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Correct tense, now that it's 2009
Liverpool also has two famous [[football]] teams, [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] ("the Toffees") and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] ("the Reds"), which play in blue and red respectively.
Liverpool also has two famous [[football]] teams, [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] ("the Toffees") and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] ("the Reds"), which play in blue and red respectively.
Liverpool is the European Capital Of Culture for 2008.
Liverpool was the European Capital Of Culture for 2008.
The city currently has a population of approximately 450,000, known as Liverpudlians (and nicknamed 'Scousers' after a local dish), with the wider [[Merseyside]] region having a population of 1.5 million. The city itself contains suburbs such as Aigburth, West Derby, [[Aintree]] and [[Knotty Ash]]. The popular culture and of Liverpool has been portrayed by the author and dramatist Carla Lane in a number of highly-regarded television dramas including "The Liver Birds" and "Bread". Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale are noted playwrights from Liverpool. Bleasdale effectively portrayed the misery and deprivation of 1980s Liverpool in dramas such as ''The Black Stuff'', while Russell, probably the most well-known of current Liverpool writers has enjoyed huge success with offerings such as ''Educating Rita'', ''Blood Brothers'' and ''Shirley Valentine''.
The city currently has a population of approximately 450,000, known as Liverpudlians (and nicknamed 'Scousers' after a local dish), with the wider [[Merseyside]] region having a population of 1.5 million. The city itself contains suburbs such as Aigburth, West Derby, [[Aintree]] and [[Knotty Ash]]. The popular culture and of Liverpool has been portrayed by the author and dramatist Carla Lane in a number of highly-regarded television dramas including "The Liver Birds" and "Bread". Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale are noted playwrights from Liverpool. Bleasdale effectively portrayed the misery and deprivation of 1980s Liverpool in dramas such as ''The Black Stuff'', while Russell, probably the most well-known of current Liverpool writers has enjoyed huge success with offerings such as ''Educating Rita'', ''Blood Brothers'' and ''Shirley Valentine''.