LIVERPOOL'S American owners have cut another of the club's roots in the local community by ending a 115-year association with their auditors.
Since Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Ltd were incorporated in 1893, the books had been overseen by an office in Liverpool which is now part of respected accountancy group PKF.
But PKF were asked to resign, which they did on July 8, and they will be replaced by 'big four' firm KPMG, who already do the books for Kop Football Ltd, the immediate parent company set up by Tom Hicks and George Gillett to control their 'franchise'