore net spend it's not me who's a tool. I know I should ignore the stupidity of the rest of your straw clutching post but anyway, taking away the 70's and 80's leaves us with 16 trophies. There's only the '10's, 30's and 50's decades we won nothing in. Straw clutching posts describes you. Do the 20's and 60's not count like by the way? Why do you think Liverpool the club and more specifically the fans are hated? Don't use the word jealousy, as you'll just come across as a bigger cunt. 20's = 2 League titles 60's = 2 League titles and 1 FA Cup. I've travelled all around England and Europe following Liverpool and met loads of fans who admire our team and get on very well with the fans. Your hate borders on the insane and I've never come across such a jealous bile filled fan as you. No doubt there's lots of hate out there, it's what happens when your club is a winner. There's not many people hate Barcelona or Arsenal. In the last two decades you've won one really big trophy, hardly the 14 Man Utd have. Your club was far more respected when you were winning things than you are now, by far even. I ask you again why do you think your fans are hated? So now it's the quality of trophy? PMSL. You're a bellend of the highest quality. You're the one who wanted to take away the 70's and 80' . I'll tell you again, I haven't met with the hate that you talk about, and unless you're a closet reds fan you wouldn't have a clue of how we're treated in any town or country we go to. I haven't argued that we're not hated by some teams fans, I don't have a problem with it. It's what comes with being successful. I love Barca too, it's because of the football they play and win trophies with, it's how all fans want their clubs to play.

Best laugh I've had in a while watching that. John Power looks like he's reading off an autocue at 0.53 to 0.59 for some unfathomable reason because there sure as shit cant be one there. Neil Fitzmaurice took a while before he piped up as well, disappointingly. How utterly cringeworthy, getting Mimi Maguire in to a studio to tell the yank "it's taaaaam to goeeeewww". Pacinofan, what did I say that was factually incorrect you tool. There are sites out there that detail every transfer, fuck the net cost, £140m on players in 3 years and they're cunts? Wholeheartedly agree Leazes, THE most plastically supported club in Britain, they're not Man Utd, if you take away the 70's and 80's which to be fair was an astonishing time for the club, they're not that big. Bigger than us in name and achievement some would say by far, in true fanbase though we totally dwarf them as will be seen should they have even 3 years of mediocrity. Well if you ignore net spend it's not me who's a tool. I know I should ignore the stupidity of the rest of your straw clutching post but anyway, taking away the 70's and 80's leaves us with 16 trophies. There's only the '10's, 30's and 50's decades we won nothing in. Straw clutching posts describes you. Do the 00's 20's and 60's not count like by the way? Up to the 70's the only decade we didn't win a trophy in in the 20th century was the 40's and a war may have had something to do with that. Why do you think Liverpool the club and more specifically the fans are hated? Don't use the word jealousy, as you'll just come across as a bigger cunt. Just to answer your edit 1900-01, 1905-06 = 2 League titles

Best laugh I've had in a while watching that. John Power looks like he's reading off an autocue at 0.53 to 0.59 for some unfathomable reason because there sure as shit cant be one there. Neil Fitzmaurice took a while before he piped up as well, disappointingly. How utterly cringeworthy, getting Mimi Maguire in to a studio to tell the yank "it's taaaaam to goeeeewww". Pacinofan, what did I say that was factually incorrect you tool. There are sites out there that detail every transfer, fuck the net cost, £140m on players in 3 years and they're cunts? Wholeheartedly agree Leazes, THE most plastically supported club in Britain, they're not Man Utd, if you take away the 70's and 80's which to be fair was an astonishing time for the club, they're not that big. Bigger than us in name and achievement some would say by far, in true fanbase though we totally dwarf them as will be seen should they have even 3 years of mediocrity. Well if you ignore net spend it's not me who's a tool. I know I should ignore the stupidity of the rest of your straw clutching post but anyway, taking away the 70's and 80's leaves us with 16 trophies. There's only the '10's, 30's and 50's decades we won nothing in. Straw clutching posts describes you. Do the 20's and 60's not count like by the way? Why do you think Liverpool the club and more specifically the fans are hated? Don't use the word jealousy, as you'll just come across as a bigger cunt. 20's = 2 League titles 60's = 2 League titles and 1 FA Cup. I've travelled all around England and Europe following Liverpool and met loads of fans who admire our team and get on very well with the fans. Your hate borders on the insane and I've never come across such a jealous bile filled fan as you. No doubt there's lots of hate out there, it's what happens when your club is a winner.

