Last chance: Get one year's access to LFCTV GO for half price. The new proposals are consistent with the previously consented scheme. Liverpool FC's chief operating officer, Andy Hughes said: “We have experienced a number of delays to the planned project as a direct result of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Hughes added that Liverpool would use the delay “to review and consider options”. Anfield stadium stand extension with landscape design by Planit-IE. Firstly, that we are able to reach agreement with local residents, businesses and community groups that they will allow the expansion plan to take place, which will mean closing a short section of Anfield Road between 96 Avenue and Skerries Road. The proposals would see the Anfield Road end expanded Photo: Getty Images, Anfield expansion: Liverpool’s stadium plans, capacity and latest news, {{#singleComment}}{{value}} Comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComment}}{{value}} Comments{{/singleComment}}, {{#singleComment}}{{value}} comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComment}}{{value}} comments{{/singleComment}}, Plans to close a section of Anfield Road permanently were met with strong opposition, forcing the Merseyside club back to the drawing board, Show{{#moreThan3}} {{value_total}}{{/moreThan3}} comments, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. I would rather he said that than him saying and thinking that I cannot [be Bayern manager]. That has been in place for the last three seasons and has proven to be a huge success, adding 9,000 seats and increasing corporate as well as match-day revenue. Given the planning application is no longer time critical, it is our intention to submit our planning application at some stage during the next 12 months. Match Statistics supplied by Opta Sports Data Limited. Developed and maintained by the LFC Technology and Transformation Team. Liverpool FC. Liverpool are confident their proposed £60million Anfield expansion will be complete by the summer of 2022. That means the Anfield Road's potential upgrade to 16,000 will be bigger than the Kop's current capacity by a third, taking the ground's total up to 61,000, making it the third highest in the top flight behind Manchester United and Tottenham. The public events will begin on Friday November 29 at 4pm GMT and will take place in the Kop Bar at Anfield. It has not influenced their decision to investigate how to further expand – that has long been on the agenda so there are no knee-jerk reactions to those incredible scenes – but it reaffirmed how the demand for tickets far outweighs supply.

We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Liverpool are considering upgrading their stadium expansion plans to take the capacity at Anfield beyond 60,000 as a September deadline looms on an existing planning application.

An outline of the number of those seats within the stand would be 5200, with around 1800 lounge and sports-bar style hospitality.

A close season is required to put the finishing touches to the construction, a timeline Liverpool also followed when building the new main stand. A series of drop-in events will now be set up at The Kop Bar as the club aim to gather more information from locals before proceeding with the next steps.

Follow your club now for first access to all our news, views and analysis. Even if Liverpool are given the green light to reconstruct more of Anfield, it could be two to three years before the work is complete.

The majority of those activities take place in the expanded Main Stand, with no facilities available in the Anfield Road end. All rights reserved. Liverpool are considering upgrading their stadium expansion plans to take the capacity at Anfield beyond 60,000 as a September deadline looms on an existing planning application. Liverpool FC have delayed £60m plans to expand the Anfield Road stand by at least 12 months because of the Covid-19 crisis.

“We are working towards creating an expanded Anfield Road Stand which will see around 7,000 additional seats.

He has been similarly respectful in his quotes responding to Beckenbauer, politely declining the possibility of leaving Liverpool at this point in his career and hinting it would be at least five years before he was back in his home country. Liverpool’s owners were given a reminder of the potential of their club during their open-top bus victory parade on Sunday. Once the second stage of the consultation has been completed and feedback has been assessed, the submission of a planning application will be presented to Liverpool City Council in the spring. Liverpool are considering upgrading their stadium expansion plans to take the capacity at Anfield beyond 60,000 as a September deadline looms on an existing planning application.