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Liverpool fans used it as a football chant to honour their player Ian St John in the 1960s, a song that was also adopted by other clubs. [1] Southampton Football Club, for example, use it as a football chant as their nickname is The Saints; other football clubs use different variations of the song. It may be used with the standard lyrics ...
It came after two United supporters were arrested in connection with chants relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which led to the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.
A football chant or terrace chant is a form of vocalisation performed by supporters of association football, typically during football matches. Football chanting is an expression of collective identity, most often used by fans to express their pride in the team they support, or to encourage them, and to celebrate a particular player or manager.
The Fields of Anfield Road is a football song sung by supporters of Liverpool Football Club. It proceeds to the tune of The Fields of Athenry; composed by singer-songwriter Pete St. John in 1979. Before being adapted by Liverpool supporter Edward R Williams from Poulton, Wirral who sent in his original version to LFC.
The mother of a young Liverpool fan whose guitar-playing and football chants have made him famous online has said she thought it was a "prank" when the club contacted her with an invitation to ...
Fans of rival clubs [312] have been known to chant about the Hillsborough disaster at football matches, in order to upset Liverpool fans. Following the findings of the Independent Panel in September 2012, Alex Ferguson and two Manchester United fan groups called for an end to the "sick chants". [ 313 ]
The song perhaps first gained a wider audience at the 1965 FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, when the singing by supporters of Liverpool F.C. was broadcast on TV and radio. Noticing the Queen had a red jacket on (Liverpool's team colours), the words were hastily changed to "Ee aye addio, the Queen's wearing red!".
As Prime Video analysts reviewed the Baltimore Ravens' Thursday Night Football win against the Cincinnati Bengals, fans in the background could be heard loudly chanting, "F--- Joe Burrow.". The ...