Best laugh I've had in a while watching that. John Power looks like he's reading off an autocue at 0.53 to 0.59 for some unfathomable reason because there sure as shit cant be one there. Neil Fitzmaurice took a while before he piped up as well, disappointingly. How utterly cringeworthy, getting Mimi Maguire in to a studio to tell the yank "it's taaaaam to goeeeewww". Pacinofan, what did I say that was factually incorrect you tool. There are sites out there that detail every transfer, fuck the net cost, £140m on players in 3 years and they're cunts? Wholeheartedly agree Leazes, THE most plastically supported club in Britain, they're not Man Utd, if you take away the 70's and 80's which to be fair was an astonishing time for the club, they're not that big. Bigger than us in name and achievement some would say by far, in true fanbase though we totally dwarf them as will be seen should they have even 3 years of mediocrity. Well if you ignore net spend it's not me who's a tool. I know I should ignore the stupidity of the rest of your straw clutching post but anyway, taking away the 70's and 80's leaves us with 16 trophies. There's only the '10's, 30's and 50's decades we won nothing in.

What fucking unmitigated shit you spout. I don't know what lies you make up about other clubs, but for Liverpool, this site needs a permanent bullshitometer where you're concerned. You just make up story after story. Why? There's enough true shit about Liverpool you could write without having to make it up. Your obsessiveness with all things LFC is fucking manic. We are a giant club, are the most decorated English club and have won many more trophies than you, get the fuck over it you deadhead. Benitez had a net spend of 80 million over the last 6 years and the last 4 windows have shown a net profit. 45 million a year for fucks sake, get real. Benitez also had 15 of his players at this years world cup finals for such a shite squad. Your wish for us to go bust is in line with what many of us want so ta for your good wishes. It's amazing how lucky you get when your club is run in exactly the right way, all profits reinvested and the best people in each job to see that everything is geared up to win trophies, and we did win them, all with great pride. That was the way it was for nearly half a century, until two rip off merchants come along and changed everything. I for one couldn't give a fuck where we are in the table, would welcome administration and a loss of 9 points and/maybe relegation if it gets rid of the two cancers that have our club by the curlys. are you not going to take the hint ? You've had 40 years of success. We don't give a shit how big a club you think you are, on the back of such success. Why are you coming on here and patronising us ? One last thing, numpties on here thought we would be better off without the people who made us a top premiership club rather than the steptoe and son outfit they found. So be careful what you wish for. Either way, your Shanks dynasty is over, so come to terms with it. You've had your run. You aren't any bigger than a handful of other club, like us, although you have been successful. Don't confuse the two. You can go now. Do you own the site? If so, ban me mate, that's the easy way to get rid. I don't 'think' we are a big club, I know we are a giant club. I wasn't aware I was patronising you, I thought I was just correcting some lying Liverpool FC obsessive who makes things up as he goes along. We are much bigger than you, don't you confuse decades of success with decades of failure. Unfortunately I don't. Otherwise I would, not because you're a Liverpool supporter, but because you are spouting patronising bollocks which I and probably most others don't give a fuck about, and I don't get your motive for coming here. It was recommended to me and I stick around for reasons already pointed out.

What fucking unmitigated shit you spout. I don't know what lies you make up about other clubs, but for Liverpool, this site needs a permanent bullshitometer where you're concerned. You just make up story after story. Why? There's enough true shit about Liverpool you could write without having to make it up. Your obsessiveness with all things LFC is fucking manic. We are a giant club, are the most decorated English club and have won many more trophies than you, get the fuck over it you deadhead. Benitez had a net spend of 80 million over the last 6 years and the last 4 windows have shown a net profit. 45 million a year for fucks sake, get real. Benitez also had 15 of his players at this years world cup finals for such a shite squad. Your wish for us to go bust is in line with what many of us want so ta for your good wishes. It's amazing how lucky you get when your club is run in exactly the right way, all profits reinvested and the best people in each job to see that everything is geared up to win trophies, and we did win them, all with great pride. That was the way it was for nearly half a century, until two rip off merchants come along and changed everything. I for one couldn't give a fuck where we are in the table, would welcome administration and a loss of 9 points and/maybe relegation if it gets rid of the two cancers that have our club by the curlys. are you not going to take the hint ? You've had 40 years of success. We don't give a shit how big a club you think you are, on the back of such success. Why are you coming on here and patronising us ? One last thing, numpties on here thought we would be better off without the people who made us a top premiership club rather than the steptoe and son outfit they found. So be careful what you wish for. Either way, your Shanks dynasty is over, so come to terms with it. You've had your run. You aren't any bigger than a handful of other club, like us, although you have been successful. Don't confuse the two. You can go now. Do you own the site? If so, ban me mate, that's the easy way to get rid. I don't 'think' we are a big club, I know we are a giant club. I wasn't aware I was patronising you, I thought I was just correcting some lying Liverpool FC obsessive who makes things up as he goes along. We are much bigger than you, don't you confuse decades of success with decades of failure.

