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Liverpool's visit to Fulham later this month has assumed a new dimension after the Londoners aimed an astonishing series of swipes at the Reds and their supporters.

The official Fulham FC Matchday Programme for Sunday's 2-1 defeat to Chelsea included a regular section called “The List” in which they mused over three people who would have perhaps been better served by not leaving the club.

Among their selections was Roy Hodgson, who departed Craven Cottage in the summer of 2010 for an ill-fated and brief tenure in charge of Liverpool.

And in describing Hodgson's time at Anfield, Fulham have stoked the flames ahead of the visit of Jurgen Klopp's side on Sunday week.

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“He was given a frosty reception on his subsequent appointment at Liverpool, with fans being unmoved by his success with smaller provincial clubs like Inter Milan,” read the article.

“Realising that Roy was not going to win the league immediately and angered by his failure to buy the world's best players, who would obviously jump at the chance to sign for the team that had dominated Europe a mere three decades earlier, fans quickly lost patience.

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“Demonstrating the cool-headed pragmatism that has endeared them to the footballing public, the Liverpool faithful demanded Roy's replacement be an exciting young manager befitting the club's stature.”

The article continued: “Setting the time circuits to 1991, the club's executives piled into the waiting DeLorean and floored it to '88, returning with a fresh-faced and energetic Kenny Dalglish, ready to usher in a new era of dominance spearheaded by future club legend Andy Carroll, a shrewd purchase at just £35m.

“Unfortunately, however, Alex Ferguson and Wayne Rooney recovered the time machine, went back to 1991, stole the Sports Almanac and brutally laid out Jan Molby at the 'Enchantment Under the Sea' dance.

“This left the club with no option but to drag present day Kenny out of the pub and into the dugout, skewing the timeline and culminating in an underwhelming eight-place finish and Kenny's departure (again).”

Liverpool slumped to 19th place during Hodgson's regime, while his successor Dalglish led Liverpool to the FA Cup final in 2012 having won the League Cup a few months earlier.

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Last season's Champions League finalists are a point behind Premier League leaders Manchester City with nine games remaining, while Fulham are loitering in the relegation zone having already sacked Slavisa Jokanovic and Claudio Ranieri as manager this season, Scott Parker currently the interim boss.