David Moores Obituary

David Richard Moores, chairman (1991–2007) and honorary life president of Liverpool F.C. has died.

Moores was born on March 15, 1946, in Liverpool, United Kingdom and he died on July 22, 2022 aged 79.

Moores became Chairman on 18 September 1991 and he owned 17,850 shares in Liverpool F.C. which represented 51% of the club.

The Moores family owned their stake in Liverpool F.C. for over 50 years.

However, Moores increasingly sought external investment to help Liverpool develop a new ground, and ended up selling it in 2007, to American investors Tom Hicks and George Gillett, instead of to Sheikh Mohammed and DIC, a decision he’d later regret.

In a letter to The Times in May 2010, Moores admitted that he “hugely regrets” selling Liverpool to the American duo.

In furtherance, Moores called on Gillett and Hicks to step aside and find a suitable buyer for the club.

Moores wrote:

“I call upon them now to stand back, accept their limitations as joint owners, acknowledge their role in the club’s current demise, and stand aside, with dignity.”

Under Moores, Liverpool went through their most barren spell which lasted three decades.

However, Liverpool did win some impressive silverware; they won the most club competitions over the sixteen years, which excluded the most prized English Premiership. In 2005, Liverpool won a fifth UEFA Champions League after defeating A.C. Milan in the final.