If he doesn't get refinancing though RBS have the upper hand.

What fucking unmitigated shit you spout. I don't know what lies you make up about other clubs, but for Liverpool, this site needs a permanent bullshitometer where you're concerned. You just make up story after story. Why? There's enough true shit about Liverpool you could write without having to make it up. Your obsessiveness with all things LFC is fucking manic. We are a giant club, are the most decorated English club and have won many more trophies than you, get the fuck over it you deadhead. Benitez had a net spend of 80 million over the last 6 years and the last 4 windows have shown a net profit. 45 million a year for fucks sake, get real. Benitez also had 15 of his players at this years world cup finals for such a shite squad. Your wish for us to go bust is in line with what many of us want so ta for your good wishes. It's amazing how lucky you get when your club is run in exactly the right way, all profits reinvested and the best people in each job to see that everything is geared up to win trophies, and we did win them, all with great pride. That was the way it was for nearly half a century, until two rip off merchants come along and changed everything. I for one couldn't give a fuck where we are in the table, would welcome administration and a loss of 9 points and/maybe relegation if it gets rid of the two cancers that have our club by the curlys.

Agree with most of that Park Life. Xabi was a big miss and replacing Mascherano with Poulson was a big downgrade.

What can you say? Comes across as reasonable at times as well. PMSL

I'm really not dismissing anything about boycotts. I was dismissing the fact that one, or should that be two, had your boycotts spreading over 15 years or so. Low attendances, or large for that matter, mean fuck all really. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to see our league attendances dropping to under 20,000. Not only would that please most LFC fans, but it would give your own little bigot the time of his life.

PMSL at 'both' of you.

34,000 not 30,000, in the league though, sure there was a 33,000 around that point too, I knew the fans had drifted away though, and that just highlights my midweek stay aways point because of the lack of local fanbase. But the average for the season wasn't far off capacity, so your Houlliers fan desertion insinuation in his dark days of need were ridiculous.

Take it as an excuse all you like, go and read some LFC sites, don't think there's one not calling for official SOS boycotts. In the absence of that many fans have made their own choice. Our crowds in the 2nd division weren't that bad. At a time when Everton were the top club and known as the 'millionaire club' 1962 39.237 1961 29.608 1960 30.269 1959 36. 101 1958 38.476 1957 35.743 1956 37.224 1955 36.215 Our second division crowds in that era 1948 in particular were 57,000 which puts them in to perspective. Was boom time after the war. See absolutely no relevance in them to today. I remember when Houllier was in his darkest hour of need there were league gates scraping precariously over 30,000, about 03/04 iirc for ONLY coming fifth, would be extremely interesting to see what they'd be in the lower league. Leeds-like would be my guess. I find no significance in attendance figures so after this you can make up as many lies as you choose. Your club in the same years, 7 of which were in Division 1 1962 27.946 1961 26.500 1960 36.037 1959 39.458 1958 36.241 1957 35.202 1956 37.666 1955 42.925 Under Houllier our average attendances show no significant difference. 2004 42.706 2003 43.243 2002 43.389 2001 43.699 2000 44.074 1999 43.321

Take it as an excuse all you like, go and read some LFC sites, don't think there's one not calling for official SOS boycotts. In the absence of that many fans have made their own choice. Our crowds in the 2nd division weren't that bad. At a time when Everton were the top club and known as the 'millionaire club' 1962 39.237 1961 29.608 1960 30.269 1959 36. 101 1958 38.476 1957 35.743 1956 37.224 1955 36.215

So Souness is your source of reference. Fucking hilarious, it really is. So Evertonians think they outnumber reds, what's new? You believe whatever you like, or failing that make something up as is your wont. Every manager makes mistakes in the transfer market, the best about Rafa was that his mistakes rarely cost a lot of money. For a manager who brought in nearly a 150 million in CL earnings I'd say he had the right to make a few mistakes. N'Gog is a decent squad player, no problem with that.

70 million net over 6 years. This article has it at £122m http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle6888955.ece Check for yourself Transfers

I they'd take a modest profit on their investment. Liverpool are not a Manchester United in terms of value and never will be, they're an astonishingly succesful club in an area where they're not even the best supported team. 600m would only get them their money back!!!11 I am also wondering if and when the bank take over it will be classed as ADMINISTRATION and the docking of 9 points. You're right about the people waiting in the wings Park Life. It just needs RBS to do what they're supposed to do. There are lots of fans, myself included, who'd be glad to go in to administration and lose the 9 points. Anything to get rid of these two carpet baggers.

