Which ship never docked in liverpool

They're also a club that lots of people hate. I am one of the people that hate Liverpool. Also, I am on this humor streak for some reason. So, I have gathered 10 jokes about Liverpool and brought them to you. Some of these take shots at Liverpool fans; if you get upset, sorry. It's all in fun. Rafael Benitez: "Our new Winger cost five million. I call him our wonder player". Q: Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, an intelligent Liverpool supporter, and an old drunk are walking down the street together when simultaneously they each spot a fifty quid note.

Who gets it? A father and son were eating breakfast. The father, surprised at his son's interest in fine art, replied "I suppose so, son. Why do you ask? A young mother was pushing her baby along the street in Manchester when suddenly a huge rottweiler dog lunged towards the pram, gnashing its teeth. The young woman thought for a moment that the dog would kill them when suddenly a man rushed over, wrestled with the rottweiler and broke it's neck with his bare hands.

Because tankers are getting larger, Ms Starkey said Liverpool has "had to constantly build bigger docks and are still doing today". She said Albert Dock, constructed in , was outgrown by the ships using it within a few decades "although the warehouses remained profitable for years".

She said although Liverpool port's decline was "undeniable", large amounts of cargo were still moved in big container ships which were less labour-intensive. The redevelopment of the Albert Dock in the s was the brainchild of the then Secretary of State for the Environment, Michael Heseltine, who helped breathe new life into the rundown warehouses which are now an entertainment and shopping hub and home to the Tate Liverpool gallery.

Liverpool also saw the return of cruise liners, which traditionally sailed from Southampton, and its leaders were engaged in a verbal spat. Freelance maritime writer Peter Elson said: "The shipping industry has not died in Liverpool but as the ships have got bigger, the port has had to move further to the north of the city.

This is partly because of the River Mersey's large tidal range and fast-flowing water. He said the south docks were now "completely redundant" with only motor cruisers and yachts berthed there.

With the widening of the Panama Canal, larger container ships from the Far East can now reach Liverpool much more easily, he said. Although there is some scepticism, he warned that if no action was taken Liverpool could "tumble down the second and third division" in maritime significance. Stuart Wood, a retired Pilot Ship pilot, who worked for the Port of Liverpool and retired six years ago, said when he joined in "the glory days were already threadbare".

He said: "Then the container came along and British shipping wasn't ready for it. Mr Wood described container ships as a "magic bullet" which at the same time killed the shipping industry in Liverpool. With the Liverpool2 super port around the corner, it is hoped it will once again witness a revival. WW1 sinking of Lusitania recalled. Are container ships getting too big? Liverpool port plan to go ahead. Liverpool waterfront 'threatened'. It is now 20 years since the top division of English football reorganized into the English Premier League, and the legendary Merseyside club are still waiting for the trophy to arrive at Anfield.

Liverpool look to have lost significant ground in the competition with the other top clubs in English football.

Liverpool recently drew with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and before that lost to Manchester United in very controversial circumstances. However, the Reds just can consistently produce the results to be relevant in the overall standings. So is there hope for Liverpool? Yes there is. Moneyball is originally a baseball concept. Billy Bean, the manager of the unpretentious Major League Baseball team Oakland Athletics starts to use in-depth statistical analysis to select little known or out of favor players and assembles a team that can compete with the big names with a fraction of their budget.

The term has since evolved to describe managing a winning sports team based on shrewd analysis and quantitative statistical methods. After the initial success of the Oakland Athletics, the idea was adopted by the Boston Red Sox to successfully end an 86 year title drought. Now, why are we talking about baseball?