Sports and Recreation
Kirkby is home to the youth academy of Liverpool F.C.. It was also the proposed new site for the new stadium for Everton F.C. which has recently been declined.
The most popularly supported football teams in the town are Liverpool and Everton, although in the past the town had its own non-league team, Kirkby Town, later renamed Knowsley United before they were dissolved in 1997.
The town has also been home to a number of notable footballers, including:
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- Leighton Baines – current Everton player, formerly of Wigan Athletic
- Phil Boersma – retired Liverpool player
- Tommy Caton – retired Manchester City, Arsenal, Oxford United player
- Paul Cook – Retired Southport manager, former Wigan Athletic and Tranmere Rovers player
- Alan Dugdale – Retired Coventry City, Charlton Athletic and Barnsley player
- Ken Dugdale – Retired Wigan Athletic player and former New Zealand national team manager
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