70 million net over 6 years.

I they'd take a modest profit on their investment. Liverpool are not a Manchester United in terms of value and never will be, they're an astonishingly succesful club in an area where they're not even the best supported team. It never fails to astonish me how little you actually know about the areas you act as though you know everything about. The only evidence is that which can be seen and heard on a daily basis, and with that in mind, your comments are truly shit. Everton have a good local fan base but I'd guess at a 60/40 split in favour of LFC in the city region overall. Not that I think this is a good measure but at the lack of real facts it's one I'll use. Many a time when you go to an event here, be it musical or a party, there's usually some out of town singer who thinks a rendition of YNWA would be good finisher to the night (I'm sure you must have some who sing Blaydon Races in the same way) I can quite categorically say that there are more who join in than sit scowling. Also, it's mostly kids who wear team tops here and red outnumber blue there as well. LFC have a very large world wide fan base and it's to the detriment of the club that so many local fans have been unable to get tickets over the years. Most feel that the club should serve L postcode fans as a priority but the club say it's a first come, first served, as long as you have first registered and paid with one of the schemes in place. Many Scousers reject this and refuse to be put on hold for an hour or so waiting to apply for a ticket they'd just like to go up to the ticket office window and collect for themselves. Doesn't stop them supporting the club though

Liverpool have got to have been one of the luckiest teams I've ever seen, I just know they'll come out of whatever shite they're in smelling of roses. I''ll also point out for any scouse reds reading this that as well as the luck they've had through the years, they've also had a couple of very good sides, especially the Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge 88-89 side. The West Ham cup final, the Arsenal one and the above all, the CL win against Milan, how fucking undeserved were those trophy wins? Luckiest team ever in human history. In fact the luckiest entity, more lucky than that air hostess in Brazil who fell 35,000 feet out of a plane door and landed on a trampoline a few years back. Once or twice is it they've made Cup Finals without playing a top flight team. I think the karma is going to even itself out though, and HEYSEL will come back to bite them 25 years late, and perhaps their luck is floating north across the pennines. With you reading so much about Liverpool Football Club you'd know of course that thousands of ST holders have been boycotting cup games for the last two seasons. Unfortunately having such a big fan base means that it doesn't make as big an impact as most would hope. It seems to be getting through a bit more now though. Can't make out what you're saying about the CL game but no doubt, as usual, every last thing you state as 'fact' about LFC has to be checked because of your fondness for making things up as you go along. To your alter ego - You talk shite as well. Maybe this Wall Street Journal article will help you understand the war the fanbase are waging on all fronts. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...0757773784.html A Texas Tycoon Learns a Lesson: Don't Mess With Liverpudlians Tom Hicks Owns Flailing U.K. Soccer Club; Fans Take Anger to the Bank—Literally By DAVID ENRICH And GREGORY ZUCKERMAN In the old days, English soccer hooligans settled scores with knives and broken bottles. As Texas billionaire Tom Hicks is learning this week, the weapons of choice these days—camera phones, Twitter and spam emails—can be almost as scary. Adam Eljarrah, top, was able to greet the team's owner with an angry poster in New York via a global fan network including Alan Kayll in Liverpool, bottom. Mr. Hicks, co-owner of England's hallowed Liverpool FC, is on the run from a mob of angry fans who blame him for the team's tailspin. The 118-year-old club was one of England's best when he bought it in 2007. Since then, the crippling debt load he took on to buy Liverpool has strained the team's finances and contributed to its woes on the pitch. Now, Liverpool faithful are waging a fierce campaign to evict the American owner. Their strategy: Scare away banks and other financiers who might throw Mr. Hicks a lifeline, starving Mr. Hicks of needed cash and forcing him to sell. To do that, they are using the tools of the digital age to track Mr. Hicks' efforts to drum up money, then bombard would-be lenders with thousands of irate emails, phone calls and Tweets. On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Hicks learned firsthand what it's like to be the prey in a digital hunt. Around 3:40 p.m., as Mr. Hicks sat on a sidewalk bench in midtown Manhattan, he was spotted by Liverpool native Paul Wilson. It occurred to Mr. Wilson, a 35-year-old financial consultant, that the offices of Deutsche Bank AG and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. were on the same street. He guessed that Mr. Hicks and his son, Tom Hicks