Visiting Anfield and Liverpool
How to get tickets to Anfield, LFC Denver recommendations in Liverpool and essential places to visit in Liverpool
So how do I get tickets for a Liverpool home game??
Well, that one is easy! There are two ways - one, pay for a hospitality package or two, become an official member of the Liverpool Supporters Club. There is no way to buy away game tickets through the club (these are allocated to supporters who attend a certain number of games each year and are well out of the reach of out-of-town supporters). Reselling football tickets is ILLEGAL in England unless resold through the club. Treat any offers of tickets you see as highly suspect.
Hospitality
There’s no need to be an LFC member to buy hospitality packages, you just need to be rich! Packages come in many shapes and sizes but all end up with tickets to the game. Some start in Liverpool hotels and you’re then bused to Anfield (cheapest) other are based in the restaurants or bars inside Anfield (more expensive). Seats can be anywhere in the stadium. Unlike general tickets, hospitality tickets tend to be released a couple of months before each game. Here’s the link to these tickets - https://ticketing.liverpoolfc.com/hospitality
LFC Member
You can buy membership from the LFC web site LFC Membership.
Once you are a member you’ll have two opportunities to join the ticket ballot. Generally these come out in mid summer for games in the first half of the season and early winter for tickets for the second half of the season. There is a third way, but you’ll generally need to be in Liverpool to take advantage of it.
All members can join the general ballot for tickets LFC Tickets. You will join the ticket queue on the web site and wait in line and hope that you get to the front of the queue before they sell out. It’s hit-and-miss and there are far more people looking for tickets than Anfield can possibly hold. Every time you see these ballots it’ll be quickly followed by complaints of waiting in line for hours stuck in position 123,000 and never reaching the front of the queue, but that’s the price of following a team with fervent and enthusiastic supporters! However, try your luck, thousands of people are lucky for every game.
Enter a ticket ballot through an Official Liverpool Supports Club (OLSC). And it just so happens that LFC Denver is one of these! We can apply for five tickets for up to five games each half season. Historically our seats have been on the Kop and we’re lucky more times than we’re not (it runs about 60% success rate), but no guarantee. We will let everyone who has tagged themselves as Interested in Anfield tickets in our mailing list before the window opens. However, if you apply for tickets you must be able to attend the game as it counts against our LFC Denver allocation if people request tickets and don’t take up the offer. Please don’t say you want tickets for every game, as you’ll have to buy them and fly from Denver to London and travel by train to Liverpool multiple times in a season! You must also live in Colorado as tickets are limited by the club to supporters in the geographic area that the OLSC represents.
Ticket requests for the first half of the season are normally released in August and in November for the second half. There is NO WAY for us to get tickets outside these two ballot window, so don’t bother to e-mail us in February asking for tickets for a game in May!
The third way is through Ticket Forwarding or Exchange, where you can buy tickets from fans who want to sell their tickets Ticket Exchange. The rules are pretty restrictive so don’t hold your breath, plus your ticket HAS to be sold through the club.
Buying anything from the third-party market (StubHub, etc.) is the Wild West: reselling football tickets in England is illegal and therefore sketchy if you’re offered anything. To quote another footie web site - Quite simply, seeing a game at Anfield has become the most sought-after – and therefore expensive — experience in world club soccer. And since it’s only a 60,000-seat stadium, getting a ticket there has become really, really hard.
We had Denver fans watching a mid-week game at an Anfield pub who were talking to four non-Denver fans who bought their tickets through the third-party market. It turned out two of the four ended up back at the pub as their tickets were invalid. There’s no way to check your ticket validity before you try to get into the stadium. Let’s say it again, you’ve been warned!
The club take this really seriously, here’s a link that explains the 1,100 lifetime bans the club made in 2025. The only resale tickets available are through hospitality and this page also has a link to the authorized resellers.
Places you need to visit as a Liverpool supporter
Here’s a few links to places to make your visit even more special! All links will open in a new window.
Take a tour of the Liver Building (I did this one, it’s great!)
Quirky things to do in and around Liverpool
Little known places in Liverpool everyone should visit once Places
Visit Liverpool’s 101 things to do in Liverpool
The 100 best places to visit around Liverpool 100 List
And here’s a few links to help you on game day. It’s important to support local Anfield businesses!
Seven independent Liverpool businesses to visit on game day Businesses
Ten best pubs around Anfield Pubs
LFC wall murals in Liverpool Murals
This Is Anfield advice on visiting Anfield
And, of course, the Hillsborough Memorial at Anfield.
