All of Liverpool's chairmen from 1892 up to when David Moores took over in 2007 were active Tories in Liverpool or the Wirral as councilors or party workers, apart from four.
Liverpool's list of Tory shame:
John Houlding
William Houlding
Edwin Berry
John McKenna
John Asbury
WR Williams
WJ Harrop
SR Williams
GA Richards
TV Williams
SR Williams
SC Reakes
JW Smith
N White
...and they're just the chairmen.
For the best part of their first 110 years in existence they were infested by Tories in the boardroom.
Liverpool FC - Tory club.
Founded by Tories, governed by Tories, managed by Tories, played for by Tories, supported by Tories.
It's in their DNA.