Jr., might be visiting the banks to plead for funds. So Mr. Wilson whipped out his BlackBerry, snapped some photos, and zapped the images to his wife, Erin McCloskey. Then he trailed Mr. Hicks walking into the lobby of the building that houses Deutsche. "I didn't throw my coffee on him, but the thought did cross my mind," Mr. Wilson said Wednesday. Ms. McCloskey quickly posted the photos on Twitter and explained the circumstances. Over in Liverpool, the Hicks sighting was like an open-net goal for Alan Kayll, a 40-year-old cab driver who is a ringleader of the anti-Hicks campaign. Mr. Kayll quickly penned a form letter to J.P. Morgan and Deutsche officials urging them not to help Mr. Hicks refinance roughly £200 million ($313 million) that is owed to Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, stemming from his purchase of the team. "If you join Tom Hicks in raping and pillaging Liverpool Football Club, then you will be making a very powerful enemy," his letter read in part. "You are facing an energized, well-informed mass of Liverpool fans from around the world." He posted the letter online, along with the email addresses of executives at Deutsche and J.P. Morgan. An hour later, a senior J.P. Morgan executive had already received 30 emails from Liverpool fans, with new messages landing every few minutes. "It's totally viral right now," the executive said, deleting emails as they arrived. Public-relations staff at Deutsche said they received hundreds. Neither bank is in talks with Mr. Hicks, said people familiar with the situation. Through a spokesman, Mr. Hicks declined to comment on Tuesday's events or his stewardship of the team. The team's financial woes have hurt its performance. Liverpool finished last season in seventh place, a disaster for fans accustomed to being in England's top four. A team official said this week that the cost of servicing its debts is depleting club resources. Fans argue that makes it tougher to recruit top players. Meanwhile, in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, the melee was just beginning. Adam Eljarrah, an 18-year-old Liverpool fan attending New York University, saw Ms. McCloskey's Twitter messages. He showed up outside Deutsche's skyscraper on Park Avenue. The pre-med freshman carried a poster, popular among Liverpool supporters in England, declaring that Mr. Hicks and his co-owner are "Not Welcome ANYWHERE." Mr. Eljarrah says he loitered outside the building for about 45 minutes, hoping to confront Mr. Hicks. Around 6:30 p.m., Mr. Hicks emerged. According to a person familiar with the incident, the younger Mr. Hicks spotted Mr. Eljarrah—identifiable in his red-and-white Liverpool scarf—and told a nearby cop: "This guy is trouble." As the police officer intercepted Mr. Eljarrah, he says, he waved his sign and yelled, "Get out of our club!" Liverpool fans aren't the only ones lashing out at American ownership. Manchester United fans have mounted a campaign against the family of American businessman Malcolm Glazer, which owns the team and has loaded it with debt. In Liverpool, fans who are angling to remove Mr. Hicks are sporting scarves bearing a "Thanks But No Yank$!" slogan. Lately, financial institutions have borne the brunt of Liverpool's rage. Fans have been flooding RBS with letters and phone calls urging the bank to seize the club and give Mr. Hicks the boot. Top executives' inboxes sometimes have been hit with several hundred emails per day. A few weeks ago, some fans started a Facebook page encouraging people to boycott RBS. Mr. Kayll, the cab driver, drew up lists of financial institutions Mr. Hicks is believed to have approached, posting them on a website he helps run that urges fans to help oust Mr. Hicks. The site features an image of a blood-drenched RBS logo. The site's motto: "We will go as far as we need to." Despite the site's menacing slogan and graphic, Mr. Kayll says his group is "totally against violence. We're a group of passionate fans trying to save their football club. All professional people with families." The campaign hit Stephen Schwarzman, the billionaire co-founder of Blackstone Partners, whose GSO Capital Partners hedge fund considered participating in a deal to help Mr. Hicks refinance the RBS loan. By Monday, GSO had backed out of the talks. A Blackstone spokesman, Peter Rose, said the emails (including thousands aimed at Mr. Schwarzman) didn't affect GSO's decision not to participate in the deal. That wasn't the message Mr. Kayll got. Driving his cab in Liverpool Tuesday morning, he says he received a call from London-based GSO executive Michael Whitman. Mr. Kayll says Mr. Whitman told him GSO lost interest in part thanks to the pressure campaign. "He said, 'We understand the passion of Liverpool supporters and obviously took that into consideration,'" Mr. Kayll says. Mr. Whitman didn't respond to requests for comment. Blackstone acknowledges that Mr. Whitman and Mr. Kayll spoke, but deny he said the email campaign forced GSO out of the deal. Still basking in victory hours later, Mr. Kayll was euphoric when the Hicks photos from New York dropped into his lap. He crowed: "We know his every move."

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