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Treble memories: How Houllier s trophy-winning squad was built
Chris Shaw Gerard Houllier s Liverpool project was almost two years in the making at the outset of what would prove to be an historic 2000-01 season.
The Frenchman had taken sole charge of the Reds in November 1998 and steadily set about moulding a squad that combined local talent and passion with European pedigree.
“He always said he wanted a Liverpool heart at the core of Liverpool Football Club,” explained Houllier’s assistant manager, Phil Thompson.
“That’s what he’d known of before. That’s what he envisaged his team to go ahead. He wanted a younger team; he wanted to change it and have a young, vibrant team who could compete and sort of take on the bigger boys.”
Treble memories: The day in Cardiff that inspired Liverpool s trophy haul
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Liverpool’s 2000-01 season overflowed with pivotal games, sliding-doors moments, and personal and collective breakthroughs.
But those who were there, those who made three trophies and Champions League qualification a reality during that campaign, agree on a fundamental turning point for the team built by Gerard Houllier.
February 25, 2001. The League Cup final against Birmingham City in Cardiff.
This group of players’ first taste of silverware together. And that feeling it prompted, that moreish desire, described by assistant manager Phil Thompson above.
Here, in the first instalment of a special Liverpoolfc.com series celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 2000-01 treble, we focus on the transformative effect of that afternoon at the Millennium Stadium.