CITY OF LIVERPOOL FC’s NPL West division campaign concluded with safety from relegation for the 100 per cent fan-owned club. 

Their 12^th place finish implies a degree of security, but in truth it was anything but comfortable in a strange season where any teams from 9^th place downwards could reasonably have been drawn into the relegation play-offs going into the final weeks of fixtures.

Approaching the season there was plenty of optimism around the Purps, who returned to groundshare at Bootle’s Vesty Road after a year in Ellesmere Port. Important existing players like Jack Hazlehurst and Max Allen committed their futures to the club whilst then-manager Michael Ellison recruited several additions to a new-look side.