I'm visiting Liverpool for the first time, what should I see?
Culturally
The Everyman and the Playhouse are two great theatres, check out their schedule if that's your thing. I'd also recommend the Walker Art Gallery, the Bluecoat which is a sort of cultural hub (extremely central and their garden is a great place to relax with some lunch). The Philharmonic does classical music and some extras, the Echo Arena does mostly washed up, very famous bands, with some comedy. Tate Liverpool on the Albert dock is a must visit. The Bombed Out Church at the top of Bold Street is worth visiting just as it's a striking place, but they often have weird and wonderful events. Leaf is another cultural hub that does poetry/book readings and smaller scale bands and musicians. You could do worse than walk down Hope Street, which must be one of the most striking streets in the UK, with a cathedral at either end, a theatre, a concert hall and an University.
Food
Go down Bold Street. There's an incredible array of cuisines there. My current favourites, though this changes regularly are: East Avenue Bakehouse the absolute best place for breakfast I've been to, in any city. They do seasonal, local food and bake all their own bread. Their Eggs Benedict is the best I've had, and it's a lovely airy setting. They also do big dinners and sharing plates that I've not had, but I am sure they're excellent. Cafe Tabac has been there since the 70s. Does good cheap English breakfast. Gotta try it before you leave. Maray is a really good, quite recent tapas place that offers good value for money. Nolita Cantina does good sort of American fare. Big, good quality portions for low cost. Leaf is a tea emporium, but does pretty good value lunch deals and really lovely sandwiches and cakes. Off Bold Street, Rococo in L1 is a bit of a hidden treasure if you need an emergency tea or coffee when shopping, it's above the EE shop. The Bistro Qui restaurants are reliable and inexpensive French Bistros, my favourite is Bistro Pierre near the Met Quarter. The Bistro at the Everyman is a Liverpool institution, though it's not what it once was. There's lot of good places to eat on Hope Street though, so have a wander. Chinatown does Chinese food, obviously. There's a big Chinese population in Liverpool and a lot of the stuff is pretty good.
Drink
Liverpool's most interesting scene at the moment is the bar scene if you ask me. Jenny's on Fenwick St. is a great cocktail bar with a good whisky selection. Very handy for the town centre and the Docks. It's sort of hidden, but look for a big whisky barrel. Berry and Rye another hidden bar just by the Bombed Out Church and Chinatown. Fills up fast, so get there early. Pricey, but my favourite bar in the world. Lovely service and properly good barstaff. Some Place is a secret absinthe bar on Bold St. I've not been, but my mates have and they love it. Aloha is a Hawaiian/Tiki bar. Bit gimmicky and popular with students, but then, I'm a student. El Bandito is the mezcal/tequila bunker. Opens at 9pm and shuts late. Salt Dog Slim's styles itself as a dive bar, very popular, a bit expensive and gimmicky but worth a visit. Liverpool also has some of the very best traditional pubs around, my favourites are: Peter Kavanagh's, The Caledonia, The Fly in the Loaf and The Philarmonic Dining Halls are incredible, amazing interior- they have the only listed toilets in the UK I think. There's lots of others I'm sure I've forgotten. If you are looking for real ale, I'd recommend Grove, Bier and Brewdog.
Other stuff
Obviously shopping in L1. Whisky Business is an incredible whisky shop, next door to Jenny's and run by the same folk. Lark Lane has good shops and cafes, but I've never been. Sefton Park is a beautiful park with a big palm house.
Recommendations from LFC Denver supporters who’ve visited Anfield (feel free to email us with other suggestions!)
To protect us poor web guys we need to add the disclaimer that these are the personal opinions of members and do not constitute an endorsement by OLSC Denver or Liverpool Football Club…
Although there are places to stay around Anfield it’s not a tourist area, apart from pubs there’s little to do around the ground. Our personal recommendation is to stay in the city center and catch the 917 bus on game day.
Pho for dinner, great Vietnamese food
Mowgli for dinner, incredible, cool Indian.
Breakfast at Moose Coffee is also top.
DB Tours Liverpool (David Barlow is a Red and loves his town. He was an excellent guide and meet us for a pre match pint before the game).
Taggies and Hotel Anfield for pre/post game festivities for anyone else traveling to Anfield for a game. Had a great atmosphere with live music, etc for before and after the match.
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