Hi there,
I really hope people don't mind me coming on here as I am one of the many Liverpool fans, who in all honesty knows little to nothing about Baseball.
Once I read what had been written I felt I should respond to (hopefully) clear some things up.
First off, largely violence in Soccer - especially the Premier League is a thing of the past (thankfully). All of the stadiums are very pro-family and long may it continue.
I also understand why it’s easy to look at individual incidents and presume we are anti - American.
Honestly this is 100% untrue.
Yes there have been a couple of incidents (by morons) one of which an American flag was burned - but I assure you this offended the majority of Liverpool fans too. In fact the Club and the supporters union (Spirit of Shankly) were very quick to distance themselves from it as we as Liverpool fans, and English men were disgusted by it. Local fans are also constantly aware that the Club has many fans from America.
You've obviously seen some of the banners too: "Yanks Out" etc - whilst I don't agree one bit with using that terminology it was directed at the 2 we had/have in charge. I can understand why it would offend (it would me) but I promise you Liverpool fans are loyal, hard working and respectful supporters who are incredibly passionate about the football club (Much like the Red Sox fans).
The past few years, under our current ownership has been the worst time ever to be a Liverpool fan - we should be a healthy club - if we are not paying ridiculous loan installments put on us by our current owners to buy the club - we still generate millions of pounds in net profit per year. The sponsorsip on our shirt alone is worth ?20 million per year.
Because things have been so bad SOME fans have dug in and used what is essentially unacceptable slogans etc and I really have no excuse for that.
But please, take it from a life long Liverpool fan, we are not and will never be "Anti-American".
Thanks for taking the time to read this - I really hope if the sale of LFC goes through the 2 sets of fans could form a unique bond.